Research has shown that pleasure affects nutrient absorption. In a 1970s study of Swedish and Thai women, it was found that when the Thai women were eating their own (preferred) cuisine, they absorbed about 50% more iron from the meal than they did from eating the unfamiliar Swedish food. And the same was true in the reverse for the Swedish women. When both groups were split internally and one group given a paste made from the exact same meal and the other was given the meal itself, those eating the paste absorbed 70% less iron than those eating the food in its normal state.

Pleasure affects our metabolic pathways; it’s a facet of the complex gut-brain connection. If you’re eating foods you don’t like because you think it’s healthy, it’s not actually doing your body much good (it’s also unsustainable, we’re pleasure-seeking creatures). Eat food you enjoy, it’s a win-win.

what

no seriously

what?

PLEASURE IS A NECESSARY PART OF HUMAN HEALTH, BOTH PSYCHOLOGICALLY AND PHYSICALLY

this is why you should be eating your chips with salsa and guac instead of beating yourself up for not eating a salad with tomato and avocado (unless you are a salad bitch like me then enjoy both of them!)

high school teachers: if you don’t show up with a dress and full makeup or a fitted tuxedo to class everyday to college your professors will execute you

college professors: 

I once had a professor SLAM a thermos down on his desk and say to us “there’s more pressure in my sinuses right now than there is at the bottom of the sea. This thing’s full of NyQuil. I’m going to drink it while I teach, and when your heads are replaced by swirling rainbows, I will cancel the rest of class.” The class ended up being 17 minutes long.

Your professor was trying to fight God

I was in a class in undergrad, fellow classmate walks in 20, maybe 30 minutes after class started and slightly out of breath. Professor gives a vague look of curiosity and the kid says “my bad. They set up a bouncy castle outside.” The Professor perks up “there’s a bouncy castle?! Class dismissed!” and straight up ran out of the room. It was a 10am class.

It should 100% be illegal for companies to make you give them your payment information when you sign up for a free trial version of their product. It is not necessary and there is no good fucking reason for them to do it. It’s blatantly just so they can steal forgetful customers’ money.

oh hey, thanks for reminding me to cancel a free trial i had going on.

Reblog to save an unnecessary charge cause it also reminded me to cancel a trial lol

This is it, this is the one

CHOCOLATE MAN BACK AT IT AGAIN

i see any large amount of chocolate and my mind just screams “it’s the fucking chocolate man again”

this bitch knows carpentry, pottery, sculpture, architecture, AND all the chocolate/confectionary skills. what the fuck doesn’t he know?????

when to quit

Feel like you guys would appreciate this tweet

Whoever wrote Monsters vs Aliens put her whole pussy into it when she made Susan start out as an engaged woman and end the movie as a huge single woman just balling w her bros

Man that movie is a classic fr

People often mistake “your feelings are valid” with “your reaction based on your feelings is ok”

Which isn’t the same thing

You’re entitled to how you feel. You’re not entitled to behave however you want based off of those feelings

Tumblr should appreciate Two Crabs by Vincent Van Gogh more

It's two crabs, whats not to love

*ahem* may I also add...

Two rats by Vincent Van Gogh

Violence

“i also choose this guy’s dead wife” was easily the #1 funniest thing to ever be written on the internet.

you can know the punchline but you can’t stop it from punching you.

i do also feel the need to add that phil8248 really liked the joke. he said his wife had always had a dark sense of humour, even about her illness and death, and seeing the joke made him feel like he was laughing with her one last time.

you would undo God's punishment?

marie kondo has had ENOUGH of people calling her methods minimalism

image description: a screenshot of an instagram post from Marie Kondo, where she posted a picture of a bookshelf covered in colorful boxes, books, nicknacks, and plants. Her caption is: “Fun fact: KonMari is not minimalism! While minimalism champions living with less, I like to encourage people to live with items they truly cherish. Think of it this way: tidying is about what you want to keep in your life, not what you want to eliminate. Photo by @/belorenata. #MyKurashi” /end ID

Two types of dogs

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why is muriel from courage the cowardly dog with that ugly beast he don’t even got teeth she need to get with a real man like me