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The 30 Most Powerful Arm Exercises For Titanic, Toned Arms[I] can't shake the image of a Barbie & Ken factory. Whether you prefer titanic, sleeve-bursting arms or toned, defined, lean cannons, the following 30 exercises are powerful tools to help... -
Irish It UP — The Supercharged Shamrock Protein Shake [Recipes][G]et festive and IRISH IT UP this St. Patty's Day with our Supercharged Shamrock Protein Shake. Using a combo of uber-nutritious, powerhouse ingredients—including AVOCADO (yes, AVOCADO),... -
Melt Fat And Burn Up Your Legs With The Stairmaster Blaster HIIT Cardio Workout[S]tep up your HIIT game. If you're looking to build a plump, Jen Selter-esque booty, demolish your legs, and send fat pouring off like Victoria Falls, amp up the intensity with... -
The Workout Music Friday Five-Pack, V23 — Big Gigantic, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, & Deorro[G]et amped. Every Friday we're dropping a five-pack of heart-thumping, blood-pumping workout songs to build out your playlist, hardwire a little energy into your workouts, and kickstart the... -
Would You Eat Crickets? Cricket Flour Might Just Be The New Protein Powder[P]rotein, protein, protein. We preach the benefits nonstop as an integral part of any lean physique. But what if we told you there was a buzzworthy new protein source that offered... -
[WOTM, 03/2015] Carve Up Your Core For Beach Season With The Summer Shredder Ab Workout[O]oh la la. This is about to get oh-so-fun. We're going to make your abdominal life a living, burning hell for the next 3 months pre-summer. You'll thank us on the other side. March's WOTM—The... -
The Workout Music Friday Five-Pack, V22 — Kanye West, Zedd, Selena Gomez, Big Sean, & Laidback LukeImage: MusclePharm [G]et amped. Every Friday we're dropping a five-pack of heart-thumping, blood-pumping workout songs to build out your playlist, hardwire a little energy into your workouts,... -
Game, Set, Match — Start Sipping More Coffee, ASAP [Report][B]ADABOOM! Sip it up and suck it down, coffee junkie. You're officially in the clear. The USDA and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently published their latest 5-year... -
Cafeteria Crisis — Here's What Cafeteria Lunches Look Like Around The World Vs. The US [Infographic][T]his is stunning. Visual News put together a compilation of cafeteria lunches from around the world. Let's just say it's not pretty, unless you're in school outside of the US. At a very... -
The 13 Best Chest Exercises To Pummel Your Pecs And Build An Iron-Clad Chest[S]truggling to add mass, width, and stunning HD resolution to your chest? Crank up the poundage and start pushing weight. An iron-clad, barrel chest immediately projects Hulk-like strength... -
[Review] The Energy Bar Power Rankings — The 52 Best Energy Bars Ripped Open And Ranked[S]NACK IT UP. Whether you're hopping from airport to airport jet-setting across the globe, jumping between classes, summiting mountains, or doing HIIT-style sprints just to make your next... -
The Workout Music Friday Five-Pack, V21 — Drake, Alesso, CHVRCHES, Eric Prydz, and Vicetone[G]et amped. Every Friday we're dropping a five-pack of heart-thumping, blood-pumping workout songs to build out your playlist, hardwire a little energy into your workouts, and kickstart the...
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THIS IS NOT A DRILL…The World Is Running Out Of Chocolate (No Seriously, We Are) [News]
Chocolate connoisseurs, we have a little problem. We’re entering code brown.
According to the Washington Post, two of the world’s largest chocolatiers—Mars Inc. and Barry Callebaut—are predicting that there could be a massive global chocolate shortage by 2020.
In 2013 there was a chocolate deficit of 70,000 tons (meaning cacao consumption outpaced cacao production by 70K). That number is projected to inflate to 1 MILLION metric tons by 2020, and potentially 2 million by 2030.
Why? What you leaned in Econ 101. Supply and demand. Plant-based disease and droughts in Western Africa, which spews out ~73% of the world’s cacao, have severely hurt overall production; while an increased infatuation with dark chocolate has accelerated demand. Dark chocolate contains 70-95% cacao content, which is significantly higher than the 10% found in the average chocolate bar.
That’s potentially a 9-fold increase in cacao consumption for anyone that converts to the dark stuff. Don’t freak though. Chocolate’s demise isn’t imminent, and the cacao well isn’t going to run dry tomorrow.
There are ramifications, though. Mainly — rising prices, especially for artisanal chocolate, dark chocolate, and other high quality cuts (they’ve already skyrocketed by 60% since 2012). Additionally, and probably most likely, chocolate manufacturers could conceivably beef up their chocolate products with trans fats, veggie fats, artificial sweeteners, marshmallow goop, caramel ribbons, and other garbage to add bulk.
If you’re a chocolate fiend, continue to monitor labels and be prepared to pony up for quality cacao.
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When he’s not working on his (or somebody else’s) abs, whipping up Eggocados, or running a Tough Mudder, he’s probably off yelling at a Carolina Panthers game somewhere.
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