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The heart diets that actually hold up under evidence

Two eating patterns have real trial data behind them, they overlap by about 80 percent, and you can run the overlap on a Tuesday night with kids yelling.

GuideHealthCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

What to wear in the sauna and how long to stay

Shower first, sit on a towel, cap it around fifteen minutes. The rest of sauna etiquette is just not being the guy everybody remembers.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideStyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20266 min

Sun hats that work and don't look like fishing gear

Measure your head, buy three inches of brim, hold the straw up to a light. Most of what makes a sun hat good has nothing to do with the label.

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Fitness5 min read

Eating out three times a week without wrecking the other four

Order the protein first, build backward, and stop treating Tuesday's drive-thru like a moral event. A working parent's playbook for restaurant food.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideGearWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Buy the safe for its steel, then decide where it lives

Most of what's printed on a gun safe box is marketing. Two or three numbers actually matter, and where you bolt it matters as much as what you bought.

GuideStyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20265 min

Cheap clothes give themselves away in four places

Fix the shoulder, the shine, the hem and the buttons, and nobody can tell what you paid. Everything else is just marketing.

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GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

The nightly glass of wine lost its health defense

The J-curve was mostly a measurement problem, the cancer link isn't, and the practical answer for a working parent still isn't zero.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideGearWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Size the generator for the fridge, not the whole house

Most people buy twice the generator they need and still wire it up in the one way that can kill somebody. Do the math first.

GuideGroomingTobias Reed23 Sept 20265 min

Cracked winter hands, and the two minutes that fix them

Splits at the thumb knuckle aren't bad luck. They're a water problem, and the repair happens at night while you sleep.

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Ultra-processed food isn't a synonym for junk food

The term has a real definition, one good experiment behind it, and a lot of noise on top. What's useful for someone with a job and kids.

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GuideStyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20266 min

How to dress well when you're built big

Buy for the widest part, pay a tailor for the rest, and stop letting a low rise ruin every pair of pants you own.

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GuideGroomingTobias Reed23 Sept 20265 min

Nose, Ears And Brows Take Four Minutes Every Other Week

The three spots your razor never touches, the tools that actually work, and the mistakes that leave you looking permanently startled.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

The iron test your annual physical probably didn't run

Ferritin, B12 and folate explain a lot of ordinary exhaustion, and a normal blood count doesn't rule any of them out.

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GuideStyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20265 min

How to shop the thrift rack without bringing home junk

The shoulder seam decides it, elastane is already dead, and a $6 jacket with a $60 tailoring bill is still a bargain.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Woodworking6 min

Which glue holds what, and how hard to clamp it

Fitness5 min

Cold turkey can be the dangerous part of quitting drinking

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideStyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20265 min

The three sweaters worth owning and how to make them last

Buy the crewneck, the heavy one and the cardigan, in that order, and stop replacing knitwear every winter.

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Woodworking6 min read

Build a birdhouse and a bird feeder with your kids

One cedar fence picket, a drill, and an afternoon. The dimensions that matter, the jobs a four-year-old can actually do, and the part everybody gets wrong.

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What was your first ever job?

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