When it comes to losing weight, it turns out the simple math of counting calories doesn’t always add up. Fad diets come and ...

Calories weren’t always about food. The term started out as a measurement of energy in the 1800s, and it was several decades before it was used in conjunction with human nutrition, according to the ...

Put down your coffee for a moment. Now, without thinking about it too much, use your hands to count to 10. How did you do it? Did you start with the left hand, or the right? Did you begin counting on ...

Compulsively counting objects or actions is a common symptom of OCD. Exposure therapy can help you develop coping mechanisms when you encounter triggers. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a ...

Just a few years ago, if you mentioned you were macro counting, people might have pictured a muscle-bound gym rat. Or someone completely obsessed with every single bite. But today? It’s one of the ...

Five new counting books all share one essential strategy: to start a conversation. By Amy Alznauer A counting book is tricky to write, for it must inspire readers to do two things at once: to count ...

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Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. This is an installment of Reading Reddit, a Slate pop-up blog about Reddit. In the beginning, there ...