Eating
10 hot dogs in 6 minutes and belching the national anthem may impress your
friends, but neither of those feats will do much for your body—at least not
much good.
Instead,
why not train yourself to do something that may actually pay off?
We're
not talking bench presses and interval training (though those do help). You can
teach your body to cure itself from everyday health ailments—side stitches,
first-date jitters, even hands that have fallen asleep.
Just
study this list, and the next time your friends challenge you to an ice cream
eating contest, chow down: You know how to thaw a brain freeze—and 17 other
tricks that'll make everyone think you're the next David Blaine. But without
all that "hold your breath for 17 minutes" mess.
