Just when you thought you were doing something right, we're going to barge in and rain on your health parade. It's true, soup is often a really healthy meal choice, particularly as it's liquid and very easy for your body to digest. It's also typically low in calories (unless you've gone wild with something extra creamy). But some of the canned soups out there are not doing you any favors. Some canned soups are so full of sodium that they overwork the kidneys, causing water retention and bloating.
Salt is also a tricky ingredient, as it convinces our bodies that we're not actually full. So, after that canned soup you'll probably eat a bunch of other stuff anyway. Try making your own soup and distributing it into freezer baggies for whenever you get a soup craving. If that's too much, go for the brands that don't overload their soups with sodium. You'll have better luck at health food stores.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.