{"product_id":"why-do-men-have-nipples-isbn-9781400082315","title":"Why Do Men Have Nipples?","description":"Is There a Doctor in the House?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSay you’re at a party. You’ve had a martini or three, and you mingle through the crowd, wondering how long you need to stay before going out for pizza. Suddenly you’re introduced to someone new, Dr. Nice Tomeetya. You forget the pizza. Now is the perfect time to bring up all those strange questions you’d like to ask during an office visit with your own doctor but haven’t had the guts (or more likely the time) to do so. You’re filled with liquid courage . . . now is your chance! If you’ve ever wanted to ask a doctor . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e•How do people in wheelchairs have sex?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e•Why do I get a killer headache when I suck down my milkshake too fast?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e•Can I lose my contact lens inside my head forever?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e•Why does asparagus make my pee smell?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e•Why do old people grow hair on their ears?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e•Is the old adage “beer before liquor, never sicker, liquor before beer . . .” really true? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e. . . then \u003ci\u003eWhy Do Men Have Nipples?\u003c\/i\u003e is the book for you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompiled by Billy Goldberg, an emergency medicine physician, and Mark Leyner, bestselling author and well-known satirist, \u003ci\u003eWhy Do Men Have Nipples?\u003c\/i\u003e offers real factual and really funny answers to some of the big questions about the oddities of our bodies.Mark Leyner is the author of \u003ci\u003eMy Cousin, My Gastroenterologist\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTooth Imprints on a Corn Dog\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eI Smell Esther Williams\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Et Tu Babe\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Tetherballs of Bougainville\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written scripts for a variety of films and television shows. His writing appears regularly in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBilly Goldberg, M.D., is an emergency medicine physician on faculty at a New York City teaching hospital. He is also a writer and artist whose paintings have been exhibited in New York City.\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER 1: YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    It's 10 P.M., and my partner in writing and crime, Mark Leyner, and I   are late as usual, but the party is in full swing. We brought a   bottle of Don Julio tequila, which Leyner sampled voraciously in the   cab, insisting that it needed to be screened for industrial toxins.   We enter the elegantly appointed Park Avenue home of Eloise Cameron,   a philanthropist, patron of the arts, and Botox junkie. Hors   d'oeuvres are being served and the slightly inebriated and   flush-faced Leyner grabs a mouthful of Swedish meatballs, proceeds to   kiss our hostess, and then comments, \"Eloise, baby, better lay off   the collagen. Kissing those lips is like making out with the Michelin   man.\" She attempts to smirk with disdain, but the Botox leaves her   face impassive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I corral Leyner and we proceed into the living room. No sooner have   we entered when I'm embraced from behind. I turn around and it's   Jeremy Burns, an investment banker who sits two rows behind me at the   Knicks games. Jeremy is well known to the Madison Square Garden food   vendors for his insatiable appetite for hot dogs, cotton candy, and   beer. He is now almost unrecognizable in his new Atkins-induced   skeletonlike state. \"Who exhumed you?\" Leyner belches. I am overcome   by embarrassment but secretly wetting myself with laughter. Jeremy   tries to sidestep Leyner and as their arms brush, Leyner is covered   with the grease that now oozes from Jeremy's pores. Leyner whispers   to me, \"This dude is all greased up like a rectal thermometer.\" I   push Leyner away and he uses this opportunity to sneak over to the   bar for another blast of Don Julio. I am left with Jeremy and his   insufferable stories about life on the meat and fat diet, and a   million medical questions about food.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    If we are what we eat, why do we know so little about food and nutrition?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDOES IT REALLY TAKE SEVEN YEARS TO DIGEST CHEWING GUM?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    What is it with seven years? You break a mirror, seven years of bad   luck. Each dog year is seven human years. Seven years to digest   swallowed gum? What if a dog broke a mirror then swallowed a pack of   gum? Sounds like an algebra problem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Chewing gum is not digestible but it definitely doesn't sit in your   stomach for years. Gum actually might help things move through the   bowels faster. Sorbitol is sometimes used as a sweetener in gum and   this can act as a laxative. What does this mean? Yes, if you look   carefully, you should see it floating next to all of those lovely   yellow corn kernels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWHY DOES YOUR PEE SMELL WHEN YOU EAT ASPARAGUS?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Asparagus contains a sulfur compound called mercaptan. It is also   found in onions, garlic, rotten eggs, and in the secretions of   skunks. The signature smell occurs when this substance is broken down   in your digestive system. Not all people have the gene for the enzyme   that breaks down mercaptan, so some of you can eat all the asparagus   you want without stinking up the place. One study published in the   British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology found that only 46 percent   of British people tested produced the odor while 100 percent of   French people tested did. Insert your favorite French joke   here________________________________.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWHAT CAUSES AN ICE CREAM HEADACHE?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Aaaah, the joy of a Popsicle on a hot summer day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    One theory places the source for the brain freeze in the sinuses,   where the pain may be caused by the rapid cooling of air in the   frontal sinuses. This triggers local pain receptors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Another theory postulates that the constriction of blood vessels in   the roof and rear of the mouth causes pain receptors to overload and   refer the pain to your head. There is a nerve center there, in the   back of your mouth, called the sphenopalatine ganglion, and this is   the most likely source of the dreaded ice cream headache.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    A friend of ours suggested a quick cure of rapidly rubbing your   tongue on the roof of your mouth to warm it up. Her demonstration   included a bizarre clucking sound. Leyner tried this and found   himself followed by a large goose of whom he seems to have become   inordinately fond.#1 New York Times Bestseller","brand":"Crown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301506601189,"sku":"NP9781400082315","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781400082315.jpg?v=1767744265","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/why-do-men-have-nipples-isbn-9781400082315","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}