One of my favorite new books explores the weird, gross and icky aspects of health. “Why Don’t Your Eyelashes Grow?” by Dr. Beth Ann Ditkoff is filled with quirky body knowledge and was the source for my recent Weird Body Quiz.

For the Best of Well podcast this week, I spoke with Dr. Ditkoff about how the book came to be and learned about eyelash growth, why blond hair turns green in a pool, why we have nose hair and why our stomachs lurch when we ride a roller coaster.

For those answers and more, listen to my conversation with Dr. Ditkoff by clicking the podcast link below.

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