For a natural look, use a flat, angled eyeliner brush to draw a series of three dots on the outer, center, and inner areas of your upper lids as close to your lash line as possible. Then connect them. To achieve standout eyes, do the same for your lower lids, making sure the top and bottom lines meet at the outer corners. Want extra drama? Smudge both lines a bit....
The expert: Keri Gans, M.S., R.D., author of The Small Change Diet The answer: “Women often come to me with this problem, and I usually find it’s one of a few things,” says Gans. “Either you’ve fallen into a routine and need to switch something up, you’ve become a little too strict with your diet, or you’ve become lackadaisical.” You may be suffering from the first issue if you eat the same foods (or similar ones) and are doing the same exercises over and over again....
You get caught up in the sparkling lights, the pretty snow, the shopping frenzy, and the fun of the holiday season. Suddenly you find that managing your weight and sticking to your exercise program easily slides down to the bottom of your priorities. After all, sampling sweet treats and browsing for the perfect gift can easily distract you from the treadmill. But with a little bit of planning, you can move more in December—and watch the ball drop on December 31 knowing you don’t have to spend January undoing the damage you just did....
What I Got: Summer squash, onions, beets, kale, carrots, eggplant, green beans, cherry tomatoes, cabbage How I Used It: Chopped Up Carrot TopsLast time, I threw out a brownish mess of half-rotten carrot greens. So when I got a new bunch of carrots in Bag No. 3, I was determined to use them quickly. I saw lots of recipes online for carrot-top pesto, but my previous pesto experiments have yielded basically inedible results....
I didn’t know stand-up paddleboard (or SUP) yoga was even a thing until a few weeks ago, when a friend mentioned that a local studio, Miss Melanie Yoga, led classes on rivers and lakes in our area. Almost immediately, I recruited a friend to try a class with me because it sounded so fun. (With a board rental it cost $40, but it’s only $20 for the class if you bring your own....
What is canola oil, anyway? Canola oil is derived from the crushed seeds of the canola plant, which is a crossbreed of the rapeseed plant, but with much lower levels of potentially dangerous erucic acid, which has been linked to heart problems in rats, says J. Lynne Brown, PhD, RD, a professor emeritus of food science at Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. Canola oil, which has 2% erucic acid, is considered more fit for human consumption than straight rapeseed oil, with 43% erucic acid....
If that just made you choke on your juice, sorry about that! But it doesn’t mean you have to pitch your carton of OJ. While the fungicide is technically illegal in the United States, the amounts found in the orange juice are very, very small, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says consumers shouldn’t be concerned for their health over it. Of course, that doesn’t mean you can fill up on as much juice as your heart desires, either....
Check the ingredient list: If the top billing is given to grape juice concentrate, that means it is more grape than grapefruit. Is it 100% juice? Some labels tout 100% juice, but additives such as dyes and preservatives make that misleading. Is there proof of pulp? Actual grapefruit offers 18% of your daily fiber needs. Many fruit drinks have zero fiber. Confirm the vitamin C One serving satisfies a day’s worth of vitamin C, powering up your immune system....
Now, add another strike against juice: Recent research from the Swinburne University of Technology in Australia has found that drinking a glass of fruit juice every day is associated with heightened blood pressure. Researchers studied 12 months’ worth of self-reported juice drinking habits provided by more than 140 healthy adults. After adjusting the data for potential confounders like age and weight, the results were clear: The central systolic blood pressure of daily drinkers was 3 and 4 points higher than those who drank it occasionally or rarely, respectively....
Often I fantasize about a magical medicine that temporarily numbs the pain, like a novacaine shot for the legs. Something that puts body parts to sleep for a few hours at a time so rest is possible. Medicinal magic. Poof! I fantasize that there is a magic pill, unlike the pain meds that cause addiction and wild side effects. I fantasize that the state of Florida where she resides would legalize medical marijuana....
Great Herb, Not-Great Tea Making Medicinal Teas That Work Getting Your Water Too Some Useful Herbal Teas at a Glance
According to the new report, blood mercury levels in women of childbearing age have dropped 34% in the past decade. And here’s the thing: The women studied weren’t cutting back on fish intake, which is where US women get their mercury exposure, says Betsy Southerland, director of the Office of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water. The difference, then, can only be pinned to women opting for fish with lower levels of mercury....
It’s a simple process: You tap out your order on an iPad, and then a kitchen staff (not visible anywhere inside the restaurant) prepares the meals. You wait a few minutes, and watch for your name to pop up on the wall of futuristic cubbies—each one has a clear LCD screen that flashes your name as soon as your meal has been deposited (by ROBOTS!) into said cubby. Step up to your cubby, tap the screen twice, and the screen automatically rolls up so you can retrieve your bowl and then hit the road....
[sidebar]Unsafe At The Salon The chemicals that have experts the most concerned have been dubbed the “toxic trio”: toluene, a neurotoxic solvent that helps nail polish go on smoothly; formaldehyde, a cancer-causing preservative; and dibutyl phthalate, a chemical that keeps nail polish flexible but is known to interfere with reproductive hormones. Scary stuff, which is why consumers have been taking comfort in polishes labeled “nontoxic”—until now. The report’s authors purchased 25 different bottles of nail polishes used at salons and tested them for those three ingredients....
Or is it? Believe it or not, these symptoms are also the early signs of the highly contagious pertussis, also known as whooping cough—a scary illness that’s making a startling comeback. At least nine states have reported cases, and Washington state has even declared a whooping cough epidemic, with state officials expecting 3,000 cases by the end of the year. Here’s why it’s back—and how can you protect yourself and your family....
Ashley’s answer: Now I have a question for you. Did your doc give you any explanation for needing to go gluten-free? I ask this first because while a quality gluten-free diet can be helpful for many, adopting a quality gluten-free lifestyle (beyond food and supplements to include your skin, haircare, and dental products) has little to do with cholesterol. Although some ongoing irritation from gluten exposure could contribute to digestive issues—which can impact how the body processes and removes nutrients such as cholesterol—it’s really only critical for someone with celiac disease....
Researchers surveyed the levels of optimism, pessimism, and marital satisfaction of 301 married people and their spouses. Unsurprisingly, they found that positive thinkers tended to be happier with their relationships over time than the more negative bunch. The clincher? People with optimistic spouses reported happier relationships as well—regardless of their own life outlooks. Optimism in just one person becomes a two-way relationship-booster because of the adaptive form of coping these bright-side thinkers use when they face difficulties, says Timothy Smith, PhD, lead study author and a professor in clinical psychology at the University of Utah....
