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Beauty-Food Safety: Before using foods or beverages on skin or hair, do a patch test: Prepare the item as suggested, swab a bit on the inside of your wrist, then wait 48 hours to see if you develop a reaction. If not, proceed. AvocadoEat It! Consider avocado the overachiever of beauty superfoods: It’s rich in protective antioxidants and essential fatty acids, which help keep skin plump and smooth, says New York City dietitian Shari Bilt Boockvar, RD....

A: You may have Raynaud’s disease, which affects about 28 million Americans. If you have it, tiny blood vessels in your extremities constrict and spasm, so your body has trouble maintaining adequate blood flow. Without proper circulation, warmth, and oxygen, fingers and toes become cool to the touch and lose sensation. Everyone’s blood vessels constrict to a degree when it’s cold, but the blood vessels in people with Raynaud’s disease are hypersensitive—a cool breeze can be enough to set things off....

Citrus-Cooked Rhubarb And Syrup½ lb sliced rhubarb¼ cup sugar2 Tbsp water1 cup balsamic cipollini½ to 1 tsp balsamic vinegarsalt and pepper Rhubarb complements both sweet and savory dishes. Dress up grilled meats (pork, steak, and duck) with our easy Rhubarb Onion Confit. Combine (¼” thick) with , , and or pearl onions (from your market’s olive or salad bar), chopped, in medium saucepan. Cook until rhubarb is just tender, about 2 minutes....

When people get inadequate sleep for one night, they feel off the next day. But, in a cruel twist, research shows that when inadequate sleep continues nightly, they report feeling fine. “Lack of insight is a hallmark of chronic sleep loss,” says Andrew Varga of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center. And per a recent Gallup poll, little more than half of us actually slumber for the 7 to 9 hours required to cycle through sleep’s distinct phases, REM and non-REM sleep, both of which are vital to reset the brain, clear out toxins, and allow the connection between neurons to build and strengthen....

But here’s something that the anxious masses may need to be reminded of: There’s a large body of evidence that suggests that exercise can be even more effective than prescription drugs when it comes to preventing and easing anxiety. More from Prevention: 3 Steps To Cure Office Body “Several studies have found the effects of aerobic exercise to be initially similar to those of medication,” explains Jeff Dolgan, an exercise physiologist at Canyon Ranch Hotel & Spa in Miami Beach....

A New Test For Multiple Sclerosis [BBC] The progression of multiple sclerosis, an untreatable disease whose symptoms can be intermittent or ongoing, is difficult for experts to track. Brain scans can reveal inflammation and scarring that signal the onset of MS or indicate a progression in severity, but it remains unclear just how accurate those scans really are. Now, researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have announced that a simple eye scan—performed in mere minutes—might track the progression of MS with greater fidelity, and help doctors determine whether or not a patient should expect to experience more severe symptoms....

Other options: Apply highlighter on the brow bone to draw attention up and away from any droopiness. Line your upper lids with thicker-than-usual strokes of a dark powder or liner, and apply two coats of black mascara—doing either makes lids appear more taut, too. Well-defined brows also do the trick.

Fibromyalgia pain is real—just ask the 6 million Americans who deal with it every day. But that doesn’t mean your doctors or friends will always believe you. In fact, it can take several years and half a dozen doctors to get a diagnosis. Fibromyalgia is a ghost of an ailment; it can cause life-altering pain, but it remains invisible to conventional tests. The condition affects millions of Americans, predominantly women (about 3....

When you order beef from a butcher and he hands you chicken, you know something’s screwy. But if you order flounder at a restaurant, would you be able to tell if your waiter brought you tilapia? Maybe, maybe not. Yet it happens every day, with seafood lovers across the US being scammed into eating fraudulent fish that could be putting their health at risk. That’s according to a new report, which found that 33% of seafood samples purchased from grocery stores, restaurants, and sushi bars across the country were labeled as another species, a practice that’s illegal according to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines....

Making meals with more superfoods is key because they contain the perfect mix of vitamins, minerals, and high water content. Here’s my cast of superfood all-stars, selected for their superior vitamin content and because they’re also incredibly easy to make into fast snacks and meals: Broccoli, spinach, kiwi, mesclun salad, romaine lettuce, collards, kale, and grapefruit. Why will these veggies and fruits add more sparkle to your looks? For one, staying well hydrated is crucial for beautiful skin....

Researchers analyzed survey data from more than 14,000 adults and found that consuming 5 or more servings of produce daily was consistently associated with higher mental wellbeing. “One likely reason is antioxidants,” says Saverio Stranges, MD, lead study author and associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Warwick Medical School. “This study backs up previous findings that 9 different antioxidants are associated with optimism.” MORE: 21 Healing Herbs And Supplements Doctors Prescribe Boosting your mental wellbeing can also overhaul your physical health....

Female athletes get shafted by Olympic sports commentators, says James Angelini, assistant professor of communication at the University of Delaware. He watched all 64 hours of NBC’s prime time coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, coded every adjective and adverb broadcasters used to describe the athletes, and then published his results in the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. Happy 40th Birthday, Title IX His findings: Men received 62% of primetime coverage, while women received only 38%....

The Workout:What you need: 3- to 5-pound dumbbells.How to do it: Do the entire routine 2 or 3 times per week on nonconsecutive days. Complete 2 sets of 8 to 12 reps of each move. Try the Main Move for each exercise first. If it’s too difficult, do the Make It Easier variation. Not challenging enough? Try the Make It Harder option.For quicker results: Do 3 sets of 12 reps of each exercise....

The Barrier: Whatever the screening method, it’s too embarrassing to discuss. One Buster: Summon forces stronger than mortification, such as love. “Colonoscopy is not on my list of my favorite things,” says Katie Couric, “but if you have any experience with colon cancer, and you see someone you love, perfectly healthy, be destroyed by this disease, you think, I owe it to myself and to the people I love—and who love me—to get this test....

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But diseases are not just a physical phenomenon. Anything that disturbs your spiritual life and practice is a disease and will manifest eventually in illness. Because most modern people have separated their minds from their bodies, and their souls have been banished from their ordinary lives, they forget that the well-being of all three (body, mind, and spirit) is intimately entwined like the fibers of our muscles. Health begins with firmness in body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom, and, finally, the unveiling of the soul....