This move starts with the basic glute bridge and adds a mini physioball ball (like the one used in our Love Your Lower Body DVD). Why? The little, squishy ball helps stabilize your knees, which helps protect against injuries—a must for walkers and runners. Bonus: this exercise also targets and engages those hard-to-reach inner thigh muscles. Try this super-effective lower body sculpting exercise today.
An easy, but unhealthy, way to become a vegan is to replace animal protein with manufactured food products that resemble old favorites. By doing this, processed food can easily become a staple, rather than the vegetables, fruits and healthy grains and legumes that should take center stage when on a plant-based diet. Another problem many are faced with is that a vegan diet has to be carefully designed to avoid nutrient deficiencies....
Besides being gross, this dust has larger health implications—namely allergies and infections. After measuring the emissions from 21 vacuums of varying ages in a special clean air wind tunnel, the researchers from the University of Queensland and Laval University were able to identify the particles and bacteria that came from the vacuums. What they found in the sampled bacteria were resistance genes for five common antibiotics, including the Clostridium botulinum toxin gene....
[sidebar]The research: Data collected from 1,180 days of Facebook posts from various cities was analyzed by researchers at the University of California, San Diego. Positive posts were shown to lead to more positive posts among friends by 1.75% vs. a 1.29% increase of negative posts caused by other negative posts. Optimistic messaging, it seems, has a greater impact than adverse messaging. What it means: Emotions tend to be a social aspect of our lives, and instead of concealing them we should show them, whether they are positive or negative, says James Fowler, the study’s co-author and a professor of political science....
Meet poke (pronounced poh-kay), a Hawaiian raw fish salad that marries fresh seafood (traditionally tuna or octopus) with flavorful add-ins like seaweed, sesame oil, green onions, and cucumber. It’s old news on the West Coast, but poke is newly en vogue in the East, thanks to a number of poke purveyors who’ve recently set up shop in NYC. Pokeworks—the newest NYC restaurant specializing in the dish—regularly attracts a huge lunchtime rush, with lines that stretch down the block....
MORE: How Much Sugar Are You Really Eating Everyday? Australian actor and director Damon Gameau decided to find out—and chronicles the results in his new documentary, That Sugar Film (opens in select US cities July 31 and available on iTunes; learn more at thatsugarfilm.com). For 60 days, Gameau abandons his Paleo-style diet for one that packs 40 teaspoons of added sugar per day, the amount that mirrors the intake of most Australians....
Depending on your tolerance for heat, start with half the amount of spice and build up to the desired flavor. Keep the Sriracha sauce on hand for anyone who wants more heat. Serves 6 4 corn tortillas, cut into 1” squares 1 qt low-sodium vegetable broth 1 can (14 oz) low-sodium diced tomatoes 1 can (14 oz) garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained 1 med yellow onion, roughly chopped 1 med fresh jalapeño, seeded and roughly chopped 1/4 c chopped cilantro 1 Tbsp minced garlic 1 Tbsp smoked paprika 1 Tbsp chili powder 1/2 tsp cayenne 1/4 c fresh lime juice 1 tsp salt Chives, lime zest, and Sriracha sauce, for garnish (optional)...
Tocos? Yup, it’s kind of a weird name, and the first time you look it up, Google or autocorrect will be convinced that what you’re really trying to say is TACOS. But tocos is actually short for tocotrienols—a fat-soluble form of vitamin E that’s highly bioavailable (meaning, it’s super easy for your body to absorb). Tocos occur naturally in a bunch of foods, including palm oil, wheat germ, and barley....
Vegan Crockpot Chili (Serves 8-10) Ingredients 1 can black bean soup1 can pinto beans, drained1 can garbanzo beans, drained4 medium tomatoes, chopped (or a 14.5 ounce can chopped tomatoes, in puree)3 ears of corn, shucked, boiled in water for 12 minutes, cooled, and removed from ear (or 1 can corn, drained)1 onion, chopped1 green bell pepper, chopped4 cloves garlic, diced1 tablespoon chili powder1 tablespoon dried oregano1 tablespoon dried basil1 cup veggie broth (only if you are using fresh tomatoes)...
Lurk PRJ V1 Perfume Oil Petitgrain oil, distilled from the leaves, twigs, and branches of the orange tree and blended with jasmine, gives this uplifting floral fragrance a sophisticated edge. ($55 for 1⁄8 oz; lurkmade.com) Red Flower Roll-On Perfume in Ambrette An essential oil blend that includes bitter orange imbues this lovely fragrance with earthy complexity. ($48 for 10 ml; redflower.com) Atelier Cologne in Orange Sanguine This bright, energizing scent is laced with blood orange and red mandarin from Italy and bitter orange from Spain....
Angie Asche, MS, RD, a sports dietitian and owner of Eleat Sports Nutrition, says, “If collagen is your protein of choice, I recommend consuming it about an hour before your workout along with a source of vitamin C to help strengthen your ligaments and tendons.” As someone paranoid about premature aging (was that wrinkle there last week?), plagued by sporadic bouts of gastrointestinal distress, and with a set of knees that snap, crackle, and pop like an old person’s, I needed to find out if this stuff was legit....
The nonagenarian now holds the U.S. marathon record for the 90 and above age group, after finishing the 26.2-mile race in 7 hours and 7 minutes. Thompson is no stranger to running, with Sunday’s race being her 15th marathon. However, she said this race, which she ran alongside her son, was harder than most because of one huge obstacle: She is currently undergoing radiation treatments for squamous cell carcinoma. “I would say I didn’t train; it was unfortunate because I had had all this radiation done to my legs, and I could barely stand to walk around, it was so painful,” Thompson said....
“Dreams don’t happen to us, we happen to them,” says Edinburgh-based dream psychologist Ian Wallace, author of The Top 100 Dreams. In other words, we’re the director, star, and producer of all the movies that play inside our heads after we fall asleep (in fact, we create about five 15- to 40-minute dreams per night). But it’s not just for our own entertainment. “In dreams, new information is combined with old information of the person’s life in a creative way so that new solutions might emerge,” says researcher Michael Schredl, PhD, from the Central Institute of Mental Health sleep laboratory in Germany....
Molly Sheridan did the one thing new runners should never do: She signed up for a marathon and hoped for the best. When she suffered a stress fracture 6 weeks into her training, her doctor told her to stop—at 48, she was “too old to be running,” he said. Eight years later, Sheridan is the first American woman to attempt and complete La Ultra, a 138-mile, high-altitude Himalayan footrace with temperatures ranging from over 100°F to below zero....
Ashley’s answer: Oh boy, Mrs. Rose, do I hear you. I hear this so often from my cilents, so know you’re not alone. “Just Do It” is a nice thought, isn’t it? But for a lot of us, dieting can feel insurmountable. Here are some thoughts that will hopefully help you achieve your health goals. Change your perspective. If you are trying and failing to diet, it’s often because you have noticed some things you currently do that you know you shouldn’t....
[sidebar]It’s a strange concept, but it makes more sense when you consider the current “sprouting” trend: A growing number of food companies and restaurants are now offering sprouted grains, nuts, and legumes because the process actually improves their food’s nutrient composition. With this new study, it’s clear that the same goes for garlic. Here’s what’s happening: “Plants are very susceptible to attack from bacteria, viruses, and insects during sprouting,” says study author Jong-Sang Kim, PhD....
How does one make a Ketchup ’n’ Fries plant? Surprisingly, there’s nothing GMO—or even genetically edited—about it, but a result of a process called grafting. Basically, farmers attach the severed top half of one plant (called the scion, if you’re into botany) to the severed root structure of a second plant (called the rootstock). As the two plants heal, they fuse together into what proponents call “a superplant,” or one that supposedly boasts the heartiness of the root plant and the bright flavors of the scion....
“We found that both the aerobic component of yoga as well as its meditative aspects relieve the symptoms of several major psychiatric disorders,” explains study review co-author Murali Doraiswamy, MD, a professor of psychiatry at Duke’s School of Medicine. The aerobic nature of yoga enhances blood circulation and boosts the release of endorphins, Doraiswamy explains, and the meditative aspect can improve focus and attention, while also helping us relax. And it doesn’t matter whether you practice vinyasa or Bikram: Doraiswamy says that no single method of yoga appears to be more beneficial than any other....
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