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Instead of: Grilled Cheese Grilled cheese may be comforting, but the calorie and fat counts can get high, and fast. Instead, fill up your late-night sandwich with lean protein like turkey, add a few leafy greens, and top with just a bit of cheese. Make it panini-style, and you’ll still be able to enjoy the best part about a grilled cheese sandwich, but more healthfully. MORE: 10 Surprisingly Healthy Chocolate Recipes Instead of: Regular Peanut Butter It may be full of healthy fats, but peanut butter still is also full of all those calories....

Block A Nerve, Shed Pounds? The Maestro Rechargeable System uses electric signals to trick the brain into thinking the stomach is full by targeting the vagus nerve. This major nerve links the brain and the gut, and blocking it has led to weight loss, improved control over blood sugar, and reduction in blood pressure for obese, type 2 diabetes patients, according to one study. However, this device must be implanted through minimally invasive outpatient surgery....

Banana Tea Place a ripe banana skin (be sure to cut off the stem and the opposite black end) in a pot with enough water to cover it. Boil for about 10 minutes, strain, and drink plain or with milk and your sweetener of choice. Banana Smoothie 1-2 unpeeled ripe banana, ends cut off ¾ cup unsweetened coconut milk 2 teaspoons cinnamon (Protein powder of choice if desired) Ice Put all ingredients in a blender....

Last year, for example, the Center for Science in the Public Interest named a Chipotle chicken burrito to its “10 Foods to Avoid” list, calling the menu item the “Tortilla Terror.” At 1,020 calories, 16 g saturated fat, and 2,400 mg sodium, the burrito is equivalent to six chicken soft tacos from fast-food chain Taco Bell, according to the CSPI. Also in 2014, the restaurant chain was hit with two class-action lawsuits alleging wage theft through forced work “off the clock....

That means that your only jawline-defining options are spending up to $40,000 on a lower face and neck lift, or shelling out up to $9,000 for liposuction in the area. That is, until this month’s introduction of newly FDA-approved injectable Kybella to dermatologists’ and plastic surgeons’ offices nationwide. (Weight gain during menopause doesn’t have to be your fate. Here’s how to stay slim naturally with the Natural Menopause Solution.) The syringes of deoxycholic acid, a fat-metabolizing chemical naturally produced in the body, are injected into the fat beneath the chin, about a centimeter apart (which can mean as many as 50 injections), which kills fat cells there for good....

Mistake: You don’t have a go-gray strategy. If you’re ready to fully embrace your natural color, it’s not a great idea to just cancel your standing salon appointment. If you do, you’d have a case of overgrown roots lurking about until you cut off every inch of colored hair. Fix it: If you’re willing to go short (as in pixie-cut short) you can lop it off and call it a day, says Dave Stanko, a Redken Fifth Avenue spokesperson and colorist at Cutler Salon in New York City....

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Cause: Rain, Ice, and SnowEffect: FrizzAdd a deep conditioner to your storm-prep shopping list. The reason? Osmosis. If you remember from science class, liquids will move through semi-permeable membranes until there are equal concentrations on both sides. Hair strands are semi-permeable, so when there’s moisture in the air (i.e. humidity) it wants to move into the strand to balance things out. As the moisture wiggles its way in, it causes the hair cuticle to expand, and you get frizz....

Dr. Weeks, who presented a paper on the health benefits of having regular sex during old age at the British Psychological Society’s annual faculty conference, finds that “the key ingredients for looking younger are staying active and maintaining a good sex life.” Plus, he says, sex can boost a person’s happiness and health, lowering their risk for heart disease and depression. More from Prevention: Why Sex Is Ridiculously Healthy He isn’t the only one touting the benefits of copulation: Researchers from Wilkes University in Pennsylvania find that people who have sex twice a week have better immune systems, and a study in the British Journal of Urology International reports men cut their risk of prostate cancer by a third if they ejaculate five times a week....

Researchers at Columbia University’s Department of Medicine found that women with PCOS who took 1,500 mg of a cinnamon supplement every day for six months began to have more regular menstrual cycles than women receiving a placebo. In fact, two of the 11 women in the cinnamon group became spontaneously pregnant (i.e. they got only the usual help from their spouses.) That meant they were ovulating normally, and ovulation is often impaired in women with PCOS....

The new way to get happy Ready for it? Money. More specifically, you score the most happiness when you drop loot on a life experience, like running your first 5K (which you can definitely do when you download our 6-week program), that you share with a loved one. Diet drinks are depressing Literally: New research from the American Academy of Neurology find that those who down at least four cans of soda per day are 30% more likely to suffer from depression than people who don’t....

Sticking to traditional gender roles—i.e., men should be the ones who dictate what happens in bed—could make you less comfortable and less safe in the bedroom, according to a new study in the journal Sex Roles. People who assumed that men should take charge during sex were less likely to feel confident in sexual situations, less assertive about getting sexual satisfaction from their partner, and less receptive to using female condoms....

They dress up their water. Healthy women in Mexico make homemade aguas frescas, or fresh waters, to ensure they drink plenty of H2O. “These refreshing drinks substitute high-calorie drinks and add vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants to your table,” says Yvonne Trevino Hayek, a Mexican nutritionist and elite runner. Aguas frescas from restaurants or street vendors usually contain a lot of sugar, but you can easily make a healthier version at home simply by muddling fresh fruits, vegetables, or herbs into cold water....

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Photo by YuriF/Getty Images Guided imagery (GI) is a mind-body therapy intended to help you overcome challenges such as addiction, anxiety, obesity, pain, or phobias. During a GI session (with a practitioner, or on your own using audiotapes or CDs), you hear and internalize therapeutic suggestions. What Folk Medicine Says The triumph of spirit over pain (mind over matter) is a component of most ancient healing traditions; records of using imagery for healing date back to the Babylonians....

[sidebar] You’ll be more calm and better able to carry on. A new study from Virginia Commonwealth University looked at employees of a North Carolina company that has allowed dogs at the office for more than 15 years. Employees were divided into three groups: people who brought their dogs to work, dog owners who were asked to leave the pooches home for a week, and people with no pets. The results?...