If you’re like a lot of people, the last time you hopped out of bed with a spring in your step was Christmas morning when you were five—and you were probably tired then, too. Whether it’s your nutty schedule, a cat who won’t let you sleep for more than five consecutive minutes, or plain old stress, it’s usually pretty easy to see why you’re dragging. Except when it’s not: New research warns that feeling fatigued too often can be a sign of some eye-opening problems....
Save: Indoor Culinary Herb Garden Kit Grow 12 different herbs, including sage, basil, and cilantro, in this mini-greenhouse that comes with 50 peat pellets; all you do is add water. When the herbs take off (within a few weeks), transfer them to larger pots so they have the space needed to thrive. (herbkits.com; $30) Splurge: AeroGarden SpaceSaver 6 Herbs, cherry tomatoes, salad greens, or green beans all grow without soil in this convenient self-contained countertop garden (it creates a humid, rainforest-like environment)....
This tricep extension exercise uses a pair of light dumbbells to target the muscles. You’ll immediately feel a satisfying burn and the payoff is big: Stronger, sleeker arms that just feel (and look!) awesome. Sculpt sleek arms and flat abs 3Xs faster. Click Here to find out more! Watch as fitness expert Larysa DiDio shows you how to get the most out of this amazing upper body toning move.
Your injury: Pulled hamstring “The most important thing will be to minimize hip flexion—or the motion of bringing your knee up toward your chest,” says Bryan Heiderscheit, PhD, a professor of orthopedics and rehabilitation at the University of Wisconsin. Flexion puts strain on your hamstring. So any positions that require it—missionary, for one—are a bad idea, Heiderscheit says. Lying on your back—provided you’re staying still and not lifting your hips—is probably the way to go....
“That’s the dirty little secret of most popular diet plans,” says exercise researcher Ellington Darden, PhD, author of the new Women’s Health book, The Body Fat Breakthrough. “They don’t combine muscle-maintaining exercises with the calorie reduction. More muscle is your ticket to a better body.” It’s no secret that muscle is more metabolically active than fat, so by having more lean muscle on your skeleton, you’ll burn more calories even at rest....
MORE: Video Of Dad Dancing With Special Needs Daughter Goes Viral Making each other more important than the treatment outcome will be the glue that holds you together. This means that you are committed first to each other’s happiness, then to becoming parents. If you are each putting the relationship first, you will find the decisions you have to make throughout the treatment process much easier and your romantic connection will remain a priority....
What I Got: Swiss chard, red leaf lettuce, broccoli, carrots, zucchini, summer squash, two little squashes shaped like UFOs, cherry tomatoes, onions, dill, and fennel. How I Used It: Respected the summer tomato The first tomatoes of summer are sacred, people. Don’t add them to guacamole. Don’t roast them. Don’t even think about drowning them in salad dressing. Just set aside a half hour, close your eyes, maybe sit in lotus pose for added drama, and eat them right out of the carton....
More from Prevention: Does Healthy Fast Food Exist?[header=How Snacking Habits Have Changed]Is it any wonder our collective waistlines have ballooned in just a few generations? “In 1960, a candy bar was a treat that you saved up to buy,” says Brian Wansink, PhD, a professor of applied economics and management at Cornell University and the author of Mindless Eating. In those days, a mere twinge of hunger was not regarded as a reason to indulge....
As women, so much of what we do revolves around taking care of others. We strive to keep our kids healthy, our bosses happy, and our homes running like well-oiled machines. It wasn’t until I retired three years ago, at the age of 50, that I realized that in all of that craziness, I had missed out on one essential thing: taking care of myself. (Got 10 minutes? Then you’ve got time to get in shape and slim down for good with Prevention’s new 10-minute workouts and 10-minute meals....
I adore both, and I am most definitely “bi.” There it is. It’s out there. I’m bi-coastal in my heart and in my body and in my psyche. I do have a home base with my partner in Beacon, New York. He and I live in a cozy little house tucked up in the Beacon hills and I get to take a beautiful train ride into Manhattan regularly for my big city fix....
Researchers used 17 different climate models in popular wine countries such as southern France and Tuscany, and found unpredictable weather conditions negatively impact areas prime for growing grapes. That means that if their predictions are true, grape cultivation could decrease up to 73% in the next several years, says the study. And that’s not the only unexpected effect of climate change. From your favorite drink to your favorite pair of jeans, check out seven more ways Climate Change Affects You....
The study published in the June 26 issue of JAMA examined years of data on more than 50,000 prostate cancer sufferers and discovered some concerning trends: Among men with a “low-risk” form of the disease—meaning those who are unlikely to die as a result of their cancer—the use of advanced therapies jumped from 32% to 44% between 2004 and 2009. Among men with a high risk for non-cancer mortality (meaning they will die from something other than cancer), use of the same therapies increased from 36% to 57%, the research shows....
It’s a concept that could change your life. People who calculated their heart age—using a short, clinically accurate quiz (take it at heartage.me)—were found in a 2014 study to have more success sticking with healthy life changes than those who were given a plain old risk score. And who can blame ’em for being motivated by the promise of youth anew? The following women accomplished just that. Choose the story that resonates most, then follow that woman’s custom plan....
“We can show that eating organic fruits, vegetables, and juice has the potential to reduce children’s exposure levels from above to below the EPA’s current pesticide exposure guidelines,” says study author Cynthia Curl. The environmental scientists compared 24-hour urine samples from 18 kids, ages 2 to 5, who ate a diet of 75 percent organic foods and 21 kids eating the regular stuff. They measured breakdown products from organophosphates (OP pesticides), which are among the most common agricultural pesticides in the US....
From your morning jog outside to your evening commute through rush hour, you’re inhaling not-so-healthy air pollution every single day. So the last thing you’d want is to dirty up the air inside your own home, right? But you might be doing just that every time you dry the laundry. Hanging damp clothes on indoor clothing racks can create a surprising source of indoor pollution, according to Scottish scientists from the Mackintosh Environmental Architecture Research Unit at the Glascow School of Art....
But the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has just proposed a new rule that could eliminate some of the risk of that last one. The agency has decided that any cuts of beef that have been mechanically tenderized need to be labeled so consumers can treat them carefully. The rule would also require beef producers to provide instructions on how to cook such beef so that any and all bacteria would be killed....
Here’s how to fine-tune your workouts and eating habits to shed those pounds—and keep ’em off. Exercise at least 4 hours a week. That amount helped nearly 44,000 women in their 40s or early 50s achieve weight loss instead of weight gain during a 10-year American Cancer Society study. Crank it up for 10 minutes a day. In a Kaiser Permanente study, a similar group of women who exercised vigorously (like jogging) for 10 or more minutes a day had waistlines nearly 6 inches smaller than women who didn’t raise their heart rates that high....
HPV infection has long been known to be a significant risk factor for cervical cancers, but it’s also recently been linked to a common head and neck cancer. This HPV-related throat cancer tends to hit non-smoking, non-drinking, healthy men between the ages of 50 and 60. “HPV has been found to be associated with one type of oral cancer at the base of the tongue and the tonsil, otherwise known as the pharynx,” says Amy Chen, MD, a professor of head, neck surgery at Emory School of Medicine and an academy leader with the American Academy of Otolaryngology....
