Have you checked the price of a pair of dumbbells, lately? They’re not cheap, especially when you need two or three sets for a home workout. And a gym membership? It costs money and time, which, frankly, would be better spent shopping. “People get all crazy about exercise and think they have to do it a certain way for it to be effective,” says Jacque Ratliff, exercise physiologist with the American Council on Exercise....
Media Platforms Design TeamCHEF BRIAN MALARKEYKnown for his fast-casual concept restaurants, emphasis on organic veggies, and a recent appearance on ABC’s cooking competition The Taste, Brian Malarkey’s success stems beyond the stove: In just three years, Malarkey, together with business partner James Brennan, has created eight successful restaurants across the United States, including Austin’s Searsucker restaurant. (Click here for Chef Malarkey’s full bio.) Prevention: How do you work around food all day and not overeat?...
Nevertheless, the unsettling news of suspected Ebola patients in Manhattan comes during the same week that two American aid workers, both infected with the virus after treating Ebola patients at a missionary clinic in Liberia, are receiving treatment at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. The first aid worker, Dr. Kent Brantly, 33, arrived in Atlanta two days ago; the second, Nancy Writebol, 59, who works with the international aid group SIM USA, arrived via jet in Atlanta today, reports the Charlotte Observer....
Most people have compulsive behaviors that they’d like to change. They find something they like that makes them feel good, and they use it again and again as a kind of coping mechanism, says Tom Horvath, PhD. We tend to think of addictions in their most severe forms: the drug abuser who steals for the next fix, for example, or the compulsive gambler who empties the family bank account into slot machines....
Serves 2 2 med sweet potatoes 2 Tbsp sunflower oil (or another neutral, high-heat oil) 1 yellow onion, sliced 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 fresh jalapeño, seeded and minced 1 tsp ground cumin 1/2 tsp curry powder Pinch of cayenne 1/2 c dried green lentils 1/2 c quinoa 2–3 c water Cilantro leaves, gomasio, pumpkin seeds, and coconut cream for garnish (optional) Heat oven to 400ºF. Using fork, poke several holes into sweet potatoes....
Pump up the volume of your hair. Add equal parts Epsom salt, such as Dr. Teal’s Epsom salt, to equal parts of your favorite conditioner, work the mixture into your hair, and leave it on for 20 minutes before rinsing. The treatment will get rid of excessive oils, which can leave hair looking flat and greasy. Bhatia suggests repeating the treatment once a week. Do an at-home face scrub. Skip the pricey spa facial and get baby-smooth skin at home: Simply mix ½ to 1 teaspoon of Epsom salt with your favorite cleaning cream, and work the mixture it into your skin, using a circular motion, to remove dead skin cells, then rinse....
Bring out your inner artist…with a hike? New research published in PLoS One suggests that a few days spent communing with nature can enhance creativity levels. The study followed 56 participants on a four-day hike where the use of laptops, cell phones, and other technology was strictly prohibited. Half the group completed a creativity test before their hike, and the other half took the test towards the end. As it turns out, those who took the test after four days of trekking scored 50% higher than those in the first group....
EVOO Researchers from the University of Catania in Italy added extra-virgin olive oil (or EVOO) to the diets of rats that had a joint injury. After eight weeks on the EVOO diet, those rats had significantly higher levels of lubricin, a protein in the synovial fluid that protects cartilage and serves as a lubricant, compared with animals fed a standard diet. Add EVOO to salad dressings, pastas, and vegetable sautés....
Tomatoesfresh-from-the-farm-market tomato A bland, mealy grocery-store tomato will never rival a . And there are more benefits to local tomatoes than just taste. In Florida, where a third of the country’s fresh tomatoes are grown, slavery of illegal immigrants on tomato farms is a persistent problem. And farmers in that state apply five times as much fungicide and six times as much pesticide as farmers in California, which supplies another third of the country’s fresh tomatoes....
Think whole foods. Make sure snacks contain real food. The mini meal should contain protein and carbs, and even better if it contains fiber. Some ideas include whole-grain crackers and string cheese, hard-boiled eggs, whole-wheat pretzels with hummus or peanut butter, edamame, Greek yogurt, homemade trail mix, or even a bowl of whole grain cereal and low-fat milk. Different ages don’t mean different snacks. You can feed kids of all ages the same foods, just adjust the portion sizes....
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The Hairpin, which recently coined the term, calls snackwave the “Internet phenomenon of young women and teenage girls expressing an obsession with snack foods.” This includes chips, cookies, and all manner of greasy and/or cheesy processed junk. Think pizza, burritos, ramen, fare from lowbrow chain restaurants and fast-food joints, plus microwavable crapola such as Bagel Bites and Hot Pockets. Kids are crazy, right? But snackwavers don’t just eat this shit surreptitiously by the glimmer of their computers; they profess their devotion by tweeting about kissing sandwiches or being horny for pizza....
