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When the weather starts to get cooler, I often crave warm, comforting foods, and this bread definitely fits the bill. The best part is that it’s perfect for making ahead and freezing. You can wrap and freeze a whole loaf or individual slices (or make the whole recipe in a muffin tin and freeze individual muffins). I like to add heart-healthy nuts like pecans or walnuts, but if you’re not a fan, just leave them out or swap in dark chocolate chips....

The researchers split 31 female collegiate rowers—roughly half of whom had already tested positive for low iron levels—into two groups. While one group took a daily iron supplement, the other swallowed a placebo. After 6 weeks, blood lactate levels—a reliable indicator of muscle fatigue—were about 10% lower among the iron supplementers compared to the placebo group. The women in the iron group also recovered from strenuous exercise faster, according to the research....

Beth Lambiris admits that was part of the reason why, 10 years ago, she took “hard-core aerobics classes” three times a week. “I did it to be in shape. Many people were doing it back then,” says Lambiris, who now, at 44, has knee osteoarthritis (OA), a degeneration of the cartilage that covers and cushions the bones in the joint. She adds ruefully, “I’m a product of ’no pain, no gain....

She’s gone. It’s still hard to believe. How blessed I was to have known her for 15 years. To spend time across from her gaze of unconditional love. To be offered a consistency that is a rare and beautiful thing. My many writings to her were filled with my deepest fears, my secrets, my joys and my epiphanies. Her responses are now inspirational readings to me. I confess, she was a therapist by profession and it crossed over into our dynamic together and she loved every minute watching and guiding my growth as a woman....

For decades, researchers believed it’s human nature for impulsive reactions to be inherently selfish. But when it comes to close relationships, be they romantic, parent-child, or even very deep friendships, you’re more apt to pursue your partner’s best interest at some cost to your own. Some selflessness is good in relationships, but researchers also discovered your level of self-control has something to do with just how willing you are to sacrifice yourself for your partner....

“Without fat, we know that lutein absorption is negligible,” says nutrition researcher Cheryl Rock, PhD, of the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Rock’s favorite recipe to make sure she absorbs enough lutein for her eyes’ health? It’s easy: Just toss 2 cups of raw spinach with 1 tablespoon walnut oil, 1 teaspoon mustard, and 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar. Prevention testers loved this dressing! More from Prevention: 5 Ways To Age-Proof Your Vision

This easy-to-make salad looks and tastes like you toiled away in the kitchen all day. But I’ve got a few tricks up my sleeve: The artichoke hearts come from a can, the beets are steamed in advance, and the greens were dumped out of a plastic tub. Yes, I can see the looks of horror on the faces of die-hard, from-scratch purists, but sometimes I need to take shortcuts (hey, it’s still better than take-out)....

Before You Color Wash with a clarifying shampoo a day prior to dyeing. “Stronger detergents remove excess product buildup, so color penetrates deeper and lasts longer,” explains Eva Scrivo, the owner of Eva Scrivo Salon in New York City. Choose fade-resistant shades such as blonde or brunette. “Reds wash away a week or two faster because they contain smaller color molecules, which escape from hair more easily,” says Karla Siereveld, PhD, a scientist at Procter & Gamble....

Old Routine Dana’s bare-bones approach–daily and nightly cleansing and moisturizing–allowed dead cells and clusters of melanin to build up and leave her complexion looking dull and uneven. Though she’s careful to use a moisturizer with SPF 15 daily, it doesn’t provide strong enough protection against UVA, the rays that trigger pigmentation. New Routine Morning 1. Use a brightening face wash. A cleanser with lightening agents like niacin (a B vitamin) helps inhibit the release of melanin, the pigment that colors skin....

City/State: Gladstone, VA Occupation: manager, men’s prison work program

The research: The Greek study team analyzed 19 prior reports featuring 5.5 years of health data on roughly 162,000 people. Regardless of race, sex, age, or nationality, following a Mediterranean-style diet plan was shown to significantly lower the risk of developing diabetes, the study data shows. That’s even truer for people at high risk for heart disease—a group that tends to suffer from diabetes at disproportionately high rates. In fact, for those in danger of heart disease, researchers say that adhering to a Mediterranean diet can lower the risk for diabetes by 27%....

Try the split lunge dumbbell pass which targets your obliques, thighs, butt, and shoulders: Start in a lunge position with left foot forward, holding a single dumbbell in your right hand. As you bend knees to lower into a lunge, pass the dumbbell under left leg then raise left arm until parallel to floor as legs straighten, that’s 1 rep. Do 12 reps then switch sides. Remember, you have to challenge your body to change your body....

The agony of a migraine headache is, sadly, a familiar feeling for many of us: An estimated 22 million women suffer from headaches and migraines. And while the pounding pain goes away eventually, new research shows that migraines leave a lasting—and potentially damaging—impression on the brain. In a study of 300 patients, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers concluded that female migraine sufferers exhibited more brain lesions—small areas of damaged tissue—than their peers....

Take Morgan County, Kentucky. A decade ago, only one in four women living there got their government-recommended 150 minutes of moderate movement. Now, 44% of them meet the standards—a jump of 18%. Many other places around the country have seen similar gains of 15% or more in the number of people meeting the guidelines. The bad news? All that sweating has barely made a dent in nationwide obesity rates. “Obesity has increased in nearly every county, including those where physical activity has also increased,” says Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, MPH, one of the authors of the study....

Switching to natural makeup can be a daunting task. Sure, organic eyeliner and paraben-free foundation sound great, but it can be hard to give up your regular faves. Shirley Pinkson, the co-founder of W3LL PEOPLE, knows your pain. She spent 10 years at NARS Cosmetics before she jumped the fence and co-created the natural line that makes dramatic, results-oriented makeup using toxin-free ingredients. Here are some of her best tips: If you don’t recognize the first five ingredients in your makeup, don’t buy it!...

But that ravenous, I-could-eat-a-horse feeling that accompanies your skipped meal often drives you to overeat. In that respect at least, people aren’t much different from mice. A recent study from The Ohio State University found that when mice were restricted from eating for a day, they would gorge on food the moment it hit their feeding bowls. After about a week of fasting and gorging, the mice had altered their metabolisms and gained the mouse version of a beer belly....

Around the World Toning Exercise: Sit on stability ball, feet hip-width apart, arms bent at sides. Press into heels, lifting butt an inch off ball (extend arms if needed for balance). Step right foot, then left foot, to right a few inches. Lower, touch butt to ball, then lift again, taking another step around ball to right. Continue to lift, step, and lower until you’ve rotated back to start. Repeat in opposite direction....

MORE: Can Having Sex Ruin Your Athletic Performance? So should you worry? Here’s what scientists know now: Lab studies involving animals have shown that diets loaded with acrylamide can cause DNA mutations that increase the risk of tumor growth and the spread of cancer cells. But studies involving people have produced “limited and inconsistent evidence” when it comes to the ties between acrylamide and cancer, the EFSA says. While people exposed to the chemical in an industrial setting have suffered from nervous system issues like muscle weakness or limb numbness, that has little to do with your diet....

Ashley’s answer: Great question, sir, yet your concern may be a bit old school. Here’s why: today we know that using one cholesterol number to assess heart disease risk doesn’t actually help that much. In fact, it can be misleading. Numbers to take into consideration include your LDL (historically called “bad” cholesterol, which today we know is not one number, but several), your HDL (or “good” cholesterol), your triglycerides (TG), your glycated hemoglobin HgbA1C, your CRP & Sed Rate (both markers of inflammation), assessment of arterial plaque, family history notes, and—thinking into the future—a test to determine the amount of carnitine-feeding bacteria in your digestive tract....