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Last week, Nestlé announced the rollout of their “Responsible Sourcing Guidelines,” which aim to tighten and improve standards for the hundreds of thousands of farms that supply the global manufacturer with its milk, meat, and eggs. The new protocol came on the heels of Nestlé’s partnership with the NGO World Animal Protection, an organization that’s helped governments, communities, and international agencies improve animal welfare for more than 50 years. So what’s changing for Nestlé?...

This magical flour is made from green bananas, which, unlike their sugary yellow counterparts, are packed with resistant starch, a type of fiber that the body can’t digest. “So it provides bulk with fewer calories,” says Rachel Begun, RDN. MORE: Should You Drop Dough on Gluten-Free Flour? At 100 calories per ¼ cup, banana flour is already lower in calories than all-purpose flour and many wheat flour alternatives, including almond, brown rice, and oat flours....

According to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) report—“Playing Chicken With Antibiotics”—the FDA concluded after nine years’ worth of research that 18 types of antibiotics currently approved for use in farm-animal feed are high risk for increasing antibiotic resistance in humans. Further, none of the 30 drugs under review meet the agency’s own safety standards. While the research was completed in 2010, the FDA has taken no steps to withdraw approval for these drugs—and it took a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit and subsequent litigation to bring this research to light....

The second part of breaking free from emotional eating involves paying attention to the nonfood areas of our lives and learning how to feed ourselves in ways that are as divine as chocolate, minus the calories. When we don’t pay attention to, and then celebrate, what is right about our lives in this instant, we end up waiting for what we believe are the right conditions–being at the perfect weight, having the perfect partner, living in the perfect house—to be happy....

Nobody saw the bipolar disorder coming. Not her supportive parents—both mental health professionals—not her doctors, and not Linea herself. But what followed was one woman’s journey of depression, drugs, near-suicide, shock therapy, hospitalization, bulimia, and mania—and the mother who wouldn’t give up on her. 7 Signs Of Mental Illness Doctors Miss Linea and her mother, Cinda, chronicle Linea’s battle with bipolar disorder in their new book, Perfect Chaos: A Daughter’s Journey to Survive Bipolar, A Mother’s Struggle to Save Her....

Except they’re wrong. A new study published in the journal Environmental Sciences Europe shows that when biotech companies sell these seeds under the claim that they’ll require fewer pesticides, they’re about as truthful as a food companies who tell you “low-fat” cookies will make you skinny. In the 16 years since the first GM crops were planted, pesticide use has increased by 527 million pounds, or 7%, says Charles Benbrook, PhD, research professor at the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources at Washington State University and author of the new study....

[sidebar]Plenty of sites promise to help owners diagnose their animal’s problems. A few even offer “experts”—vets, techs, or pet hobbyists who’ve passed a basic pet health exam. At one, I submitted my question (“Dog ate hand lotion—toxic?”), along with the lotion’s ingredient list. Within minutes, I received a reply: The lotion wasn’t poisonous but might give Rhoda diarrhea, which the message explained how to treat. (I wasn’t terribly worried about the tube because it was soft plastic and she hadn’t eaten all that much of it....

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Researchers from the University Of Maryland School of Medicine studied the vaginal bacteria of 87 women between the ages of 35 and 60 and found that a low amount of Lactobacillus (a type of bacteria that lives in the body and is also in some fermented foods like yogurt) was associated with the symptoms of vaginal atrophy. Lead study author Rebecca M. Brotman, PhD, says that while this is very early research, it may eventually lead to probiotics as a treatment for some of the symptoms of vaginal atrophy, specifically urinary issues....

Any relationship can become boring, even if both parties still make time for each other and have things in common. When researchers set out to assess the characteristics of relationship boredom according to everyday people, they found that relationship boredom was most commonly associated with the relationship being “no longer exciting” and with having “a lack of interest in their partner.” (Characteristics like having “nothing in common” and “too similar to each other” were low on the list, suggesting that boredom isn’t necessarily a result of incompatibility....

After helping an overweight woman from her car, O’Donnell writes, she developed an ache in her chest and felt nauseous, clammy, and hot. “i googled womens heart attack symptoms / i had many of them / but really? – i thought – naaaa,” she writes. “know the symptoms ladies / listen to the voice inside / the one we all so easily ignore.” O’Donnell, 50, received medical attention in time, but plenty of other women aren’t so lucky....

Best For: Serious workouts in serious weather Icebug DTS-L Dri BuGripicebug.com These slip-proof shoes use stubby steel and rubber nodules to dig into ice and snow. ($198; ) Best For: Slushy daysBogs Juno Midbogsfootwear) The quilted sides of this slide- and slush-resistant pair keep lower legs warm—even in arcticlike temps. ($135; .com Best For: Winter walksAhnu Sugar Bowlahnu.com The ready-for-anything tread is made for snow days, and the cozy lining wicks away moisture....

[sidebar]The major physical issues that women experience relate to a lack of certain hormones, like estrogen, that oncologists don’t want you to use. Vaginal dryness bothers many women, a result of the lack of estrogen. You can do one of several things for that. You can try a topical lubricant, such as KY or Astroglide, which are non-hormonal and can significantly help intercourse. You can also use an estrogen preparation like the Estring, which is a soft rubber ring—similar to a diaphragm—coated with estrogen, which very slowly releases the hormone to the tissues of the vagina....

Some are traditional oral pills, while others actually have to be inserted and dissolved in your vagina, but the premise is the same: to keep your vagina infection-free by making sure there are more “good” bacteria down there than the bad. Having healthy vaginal bacteria means less smell, irritation, or discharge, and also means protection against issues like bacterial vaginosis (a common vaginal infection), UTIs, and even HIV, says Rebecca M....

Your daily routine Start each day by cleaning and moisturizing your face. Your daily routine should take just minutes. Here’s what I recommend: Cleanser: For dry complexions, use a cream cleanser that moisturizes as it cleanses. Look for ingredients such as wheat germ oil, which cleans without stripping, and glycerin, which attracts moisture to your skin’s surface. Water-based gel cleansers with oil-fighting ingredients such as seaweed extract are perfect for oily complexions....

To scale back skin cancer risk, try photodynamic therapy This in-office treatment combines blue light and a topical amino acid called Levulan to get rid of actinic keratoses, rough, textured patches of pre-cancerous cells often found on sun-exposed spots like your forehead, nose, and the tops of your ears.These patches affect about 58 million Americans, and removal prevents them from developing into full-blown skin cancer, says Rebecca Kazin, MD, a board-certified dermatologist at the Washington Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery at Johns Hopkins Dermatology....

Researchers were curious to see how small social interactions, or lack thereof, could influence a person’s feelings of connectedness. To find out, they dispatched a team of experimenters to Purdue’s campus. The experimenters were instructed to walk past random students and make eye contact, smile, or purposely look through the student as if he didn’t exist. Immediately afterward, another experimenter asked the student how disconnected he felt on a scale of 1 to 5....

Zesty Crab Cakes with Creamy Pepper Sauce (Phase 2) Though you can use canned crabmeat if it’s in your cupboard, fresh lump crabmeat is far superior in these crab cakes, and makes it one of our favorite South Beach Diet recipes. Drizzled with a creamy roasted pepper sauce, this is one recipe you’ll make again and again. Creamy Pepper Sauce Crab Cakes To make the sauce: 1. Puree the roasted peppers in a food processor or blender....