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Ruin your appetite Consuming a liquid to begin a meal can reduce your total calorie intake by up to 20% because it makes you feel full. To avoid having to pound two glasses of H2O, try this: Drink one glass and start with a broth-based soup, like miso, minestrone, or chicken noodle. Sign up for a race If you find a better reason to work out than pure weight loss, you’ll be more likely to maintain an exercise program, says a University of Michigan study....

Optimism is great, but a smile won’t help you save money. According to a recent poll from the National Foundation for Credit Counseling, 56% of respondents predicted that they will be in a better place financially by next year. But of course, “feelings are not facts,” says Gail Cunningham, spokesperson for the NFCC. “Financial decisions need to be based on financial facts. Avoiding reality can be dangerous.” We all want a padded bank account, but to avoid making the same fiscal mistakes you made last year, you’ll have to do more than think positively....

Just like a car that idles so long its engine stalls, your metabolism puts on the brakes when you lead a sedentary lifestyle, says James A. Levine, MD, PhD, a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. The moment you go from walking slowly to sitting, your active calorie-burn rate drops from roughly 3 per minute to 1. Meanwhile, your triglyceride and blood sugar levels rise. Over time, sitting for hours every day causes your levels of “good” cholesterol (HDL) to fall and puts you at risk ofweight gain, diabetes, heart disease, and a variety of cancers....

“They have developed a one-word response to any and all problems: Eat!” says Dr. Gullo, author of Thin Tastes Better. It’s not surprising that so many people use food as a tranquilizer, says Dori Winchell, PhD, a psychologist in private practice specializing in eating disorders in Encinitas, CA. “From the time you’re a baby through childhood, whenever you’re unhappy, someone soothes you with a cookie. We’ve been pairing emotions with eating for so long that it’s little wonder we know anything else....

MORE: Is Your Flushing Actually Rosacea? “Rosacea is a common condition, but often the average person confuses it with adult acne or a skin allergy,” says Dee Anna Glaser, MD. It tends to be cyclical. It might be active for a while, then lessen in intensity, and then suddenly flare up again. Left untreated, the redness becomes more permanent, and tiny blood vessels become visible. Bumps and pimples often develop, and in advanced cases, your nose may become bumpy, red, and swollen....

I have to admit that when I first made this dish I was jumping for joy: It has the perfect mix of sweet, salty, and sour along with lots of different textures. MORE: Gluten-Free Pesto and Shrimp Pasta Note: I bought frozen crab meat and thawed it before use—it’s a bit sweeter and better tasting than the precooked stuff. Prep Time: 5 minutesTotal Time: 20 minutesServes 2 Salad ¼ c coconut flakes 2 Tbsp sesame seeds 3 Tbsp coconut oil 4 spring onions, sliced thin ½ stick lemongrass, finely sliced 1½" piece ginger, peeled and sliced into matchsticks ½ c bean sprouts 1 red grapefruit, peeled and segmented 1 long red chile, seeded and finely sliced ½ lb raw crab meat ½ c cilantro, for garnish Dressing 2 Tbsp coconut sugar 2 Tbsp tamari 2 Tbsp lime juice 2 tsp taramind paste...

Shop for a cause Every October, we brace ourselves for the barrage of pink. Don’t get us wrong, we love the idea of supporting our favorite breast cancer charities by purchasing awesome products, but it’s hard to know whether those pink goodies really make an impact. Well no sweat—this year we’ve done the legwork for you. We’ve vetted each of these products to find out who they benefit and how much of your purchase actually goes to the charity named....

In addition, small businesses with fewer than 25 full-time employees who make $50,000 or less a year may be eligible for tax credits to help owners purchase health insurance for their employees. Small businesses will also have access to specialized marketplaces called the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) that will help them compare the costs and benefits of insurance options for their employees. 2. BETTER COVERAGEThe law requires that all individual and commercial plans cover at least 10 categories of benefits, known as essential health benefits....

Smart Toilet We may do some of our best thinking while planted on the pot, but people in Japan blow us out of the water with the Intelligence Toilet II from Daiwa House. It’s a porcelain throne that features accoutrements to check your blood sugar levels, blood pressure, and BMI—info it helpfully sends to your laptop, tracks in a nifty chart, and even makes personalized meal and exercise recommendations based on it....

In her new book, End Emotional Eating, Dr. Taitz uses approachable psychological therapies to help people develop healthier relationships with food. And she busts a few myths along the way. For starters, emotional eating is common among people of all shapes and sizes—even healthy types—and it can take on different forms. You may snack at work because you’re stressed or bored, binge at night because you’re lonely, or deny yourself food because you feel rejected and unloved after a bad date....

But I had tons of girlfriends, and guys still asked me out, so it’s not as if I stayed home on Saturday nights with Ben & Jerry. Monitoring portions and exercising required too much effort. Becoming content with my size seemed simpler. Back when I was in senior high school, I weighed 164 pounds, and on my 5-foot frame, that was a lot. That February, my parents decided to try the Atkins Diet....

“I’m always thinking about ways I can eradicate barriers to entry when it comes to health and wellness. The only things stopping people from taking the first step is not knowing what to do, or being overwhelmed with too much information,” says Rosante (who’s also an ambassador for Target’s C9 by Champion). So, he wipes away any such obstacles (picture dramatic sweeping of forearm across cluttered desk) with his brand-new book, The 30-Second Body, which is more like an easy-to-read playbook than an intimidating diet or fitness guide....

Although I had come to enjoy my carbs, I wasn’t too worried: I imagined myself with more energy, gleefully eating a hamburger without the bun or a rib eye steak with a side of steamed veggies. It seemed like it would be easy. (No need to eat a crazy amount of protein to lose weight; Prevention’s Fit in 10 program gives you 10-minute workouts that bring serious results. Try it for FREE today!...