This five-ingredient, dairy- and gluten-free recipe is a clean alternative to your morning muffin or scone—but it’s just as satisfying! I like to make a small batch, since they’ll taste better if eaten the same day. MORE: Crazy Satisfying Overnight Oats Makes 4 cookies 1 sm banana 2 lg egg whites 1 Tbsp honey ½ c oats ¼ c fresh blueberries Heat oven to 350°F.2. In medium bowl, mash banana....
It turns out, the cold-pressed oil from pumpkin seeds (also called pepitas) has an enthusiastic following among natural beauty and wellness mavens who are drizzling it over their salads, smoothing it on their skin, and washing up with it in the shower—and loving it for its nutrient-packed qualities. So, what can pumpkin seed oil do for your looks? Well, potentially a lot. It’s rich in vitamin A and E, zinc, omega 3 and 6 fatty acids, as well as antioxidants, says Anna Urban, founder of Aviva Hair Revitalizer, which makes a hair supplement that’s loaded with the oil....
If you could take a pill daily that would lower your blood pressure, reduce stress, boost your immune system, and promote bonding with your mate, wouldn’t you do it? You don’t actually need a pill to tap these much-needed benefits. There’s another way that’s more fun, with no side effects: having sex with your mate. So why do so many couples let their relationships fall into a sex-free zone? It starts with your pressure-cooker job, on top of your load of household chores....
“Lack of core strength is the number one imbalance that we see with our clients,” says trainer Bruce Mack, cofounder of MBSC Thrive Functional Training. “If you don’t correct it, you’re not only more likely to experience nagging aches and pains—especially in the hips, knees, and low back—but you’re also more at risk for injury.” Strengthen your core muscles (and get a flat belly while you’re at it) with Mack’s simple, super-effective routine....
We’ve all felt a little (or a lot) anxious at some point in our lives. Maybe it’s that ridiculous work deadline, uncertainty in your close relationships, or general unease with the state of the world that’s making you feel on edge. And learning how to deal with anxiety is not just inconvenient. Uncontrolled anxiety can be downright debilitating, sending you down a chaotic spiral of negative thoughts and feelings. “Anxiety is how we internally react to stress,” says Ellen Albertson, PhD, RD, psychologist and nutritionist in private practice....
Talk yourself slim. It’s the name of a book and a weight-loss strategy promoted by hypnotherapist John Richardson, who believes that what you say to yourself—subconsciously and aloud—can help you prevent weight loss-sabotaging behaviors. For example, on a midnight fridge raid you might say to yourself, “What am I doing here? Is this really what I want?” It’s a technique that Brian Wansink, PhD, director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab in Ithaca, New York, and author of Slim By Design: Mindless Eating Solutions to Everyday Life, has found to be strongly associated with losing weight....
Despite study after study supporting the benefits of strength training, many women still opt for cardio over weight training. Maybe they’re worried about “bulking up.” Women have seen a few too many beefy men grunting it out in the weight room and fear that if they pick up a dumbbell, they’ll suddenly start to resemble a linebacker, too. This can happen, although it’s extremely rare, as we reveal in 6 Ways to Beat Your Bad Genes....
To women like Smith, bifocals, along with gray hairs and skirted swimsuits, are visible evidence that they’ve crossed the threshold into middle age. “All I could think of was the old ladies in the library with glasses around their necks,” Smith says. “That’s just not how I see myself.” But like any other body part with lots of mileage, eyes wear out. And whether we’ve been happy with our glasses or contacts or never had vision problems, eye changes often feel as if they’ve come along overnight....
The research: Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medical Institution and the University of South Florida identified the area of the motor cortex that controlled thumb muscles in 28 subjects (18 chronic insomniacs, 10 healthy sleepers). Using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to activate the muscles, they produced involuntary thumb movements, then spent 30 minutes training subjects to move their thumb in the opposite direction without TMS (i.e. subjects who involuntarily moved their thumbs up and left were retrained to move them down and to the right)....
