6:30 AM Go for an outdoor morning power walk. Exposure to sunlight within two hours of rising sends a strong signal to your circadian clock that it’s your wake up time, explains sleep specialist Robert Rosenberg, DO, author of Sleep Soundly Every Night: Feel Fantastic Every Day. The result? Your body will not only feel more alert now, but you’ll be more likely to feel drowsy later tonight, so you fall asleep faster....
If hearing the word “porn” made you turn your nose up and roll your eyes, hear us out: Turns out that actors in the porn industry can teach us all a bit about self-esteem. In the bedroom anyway. When researchers at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania surveyed a group of female porn stars and compared the results to surveys from a group of women whose jobs didn’t involve pornography, they found that the adult movie performers reported higher levels of self-esteem, spirituality, social support, and sexual satisfaction (when they were off the job) than their non-porn peers....
Sweat Summary: Sweat alongside figure skater and Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi and her trainer, Erin O’Brien, in this fun and effective cardio/sculpt workout. Each circuit combines cardio blasts with strength-training moves for a total body workout in 10 minutes or less. Sweat Factor: high sweat Mood: Intense What We Liked: It’s separated into several 10-minute segments so you can pick and choose between circuits or do the entire workout (53 minutes) depending on how much time you have....
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It’s nearly impossible to consistently eat clean without committing yourself to some QT in the kitchen each week. For cook-at-home newbies, easier said than done—I know. When I first started learning to cook, I made every mistake in the book. I held my knife wrong, I was scared of salt, and once I even burned water (forgot about the pasta I planned to make). But as my cooking skills improved, so did my meals and experience in the kitchen....
800: The estimated number of disease-fighting seeds in one pomegranate
Canadian researchers found high-intensity interval training (HIIT) not only helped people slim down, but it pumped up their cognitive performance, too. Researchers recruited participants who were overweight or obese, and, after performing a battery of physical and mental tests, put them on a training regimen of two weekly sessions of HIIT and strength training, plus one session of moderate cardio for four months. Participants lost weight, gained fitness and strength, and showed improvement in short-term memory, longer attention spans, and clearer focus....
That’s right, the only way. For years, however, women were sold the same bill of goods: If you want to burn fat, be fit, and achieve body Nirvana, aerobics is the answer. And each year, millions of leotard-clad women poured into aerobic dance classes hoping to look like the babes in the health club ads, only to come out with bodies that looked startlingly similar to the ones they started with....
The research team studied 88 people with type 2 diabetes. The volunteers, all of whom had been living with diabetes for at least 10 years, were randomly given either 3 daily one-gram capsules of ginger powder or 3 identical-looking sham capsules, in addition to their regular diabetes meds. Those who took the ginger capsules saw a significant decrease in blood sugar after 8 weeks. Study participants were middle-aged and overweight, but not obese....
But gluten-free beer drinkers get ready: Some manufacturers are now making “gluten-removed” beer, which uses an ingredient already standard in brewing, Brewers Clarex, or a patented enzyme that prevents haze from forming in chilled beer and, incredibly, also breaks down the gluten in malted barley. Genius. Gluten-removed beer tastes like beer—and pretty good beer at that. I’ve sampled gluten-removed lagers from Craft Brew Alliance’s Omission in Portland, Oregon, and Barcelona, Spain-based Estrella Damm’s Daura Damm....
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Is Thanksgiving Dinner Really A Caloric Catastrophe? [The New York Times] When we’re all giving thanks next Thursday, chances are pretty good that we’ll also be stuffing our faces. But how many calories does the average Thanksgiving diner consume? The commonly cited statistic is a whopping 4,500—but The New York Times isn’t buying it. They designed a Thanksgiving feast, counting calories along the way, and came to some surprising conclusions about how much food it’d take to reach that gut-busting tally....
Late lunch? You may want to rethink that, according to new research in the International Journal of Obesity that shows people who eat their biggest meal earlier drop more pounds than those who don’t. Your health at steak Sorry, meat mavens: A new report from the Environmental Working Group found that a majority of our meat supply is contaminated with antibiotic-resistant bacteria—and it’s only getting worse. See what you can do to safeguard against disease....
Stand up to snack attacks How? A high-protein breakfast, say researchers from the University of Missouri. That’s half a cup of Greek yogurt, a veggie-filled omelet, or even a kale smoothie. But having a better morning meal is just a start. Learn four more ways to prevent a binge. Don’t stress the small stuff Easier said than done, we know, but not when you consider the new Psycholigcal Journal study that found people who respond to everyday stress are 30 to 50% more likely to be diagnosed with a mood disorder, like depression....
Anyone who’s ever experienced a hot flash—that sweep of heat through your body accompanied by a flushed face and sweating—knows that this frequent menopause symptom can make you feel, well, crazy. And now a new study says that therapy, clinical hypnosis therapy that is, can reduce hot flashes and their associated symptoms. Hypnotic relaxation therapy reduced hot flashes by as much as 80%, according to research from Baylor University’s Mind-Body Medicine Research Laboratory....
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Want to lose weight by eating rich foods, snacking on bread, and still enjoying coffee and wine? Of course you do. It’s the dieter’s dream—or rather, it was your dream. Now, you can have your bread and wine—and actually savor both without guilt. That’s the promise made by the new book The Greek Diet (HarperCollins), written by Prevention’s own food and nutrition director Sarah Toland and acclaimed Greek chef Maria Loi....
Pump up your fall smoothies with a scoop, or get a healthy dose of the antioxidant-rich green stuff in this pesto recipe from Candice Kumai, a chef and the author of Pretty Delicious. Spirulina Pesto SERVINGS: 6 3 c fresh basil ¾ c whole raw almonds 1 Tbsp spirulina powder 1 clove garlic, roughly chopped ½ c extra virgin olive oil1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice Pulse basil, almonds, spirulina, garlic, and ½ tsp sea salt in food processor to combine....
Airplane food has gotten a bit better since the days of undercooked “chicken” coated in unidentified mystery sauce. It’s also gotten way more expensive—especially when it comes to snack packs. If you don’t plan ahead, you could find yourself shelling out $12 for a box filled with a couple of crackers, a mini cheese stick, and a teeny tiny helping of hummus. To help you avoid this flying fail, we checked in with the ultimate snacks-on-a-plane pros: flight attendants....
In a study of 15,314 people with sleep troubles, the scientists found that 1 in 4 suffered heartburn at night. The most common causes were soda and benzodiazepine sleep drugs—such as Valium—as well as overweight, hypertension, and asthma. (Need another reason to skip the soda? Check out 7 Side Effects Of Drinking Diet Soda.) Soda’s acidity and carbon dioxide can overwhelm the muscle barrier between the stomach and the esophagus, allowing stomach acid to flow upward, says lead researcher Ronnie Fass, MD, a gastroenterologist....
