Go Easy On The Garlic Highly spiced foods like to linger long after the party’s over. Certain tastes and smells linger in the form of the essential oils that they leave in your mouth. Depending on how much you eat, the odor can remain up to 24 hours, no matter how often you brush your teeth. Some foods to avoid include onions, hot peppers, and garlic. (Find out 20 unexpected things that might make you smell....
20 Minutes or Less: Chopped Chicken Salad Rotisserie chicken and ready-to-eat veggies and eggs from the salad bar make this salad a snap. PREP TIME: 10 minutes / TOTAL TIME: 10 minutes / SERVINGS: 4 3 Tbsp red wine vinegar 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil 2 tsp Dijon mustard 8 c spring mix with herbs (about 8 oz) 4 lg hard-boiled eggs, peeled and quartered 1 sm cucumber, sliced 1½ c chopped rotisserie chicken (about 8 oz) ⅓ c chopped red onion WHISK together vinegar, oil, mustard, and ¼ teaspoon each salt and black pepper in serving bowl....
Legs-Up-the-Wall Pose Sit on the floor with one side of your body grazing wall. Swing legs up against the wall and slowly lower your back and head to the floor, keeping legs straight. Allow your hands to fall out to sides, palms facing up. Breathe deeply, relaxing into the pose. Hold for 1 to 5 minutes. MORE: 7 Best Yoga Poses To Curb A Binge Child’s Pose Kneel on your mat with your big toes touching and knees spread mat-width apart....
The results: The closer the bowls were to the students, the more food they ate. And what’s more, the clear bowls that were within arms reach inspired the subjects to eat more apples. This same theory has been tested numerous times with candy—with similar results. The explanation is simple: If food is close enough, you’ll eat it, says lead study author Gregory J. Privitera, PhD, assistant professor of psychology at Saint Bonaventure University....
Give shoes a dry spell. Make sure each pair gets time off to breathe: Shoes need at least 24 hours to dry out, according to McAloon, so don’t wear the same flats every day. Soak your toes. To fight odor, submerge feet in warm water for 15 minutes a few times a week. Add 4 to 6 drops of tea tree oil, which acts as an antimicrobial. (Just make sure you’re buying the real stuff—here are 7 signs your essential oils are fake....
Pain Level: 0 out of 5 Prescription-only Vaniqa lotion reduces growth but won’t remove hair (a 2-month supply costs about $100). For a similar effect, OTC growth-inhibiting creams, such as DermaDoctor Gorilla Warfare Hair Minimizing Facial Moisturizer ($50; dermadoctor.com), slow follicle activity with botanicals like palmetto and fireweed. Pain Level: 1 out of 5 Depilatory creams, such as Nair Precision Face and Upper Lip Kit ($6; drugstores), have a chemical that breaks down the keratin bond in hairs, dissolving them beneath the surface of the skin....
So says Nicholas Dodman, director of the animal behavior section at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. The author of best sellers The Dog Who Loved Too Much and The Cat Who Cried for Help, Dodman founded one of the first animal behavior clinics in the United States and has spent 30 years researching and treating animal behavior problems. As part of his many studies, Dodman determined the genetic cause of obsessive-compulsive disorder in dogs....
Certain exercises are pretty much useless or potentially dangerous, yet many women keep doing them because they’re misinformed about the benefits (or lack thereof), says Kelly Drew, RCEP, an ACSM-registered clinical exercise physiologist based in Indianapolis. Here are 4 you ought to delete from your routine, along with safer, more effective options to try instead. Skip: Sit-ups If six-pack abs are your goal, don’t bother. “You cannot spot reduce, meaning just work a certain muscle group to make that area smaller,” says Drew....
Beyond booze, a whole host of foods can make or break your happiness. “Foods are chemicals. Because these chemicals resemble the ones found in our brains, they have a powerful impact on our mindset,” says Gary Wenk, PhD, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Ohio State University and author of Your Brain on Food. That’s also why we can become addicted to food just like we can be addicted to drugs, he says....
The recent listening sensation Serial introduced a lot of people to podcasts, especially runners. It replaced music as earphone fodder while out on the road or treadmill, something podcasts have been doing for me since I bought my first smart phone in 2009. I never liked listening to music while running outside because I felt it disassociated from my surroundings, but as my long runs stretched into one, two, or three hours, I needed to do something with my time other than run around in my own head....
A coalition of physician groups and Consumer Reports magazine has listed five examples of when you should challenge your doctor’s advice. They include: EKGs and exercise stress tests, imaging tests for lower-back pain, CT scans and MRIs for headaches, bone density scans for low-risk women, and antibiotics for sinusitis. John Santa, MD, director of the Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center, tells Newsmax Health the list was compiled to help patients question their doctors about care that may be unnecessary....
“If certain muscles are tight, they create tension on other areas of your body and pull you out of proper alignment,” explains Reavy. “Stretching helps to keep your body in the right position so you become more efficient at walking—and potentially burn more calories—and reduce your risk of being sidelined by an injury.” Hmm… Seems like they might be worth the time after all, wouldn’t you say? (Walk off 22 pounds in just 8 weeks with Walk Off Weight!...
Say hello to the country’s hottest new trainer and the winner of Women’s Health 2014 The Next Fitness Star contest: Emily Schromm, 26, a certified personal trainer in Denver and founder of Unleashed Fitness (and, yes, an alum of MTV’s Real World: Washington, D.C.). Her physique is killer, but it’s her empowering attitude that really shines. When Emily screams at you to bang out one more rep, you do it for this major reason: Her brand of tough love doesn’t break you down; it brings out your true potential....
