Month: September 2018

September 27, 2018 at 05:17AM While many fitness-related activities benefit your body, especially as you age, one in particular is said to make a difference in your well-being: pumping iron. According to a study published in the journal Obesity, an effective way to prevent weight gain and preserve muscle mass over the years is to add weights into your routine. While all the participants in the study lost weight by cutting calories, those who weight-trained rather than solely walked (or didn’t exercise at all) displayed the best results: At the end of the study period, the walkers had dropped 4 pounds of muscle and 16 pounds of fat while weight-trainers lost 2 pounds of muscle and 18 pounds of fat. “Walking is excellent exercise. But it looks as if it might not produce enough of an anabolic signal to really spare muscle mass during weight loss,” —Kristen M. Beavers, PhD “Walking is excellent exercise,” lead study author Kristen M. Beavers, PhD, told The New York Times. “But it looks as if it might not produce enough of an anabolic signal to really spare muscle mass during weight loss.” So, sure, walking is great—but weight-training is simply better for helping you cling to muscle mass as you age. Incorporating iron-pumping reps into your routine will help you see impressive results and stay strong as you get older. Originally published on November 20, 2017; updated on September 27, 2018. Here’s why so many people are posting pictures of themselves replacing weights with dogs. Also, this is why yogis are adding weights into their routines. Continue Reading… Author Tehrene Firman | Well and Good

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September 27, 2018 at 03:30AM You’d never guess by glimpsing Olivia Culpo‘s extensive resumé, but the actress and model has a mere 26 years of life under her (no doubt stylish) belt. This year, the Miss Universe winner broke new career ground by starring on E!’s Model Squad, a reality show chronicling the lives of models. And now, she’s joined Vital Proteins’ Feed Your Beauty campaign to spread her love for all things collagen—especially in creamer form, which she tells me is her fave way to supplement, BTW. Apart from infusing her coffee with one of the world’s most lauded beauty booster‘s though, Culpo also has quite a few other trade beauty secrets she’s picked up from the revolving door of makeup masters that have dappled her cheeks with highlighter, brushed on lipsticks, or layered mascara on her lashes before one shoot or another. However, she does admit that, when it comes to beauty, she always comes back to one of her mother’s favorite axioms: Less is more. Below she shares the items she’d stash in a paired down—but still majorly glam—beauty kit. Scroll down to find out what beauty essentials Olivia Culpo always has in her bag of tricks.     Burt’s Bees Tinted Lip Balm, $5  “I’m pretty sure everybody loves this—it’s pretty universal! First of all, I really like the way that it smells, which is so funny. But it’s also really hydrating,” she tells me. “It’s a great drugstore product that everybody needs because it adds insane color to your lips.”  Koh Gen

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September 27, 2018 at 03:30AM Medicine is a field firmly rooted in science. And yet, it can coexist with spirituality, as psychiatrist Drew Ramsey, MD, a member of the Well+Good Council, knows. His fellow psychiatrist Anna Yusim, MD is the author of Fulfilled: How the Science of Spirituality Can Help You Live a Happier, More Meaningful Life—and devoting time to her own spiritual practice, she says, makes her a better doctor. Here, the two doctors discuss the hows and whys of cultivating spirituality—and how even skeptics can get started. Drew Ramsey, MD: You’re a psychiatrist and and expert on spirituality, Dr. Yusim. I’m wondering, how can we have a more spiritual fall? Anna Yusim, MD: One of the things that you could do to connect to your own spirituality is ask, “How do I feel connected to something greater than myself?” That could be to God, if you believe in God. It could be to the universe. You could be a spiritual person without believing in God at all. You could be a spiritual person by looking at the synchronicities in your life and looking for guidance by the way that events unfold in your life and move you forward. Can you talk more about that? Usually, you can see in retrospect that A, B, and C resulted in where you are now. Sometimes, you can even ask for that guidance from the universe in real time: “God, I need a sign. Universe, I need a sign. In what direction

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