November 23, 2018 at 09:00PM Common mistakes when treating small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, including not following a SIBO diet and not retesting to make sure SIBO is gone. Continue Reading… Author Nour Zibdeh, M.S., RDN, CLT | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue
Month: November 2018
“”Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”” – William Arthur Ward
""Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."" – William Arthur Ward — AI👩🏻‍💻Sue (@iversue) November 24, 2018 To read more, click above t.co (twitter) link November 23, 2018 at 08:06PM
The No. 1 Mistake People Make When Getting Over an Ex
November 23, 2018 at 08:00PM This is eye-opening. Continue Reading… Author Sheryl Paul | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Have a great weekend, everyone! — AI👩🏻‍💻Sue (@iversue) November 24, 2018 To read more, click above t.co (twitter) link November 23, 2018 at 05:00PM
Why hitting the “unfollow” button is a legit act of self-care
November 23, 2018 at 03:35PM Raise your hand if you’ve ever felt personally victimized by an Instagram post. (I’m willing to guess that a solid majority of us metaphorically have our hands high up in the air right now, regardless of whether the post in question was actually about you.) Sure, social media can be great for cute puppy sightings, recipes ideas, and fitness inspo, but there’s a darker side to it—one that can make you feel not good enough, smart enough, or talented enough. Maybe it’s the fitness influencer who always looks impossibly perfect post-Soulcycle, or the wellness guru with 100,000 followers getting jobs and opportunities that you’re jealous of. All of that’s to say: Social media can be a huge anxiety trigger. During this week’s Well+Good Talks: Generation Anxiety panel, author and licensed social worker Minaa B. gave us a wake-up call about how scrolling can sabotage our mental health. “If you are following someone who triggers you and that’s all they do, you’re making a choice to continue to get engaged in a pattern of abuse,” she said. So basically, keeping those accounts in your feed is actively engaging in self-harm. Insert nine brain-exploding emojis here, because I’ve never thought about it in this way. “If you are following someone who triggers you and that’s all they do, you’re making a choice to continue to get engaged in a pattern of abuse.”—Minaa B. If this sounds relatable, don’t beat yourself up. First, Minaa wants you to know that jealousy is
The driest places on your body are begging you to add this step to your skin-care routine
November 23, 2018 at 01:22PM I have a seven-step facial skin care routine, but most days I can’t be bothered to have more than a “meh” attitude toward body care. Until recently, when the temperatures began to drop in Los Angeles, causing extremely dry skin on my knees, elbows, and lips. (It was a brisk 66 degrees here, which, I know, is not exactly frigid—but it was definitely a drop in warmth.) As a single woman attempting to date, I really don’t need to be worrying about whether my scratchy knees will draw blood if they make contact with my paramour. So I turned to Kerry Benjamin, celebrity aesthetician and founder of Stacked Skincare, to find out how to most effectively moisturize the driest places on one’s body. And get this: Instead of just slathering on some shea butter and sending a prayer off into the universe, it turns out that the key to hydrating extra-parched body parts is actually exfoliation. “You need to exfoliate those areas to get the dead, dry skin off,” Benjamin says. “Sloughing off the dead skin allows the products to penetrate better… The dead skin is like a layer of brick.” This goes for all of the most arid areas of your body—elbows, heels, lips, knees, and knuckles. Benjamin recommends using her TCA Body Peel, which is full of gentle acids, twice a week. And don’t worry if you experience some slight flaking—that’s a good thing, according to her. Gently brush away the flaking skin,
The 20/80 shopping rule Hilary Swank uses to get the most out of her wardrobe
November 23, 2018 at 09:24AM When it comes to decluttering your life, Marie Kondo’s spark joy test is pretty much the gold standard as far as organization goes. The one downside to her method, though, is that it’s focused on helping you part with things you already own. If you’re looking to become more mindful with how you spend your money in the first place and guarantee you reap the most satisfaction from what makes it into your closet, you might want to try Hilary Swank’s 20/80 method instead. “The goal is to find items that take up only 20 percent of your wardrobe but control 80 percent of what you wear” explains the actress and founder of luxury womenswear label Mission Statement, which recently made a major mainstream expansion. (It’s now being carried at Nordstrom.) How does the Oscar winner do this? “I’m always looking for fabrics and designs that are of incredible quality and look that will hold up for many years,” Swank says. It’s the intention she sets for herself as a consumer as well as a creator of fashion. In fact, Swank started her own clothing line in 2016 because she was having a hard time finding pieces that followed her rule. Her, ahem, mission became making “evergreen wear for everywhere,” as the site refers to it: A skort disguised as a skirt that functions as well at the gym as it does for a museum date, a dress appropriate for your dance cardio class or the red carpet (as Swank
This chocolate hummus will sweeten the spread at any holiday party—without refined sugar
November 23, 2018 at 07:00AM It’s a true holiday miracle when you finally figure out a dish that pleases everyone at your holiday parties. But—dare we hope?—this chocolate hummus just might do the trick. (If you’re one of those people who allegedly “doesn’t like chocolate,” I truly don’t want to hear it.) Lauren Kirchmaier, the plant-based blogger behind Flora & Vino, recently shared a recipe that only requires five ingredients—oil and refined sugar didn’t make the list. Kirchmaier blends up chickpeas, raw cacao powder for a dose of chocolate, Medjool dates for natural sweetness, and tahini and almond milk for the creamy texture. In under 15 minutes, it’s ready to devour. View this post on Instagram Guys, I need to complain. I can’t get used to the time change!!! All I want when that 2:30 feeling hits is CHOCOLATE . LOTS OF IT. Bars, bits, pieces, whatever I can find. If you’re going to indulge like me, let’s at least make it this DATE-SWEETENED DARK CHOCOLATE HUMMUS with @baresnacks apple chips, yes? Oil free, packed with protein, and perfectly sweet with zero added sugar!!! Also this would be the perfect lazy girl (or boy) thanksgiving slash holiday spread for the whole fam! You know where to find the deets! Link. In. Profile. Baby. . . . http://www.floraandvino.com/date-sweetened-dark-chocolate-hummus-apple-chips/ . . . #floraandvino #desserthummus #refinedsugarfree #vegansnack A post shared by Lauren Kirchmaier (@flora_and_vino) on Nov 13, 2018 at 1:42pm PST //www.instagram.com/embed.js “A spoonful of it really kicks those chocolate cravings while providing protein
Second-day muscle soreness is no joke—here’s what your body is telling you
November 23, 2018 at 06:46AM You know that on-top-of-the-world feeling you have when you leave the gym after slaying a workout? You’ve earned a well-deserved rest day and so you schedule another burner for 48 hours later. Well, nothing kills that buzz like waking up on that second day, ready to tackle the gym again—only to have your plans ruined at the hands of delayed onset muscle soreness. You’re not sure you can get out of bed…much less swing a kettlebell. It begs the question: WTF? Turns out, this is an all-too-common phenomenon in the fitness world even has a nickname: DOMS (for delayed onset muscle soreness). “It affects everyone differently. Some people feel mild soreness and some people have pain so bad it restricts their range of motion,” says Adam Rosante, strength and nutrition coach and founder of The People’s Bootcamp. “The truth is, no one’s really isolated a single cause for DOMS, but it’s most likely a combination of damage to the muscle tissue and inflammation.” And, that intense second-day soreness or DOMS shouldn’t be brushed off as a lack of stretching or foam rolling. It’s actually a lot more complicated than that. Keep reading for the 411 on DOMS and how to know if intense soreness could be something more. Photo: Stocksy/Felix Hug So, what exactly is delayed onset muscle soreness? “DOMS is a feeling coming from deep muscle fiber tears. This generated from things like HIIT training or heavy eccentric lifting in certain types of workout programs. Usually,
Feeling the burn? Try these natural remedies for UTIs
November 23, 2018 at 06:00AM Out of all of life’s many annoyances, UTIs rank pretty high (probably somewhere above “trip to the DMV,” but below “bridal party email thread”). If you have yet to actually experience one, consider yourself lucky: They’re inconvenient, incredibly uncomfortable and sometimes painful reminders that being a lady is super fun. Urinary tract infections happen when bacteria gets trapped in the bladder, urethra, or any other part of the urinary system. While men do occasionally get them, they’re way more common in women (like, we get them 30 times as often as men do!). And that’s down to anatomy: Because a woman’s urethra is shorter than a man’s, it’s easier for bacteria to enter and make itself at home. Most UTIs are caused by E. coli, which can enter the urethra post-sex or after improper wiping. The bacteria can take root and replicate, leading to an infection of either the bladder (which is called cystitis) or urethra (called urethritis). If you experience symptoms such as burning or painful urination, the urge to pee frequently (even when you know you don’t have to), cloudy or strange-smelling urine, or see blood or pus in your urine, you might have a UTI. Left untreated, a UTI could easily spread to your kidneys and cause lasting damage, which is why you should make an appointment with your doctor stat. They’ll likely do a culture to determine if your symptoms are due to a UTI or some other infection and treat you accordingly.