Month: November 2018

November 28, 2018 at 06:30PM The time has come—the torch has been passed, rather—and you are now the intended hostess of your very own holiday gathering. But whether it’s a holiday potluck, cocktail party, or low-key affair, it only takes a moment for the excitement to wear off… and the panic to set in. But before you start on a nervous rampage of your space looking for anything vaguely festive and chic, relax: It just takes a few simple tweaks to totally revamp your party space. And Caldrea’s aromatherapeutic home-keeping products will be your BFF in bringing to life the celebration vibes.  We all know how our noses start making conclusions before our minds do, which is why any holiday home makeover starts with scent. To that end, find everything you need for a full fragrance story—including classy cocktails, matching greenery, and the finishing touches below. Keep scrolling for celebratory cocktail recipes and chic decor inspo that you can shop—plus the exquisitely fragrant room sprays to match.  What you need if you’re hosting… friends Go for a cocktail that’s laid-back but still beautiful, like a Moscow Mule. Grab your shiniest—and cutest-when-clanking-for-Insta-story—mugs and pour in some vodka, add in a little bit of ginger beer, and then squeeze half a lime. Top it off with a zesty dose of grapefruit juice to give it a little something extra.  Continue the light and refreshing aromas in your powder room with Caldrea’s Ginger Pomelo Hand Soap, with distinct ginger and grapefruit scents that mirror the bold flavors

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November 28, 2018 at 01:09PM “Everything comes down to poo,” J.D. and Turk once sang in the musical episode of Scrubs. They weren’t wrong—you can tell a lot about your health from your BMs. But for something that we all do on the regular, most people rarely ever talk about their poops openly. It’s not exactly the best brunch topic. Admit it, there are definitely some major things about your poo that you’re dying to ask but are too embarrassed to bring up. Luckily for you, I went to the experts—the brave docs who have devoted their lives to the study of the gastrointestinal system—to get to the answers to the most common healthy poop questions they hear. “I see chunks of food in my poop! Is this normal?” “When you see undigested food, it’s most likely high-fiber vegetable matter—remnants of fiber we eat,” Samantha Nazareth, MD, NYC board-certified gastroenterologist, says. The most common culprit she sees during colonoscopies: corn, because our digestive system can’t break down the cellulose that makes up the outer hull. And food in your stool isn’t necessarily a bad thing, adds Niket Sonpal, MD, adjunct assistant professor of clinical medicine at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. “When the GI tract is performing properly, it takes 24 to 36 hours for food to pass through your system,” he says. But: “If you see anything sooner than that or notice that your poop is [also] floating, oily, or giving you cramps, it could be a bigger issue like an

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