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2019 Health

Yep, you *can* use both glycolic acid and retinol on your skin

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December 26, 2018 at 04:00AM I’ve always believed that retinol and glycolic acid are like the N’Sync and Backstreet Boys of the skin-care world: You’re either a fan of one or the other, but never both. So, you can imagine my surprise when, within a week’s time, a neatly-wrapped retinol from Drunk Elephant—which I’ve come to think of as the clean brand for alpha-hydroxy acids or AHAs—landed on my desk, followed by a super causal mention from a dermatologist that rotating the powerhouses could have my skin writing me thank you notes. Now, first some background. The two ingredients are often compared to one another, because they’re some of the most efficacious skin-care solutions out there, but they’re actually entirely different. “Glycolic acid is a fruit acid that unclogs the pores and exfoliates the dead layers of the skin,” explains Virginia-based dermatologist Lily Talakoub, MD, noting that glycolic or AHAs melt away dead skin cells to resurface and smooth things out. Retinols, on the other hand, work to “re-epithelialize” the skin from beneath the surface, increasing the enzymes that produce collagen and elastin, which in turn, decreases wrinkles and helps the skin become more plump over time. But you can also think of it like this: Glycolics work from the top down, while retinols do their thing from the bottom up. “Working them in together is complicated because they can both dry out the skin,” explains Dr. Talakoub, so you’re going to want to up your dose of hydration and really tune into

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2019 Health Diet Keto

Hot damn, 2018 really *was* the year of keto

8 min read

December 26, 2018 at 03:00AM Is it just me, or was it impossible to swing a bottle of MCT oil in 2018 without hitting someone who’s gassing up the keto diet? Celebrities like Halle Berry are spilling their high-fat, low-carb eating tips on their IG stories. Wellness luminaries like Nike Master Trainer Kirsty Godso have publicly pledged their allegiance to the butter- and bacon-rich lifestyle. And even my childhood friends frequently swap ketogenic recipes on Facebook. Yup, keto has truly gone mainstream, and its momentum isn’t showing any signs of slowing. But given that the diet has been around since the 1920s, when it was developed by doctors as an epilepsy treatment, why did its star rise so high this year? Well, the Hollywood element probably did have something to do with it, says Kristen Mancinelli, MS, RDN, and author of The Ketogenic Diet: A Scientifically Proven Approach to Fast, Healthy Weight Loss. “There have been some celebrities who have talked about being on a ketogenic diet, so that has made something of a splash,” she says. (A short list: Alicia Vikander, Vanessa Hudgens, Jenna Jameson, Kourtney Kardashian, even Vinny from Jersey Shore.) But that’s probably not the key factor in keto’s rapid ascent, Mancinelli says. She points out that the buzz around the keto diet has been slowly building for the past several years. “I think it really started in 2014 or 2015, when that big meta-analysis came out looking at studies that had aimed to determine the link between saturated fat and heart disease—they all basically came up

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