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Vitamin vapes are apparently now a thing—but are they good for you?

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December 14, 2018 at 07:16AM Raise your hand if you’re taking a vitamin every single day (or, at least, you try to). You’re not alone—over 70 percent of adults in the U.S. take some kind of supplement. But while most of us are well-familiar with the capsules and gummies on the shelves at Whole Foods (and perhaps are willing to try the IV drips and shots popping up in spas and wellness boutiques), how would you feel about inhaling your vitamins instead of swallowing a pill? Enter vitamin vapes. The makers of these products, which have exploded onto the market recently, say they’re nixing all the “bad” chemicals like nicotine that traditionally go in vapes, and instead are filling the pens with vitamin compounds. Some examples: NutroVape (a line of 11 different blends meant to work in place of an oral supplement), Breathe (a vitamin B12 vape pen), and Nutriair (which formulates blends to promote benefits including more energy to better sleep). It certainly sounds promising, especially given how mainstream vaping has become. But are vitamin vapes truly the supplement of the future? George Michalopoulos, founder of Breathe, certainly thinks so. He came up with the idea of a vitamin B12 vape about five years ago, around the same time that vaping was starting to become popular. “I was trying to be vegan—although I no longer am—and when you’re vegan, you’re at greater risk for being deficient in vitamin B12,” he says. He started doing some research and found a study about inhaling vitamin B12. “The research

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2019 Health

Karezza is basically hygge sex, and it’s the only kind we want to have this winter

4 min read

December 14, 2018 at 05:30AM Winter is coming, which means that we’re about to enter full-on hygge territory. Think: plush socks, candles, and canceled plans whenever possible. Thanks to the Danish term, coziness abounds this time of year, but one thing that’s often excluded from ideal hygge visions is sex. In fact, hygge is just about as sexy as a belly full of macaroni and cheese and long underwear pulled up to your bralette. Well…at least that’s what I assumed until I became acquainted with the karezza method. Karezza (pronounced kar-RET-za) is, to put it simply, hygge sex. It focuses more on the journey than the destination. It’s when you’re more concerned about the means than the ends…if ya know what I’m saying. The premium here is on cuddling and eye-contact, not on HIIT-worthy moves and a heart rate to match. It turns out experts regard this kind of sex as positive for relationships. “One of the main things I do in my practice is help couples reframe their thinking about sex away from focusing on the orgasm or the finish,” says sex therapist Amie Harwick, PhD, MFT. Rather, she asks couples to focus on sex as a whole in order to reduce importance of an orgasm. “If sex were all about orgasm, why wouldn’t we just use a vibrator? It’s because great sex is about connection.” —Lila Darville, sex and intimacy coach Sex and intimacy coach Lila Darville, a Well+Good Council member, agrees—noting that karezza is totally the hygge-est sex ever. “It is

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2019 Health

Can being buried in hot volcanic sand *really* help combat inflammation?

2 min read

December 14, 2018 at 04:26AM Usually, the best thing that comes out of being buried in the sand at the beach is achieving your lifelong dream of turning into a mermaid, with a perfectly-sculpted sand tail and all. Here’s the thing, though: Would you spend 15 minutes covered in super-hot, 125-degree Japanese volcanic sand in order to reap a slew of potential benefits that go far beyond a great Instagram pic? Well+Good’s video producer Ella Dove would. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdfdK0UZDyw] In the very first episode of Well+Good’s new YouTube series What the Wellness? Dove explores the benefits of a volcanic sand bath at the SoJo Spa Club in Edgewater, New Jersey. For the treatment—which Dove says feels like “part sauna, part gravity blanket“—the spa transported 120 tons of black lava sand more than 7,000 miles from the Ibusuki area in Japan, making them the only spot outside of the country to have it. While being buried in a giant sandbox might sound, umm, interesting, it’s supposed to bring on some pretty impressive benefits, including detoxification, better circulation, and reduced inflammation…but does it really work? Check out her experience above to see how the sand bath checks out, and stay tuned for even more episodes, where Dove explores the most interesting treatments the wellness scene has to offer, from electro-current facials to CBD massages to tell you what to skip and what really works. Here’s why wellness spaces have become the social hangouts of choice. Or, learn how to dupe a 5-star hotel wellness room at home, vitamin C shower, included. Continue Reading… Author Tehrene

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2019 Health

Why we need to stop conflating weight with self-worth

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December 14, 2018 at 04:00AM When I was in my mid-20s, I was such a pro at tending to other people that my therapist diagnosed me with “stewardess syndrome”—not a real disorder, but I was certainly an expert at wheeling the metaphorical cart around my life and people-pleasing while completely abandoning my own needs. This changed when I realized that I was so unhappy—the pain of looking at myself in the mirror was so overwhelming—I would only glance at my reflection in a two-inch makeup compact case. A switch in my mind flipped, and, in the process of shedding over 75 pounds, I learned to offer myself the same care, attention, and respect I had shown others for so long. But this isn’t a story about “how I lost weight and finally learned to love myself.” This is a story about how you—the person shaking my hand for the first time or seeing my picture on Instagram—don’t know how I feel about myself and my body. On any doctor’s chart, I would still be considered overweight today. That’s why I cringe anytime I hear people say—as they often do—things like, “Being overweight is a reflection of how you feel about yourself.” Or, “Our bodies are an outward reflection of our inner selves.” As Amy Farrell, PhD, author of Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture, told Shape magazine last year: “We look at someone who’s fat and see someone who doesn’t take care of herself, and is

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2019 Health Fashion

This season, hiking boots are for more than hitting the trails

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December 14, 2018 at 03:00AM The idea of a “dad sneaker” has always been a little lost on me, personally. When I think back to what my father stomped around in during my childhood, it wasn’t a chunky, white trainer—more often than not, he was clad in some kind of hiking boot. (As were many other parents in his upstate New York town, who spent as much time as possible escaping the suburbs for the nearby mountain trails.) And while I never would have predicted it back then, the fashion gods have recently turned their gaze to his footwear of choice, deeming hiking boots to be the it-shoe of winter 2018. Although, let’s be clear: The options available today go way beyond the ones you normally see in the wilderness, all high-performance materials in varying shades of muddy brown. Proenza Schouler’s take on the hiker is rendered in graphic, black and white leather, with a chunky lug sole and bold red cord laces. Gucci dropped a few different styles for fall ’18—its Flashtrek boot is sleek and sporty, while its Flat Trip Leather Hiking Boot is on the extra end of the spectrum, emblazoned with gold stars and faux pearls (not to mention a three-inch heel and ’90s combat-boot vibes). Moncler has a leopard-print calf hair version named Blanche, while Copenhagen-based brand Ganni collaborated with mountaineering mainstay Diemme to create leather-and-suede boots with ultra-grippy Vibram midsoles, like you’d find in a performance hiker.  (The first batch of Ganni + Diemme boots sold out

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