April 29, 2019 at 01:14AM We need more inclusive sex ed, and we need it now. Continue Reading… Author Kelly Gonsalves | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue
Month: April 2019
Oat Milk Is Damn Delicious — But Is It Good For The Planet?
April 29, 2019 at 01:03AM Have your oats and drink them too. Continue Reading… Author Emma Loewe | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue
This Beet Soup Has A Gut-Healing Ingredient You Don’t Want To Miss
April 29, 2019 at 12:44AM It can be prepared cold or hot! Continue Reading… Author Caroline Muggia | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue
How To Teach Your Kiddos Important Sustainability Lessons
April 29, 2019 at 12:04AM A green home is a happy home. Continue Reading… Author Lauren Handel Zander | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue
This Week Kicks Off With A Retrograde & It Could Shake Up Your Foundation
April 29, 2019 at 12:03AM It’ll underscore the idea that if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Continue Reading… Author The AstroTwins | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue
8 Things Your Nails Are Trying To Tell You About Your Health
April 28, 2019 at 10:00PM These small things can tell you all about your nail health. Continue Reading… Author | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue
Think veggies are causing your bloat? A holistic health coach weighs in
April 28, 2019 at 06:30PM by CWC Meet Wellness Collective, our new, immersive curriculum with Athleta that hooks you up with actionable advice from the smartest experts and brand founders in wellness right now. Get the goods at our monthly event series in New York City plus our online one-month wellness plans. Here, holistic wellness coach Mia Ridgen answers your most-pressing questions about plant-rich diets. Let’s be real: When you boost your intake of brightly colored fruits and hydrating veggies, you expect all good things—like radiant skin, day-to-night energy, and general good vibes. The one thing you don’t expect? GI issues. But when we asked you for your questions about eating more plants, it became clear that some of you feel bloated and uncomfortable after that kale caesar. To find out the truth around the issue—can plants actually stress out your gut?—we asked holistic health coach and RASA founder Mia Ridgen for her thoughts and advice for avoiding blah feelings. Scroll down for the holistic health coach’s tips to avoid gut issues when upping your veggie intake. Photo: Getty Images/Hinterhaus Productions 1. Keep a food journal Filling your fridge with the full color spectrum of produce deserves all the grown-up points—but if you’re experiencing gassiness or bloating you may want to show some restraint at the farmers’ market. While Ridgen works with her clients to make their way to eat 20 different vegetables weekly (“herbs and different lettuces count too”), trying new-to-you produce along the way, she urges them to experiment. “It’s a process, take
Why the ancient Gaelic fertility holiday of Beltane could trigger serious female rage this year
April 28, 2019 at 12:19PM by CWC What is Beltane? The ancient Gaelic holiday is all about the rise of the feminine—and its astrological cross-currents this year could have you, ahem, on *edge*. (Especially since we’re already living through an epic mad-as-hell era.) Never fear, astrologer Jennifer Racioppi is here with her best guidance on how to make this all work for you, for a cosmically kickass week. On May 1, we celebrate Beltane. Beltane, a Gaelic holiday, honors the transition from a time of seasonal feminine when there are limited foods available to harvest, into a cycle of tremendous fertility and growth. Beltane invites play, freedom, fun, and festivity. The transition from barren land into one of fervent growth symbolically represents the rise of the feminine. Astrologically speaking though, as we step into May we do so with Mercury, which rules communication, in a challenging position, asking you to look at the shadow of growth too. This year’s cross-quarter holiday of Beltane invites you to release pent-up feminine anger. Primal screams are not only allowed, often they are downright justified. Mercury in Aries makes an abrupt and challenging square to the retrograde planet’s Saturn and Pluto, further highlighting the need to examine how you are showing up for yourself (and others) so you can release that which isn’t working. Mercury conjoins Eris, a dwarf planet of discord, suggesting that in addition to fun, the cross-quarter holiday of Beltane also invites you to release pent-up feminine anger, too. With so
6 healthy benefits of pears that will win you over
April 28, 2019 at 10:00AM by CWC When I was younger, eating baked pears for dessert felt fancier than any fruit pie or cookie. And when the holidays rolled around and someone sent a box of Comice pears wrapped in gold foil? Talk about luxury. Aside from special occasions, pears are just as worthy of your diet as apples, a fellow pome fruit. Comparisons often fly and while one grocery mainstay (cough, apples) tends to overshadow the other, the high-fiber, heart-healthy pear can stand on its own both in taste and nutritional value. Here are some benefits of pears that will have you saying “A pear a day keeps the doctor away” at first bite. What are the biggest pear benefits? Bosc, Bartlett, Red Anjou, oh my! Does it matter which kind you go for? Generally, the nutrients will be similar from pear to pear, but antioxidants are a bit different. Shapiro says you’ll get various antioxidants if you eat a red pear versus a green one, so don’t be afraid to mix it up. And no matter what kind of pear you go for, they all have the following health benefits: 1. Pears are a great source of fiber. Newsflash: Most of us are dropping the ball when it comes to consuming enough fiber, and we can use a fruit that will help us (and our insides) along. One medium pear (about the size of your fist), contains about six grams of fiber, or nearly a quarter of the
Dear derms: Are my blackheads considered acne, or what?
April 28, 2019 at 08:00AM by CWC Lots of uninvited things can spring up on your face at any given time. In my personal facial real estate, I’ve had whiteheads, cystic acne, hormonal breakouts, a lady mustache, hyperpigmentation spots, and a stray chin hair or two (#blessup). The good thing is that I can identify these intruders so I can then quash them before they take over my face. Well, all of them except for one: blackheads. I consider blackheads to be the most confounding skin situation, mainly because I’m not sure what the heck they are. Since whiteheads are a type of breakout, are blackheads acne too? Do you treat them like acne or stick with those nose strips to pull everything off your face? Where do they come from? Clearly I have a lot of questions about these elusive suckers, and I’m sure I’m not the only one. So, I asked a dermatologist to help—excuse the pun— clear things up: “Basically, blackheads are a precursor of acne,” Shirley Chi, MD, a board-certified dermatologist in California, tells me. “It means that the pores are clogged and that debris is blocking the opening to the surface of the skin, which is a set-up for bacteria such as P. Acnes to grow.” Since they’re the step right before getting acne, Dr. Dennis Gross, a New York dermatologist and founder of Dennis Gross Skincare, says they do classify as a form of it. “Blackheads are the first step in the chain of events