April 01, 2019 at 12:45PM by CWC I wish I had been eating late-night Taco Bell and guzzling six-packs of Mountain Dew. It would have explained why waking up felt impossible, why my brain was as hazy as Dorinda Medley’s after making it nice in the Berkshires, and why the button on my jeans could have passed for a belly button ring because it was lodged so tightly into my stomach. The reality? My issue wasn’t fast food or sugary drinks—it was my overly engineered diet. I didn’t understand how “sluggish,” “brain fog,” and “bloat” were part of my vernacular. Didn’t that happen when you eat unhealthy? I ate avocados! And kale! I prioritized low-glycemic fruits. My morning greens-based smoothie had coconut milk, collagen, maca, ashwagandha, and vegan protein powder in it. I didn’t drink coffee—instead I opted for brain boosting matcha spiked with some almond milk. Dairy, sugar, and gluten were reserved for going out to eat. My diet read like a Fitfluencer’s IG feed (except without all that #ad money). The only bad eating habit I could point to was cleaning out a jar of almond butter a week. Aggressive, sure, but unhealthy? Eye roll. What I was getting wrong about “healthy” eating I thought I was doing everything right. But when I took a closer look at my diet, wondering why I was still feeling like garbage, I realized that some of my “healthy” eating behaviors were anything but. Case in point? Work stress and late nights
Month: April 2019
The Bacteria In Fish Slime May Lead To New Antibiotics For Humans
April 01, 2019 at 12:49PM Here’s what you need to know about this new discovery. Continue Reading… Author Caroline Muggia | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue
Meet the $3 laundry rescue to save your once-white shirts from a life sentence of pinkness
April 01, 2019 at 11:18AM by CWC Laundry day is a weekly crapshoot. If all goes well, you end up with a freshly washed leggings collection and a replenished underwear drawer. But if things don’t go so swimmingly in that sudsy, sock-stealing machine, you somehow end up with an entire millennial pink wardrobe. (And by “somehow,” I mean that rogue red bra made it’s way into the load.) Should the worst happen, however, there’s a $3 solve to SOS—save our shirts. Rit Dye Color Remover—which you can buy in bulk on Amazon for repeat laundry 911s—is designed specifically to return once-pristine tees to their former glory. According to the product description, the stain-fighter is best used on cotton, wool, ramie, linen, and rayon. It’s also a non-chlorine, meaning, it’s less stringent than bleach. Once you’ve (temporarily) ruined a load of laundry, all you need to do is throw the pastel-hued garments back into wash, set the machine to piping hot, and apply the appropriate amount of Rit. For every packet of Color Remover, mix in four cups of water. A small load requires two packets, while a larger load may need three, according to the website. Start the cycle, remove the detergent cup from the tray, and pour the mixture into the dispenser. Then, pour four more cups of hot water down the tray. When the cycle is over, run the clothes through once more. (Note: If you have a top washer, you’ll want to add the entire solution before
Once and for all: WTF does it actually mean to massage your kale?
April 01, 2019 at 09:42AM by CWC Ever since kale became the trendiest superfood on the planet, I’ve heard one technique and over again: massage it. It’s supposed to break down the toughness of the leaves to make them softer and less bitter, giving you a bowl of greens that not only tastes better but is easier to digest. But what does it mean to massage your kale, exactly? To me, massaging kale sounds like it should be a totally Zen spa experience. Like, if kale had eyes, cucumber slices would most definitely be placed on them. And instead of olive oil, it’d be getting slathered in relaxing essential oils. Unfortunately, there’s no R&R for these greens. But, good news: Working out kale’s kinks doesn’t require nearly as much effort as your own. “When making a kale salad, people always talk about ‘massaging’ the kale to tenderize it, but it’s not like giving someone a massage,” says chef Bruce Kalman, owner of BK Hospitality Group. “The method I use basically requires you to gently rub the kale leaves through both of your hands until you notice it beginning to soften up. It should take less than a minute. If you overwork it, it won’t have any sort of texture, and you really want your salad to be crisp, but not tough.” While massaging kale is undoubtedly the most common and quickest method of breaking down those chewy fibers—especially when you’re doing so around the same time you want to eat!—Kalman
Why a “complaint cleanse” may be exactly what you need for a happier week
April 01, 2019 at 09:35AM by CWC Just like the springtime cold currently ravaging your office, complaining is wildly contagious. Your friend starts dishing about, say, the fact that their S.O. never revealed they’re in an open relationship, and before you know it, everything from the weather to your slightly-wrinkled blouse becomes worthy of verbalization. Getting swept up by life’s minor and major frustrations doesn’t have to become your unofficial life motto though. Poet Cleo Wade says committing to a “complaint cleanse” is one way to “make the world more magical and more peaceful.” In an Instagram post from Sunday, the wordsmith writes: “Complaining is something that seems to come so easy and so naturally to us, but the problem is: complaints have no magic. They don’t make anyone’s day better, and they don’t help any situation.” Rather than leaning into a litany of grievances, she suggests swiping left on them while they’re still inside your mind. Then just do that for seven days straight. Easy, right? View this post on Instagram Who wants to go on a complaint cleanse with me this week? I love you. #HeartTalk but seriously. Anybody in? No complaints for one week. Let me know! I will check in next Sunday and you can let me know what you noticed and how you did! Also midweek DM and let me know how you’re holding up. ❤️ A post shared by cleo wade (@cleowade) on Mar 31, 2019 at 2:58pm PDT //www.instagram.com/embed.js Wade’s thesis has a
Bobbi Brown’s joined forces with Walmart to make beauty ingestibles uber-accessible
April 01, 2019 at 09:31AM by CWC Everything Bobbi Brown touches turns to gold. The former cosmetics mogul turned wellness mastermind has, in the past 3 years, gone from leaving her namesake makeup company to publishing a book called “Beauty from the Inside Out,” becoming a certified health coach, and launching Evolution_18, a line of ingestible beauty products—making wellness-world waves at every turn. Now, though, she’s upping her game even further with the launch of a new, affordable supplements off-shoot line from Evolution_18—which, as of today will be is available in 1500 Walmart stores (and on Walmart.com). And this is a big deal, because it marks Walmart’s first foray into the world of beauty ingestibles, and is poised to bring the category to the masses. “I’m really grateful and thankful that I’m launching this new brand with Walmart,” Brown tells me. “I’m trying to be really cool and calm. It’s beauty-inspired wellness, and what I’m really excited about is that it’s products that will help you with your inner beauty, and they’re being positioned in the beauty department.” The line consists of 10 beauty supplements: Beauty Bubbles in both collagen and hydration form, which are effervescent tablets you drop into water; Beauty Glow, supplements featuring collagen and hyaluronic acid; Beauty Superfood, a nutrient-dense powder (with collagen) for mixing; Beauty Debloat Tea, which is just what it sounds like; Beauty Probiotic, which is a powder that melts on your tongue; Beauty Gummy, a biotin-packed vitamin gummy; Beauty Grow, biotin supplements for
This $8 brow pen rivals any thousand-dollar microblading appointment
April 01, 2019 at 08:58AM by CWC Brow aficionados these days have undoubtedly come across the ever-so-popular microblading solution—which involves getting semi-permanent tattoos to fill in patches—to achieve fuller arches. While I’m usually game to try literally any such treatment that pops up (I’m looking at you, vampire and vagina facials!), face tattoos have always felt a little too hardcore for me. So when a microblading tattoo pen (with zero actual tattooing required) came across my desk, I raised an arch in intrigue. Iconic Beauty Microbrow Tattoo Pen ($9) is meant to give you that microblading effect without the permanence factor—AKA a makeup bag version of the treatment that requires zero tattooing. That I’m down to try. “Microblading pencils are great for people who need to fill in bald spots in the brows who aren’t comfortable or confident using a classic brow pencil,” says Molly R. Stern, a celebrity makeup artist. “My preference is a hard formula pencil which can be feathered and look very natural. The microblading versions deposit more color, which generally have a stain and cover more area in one stroke.” To see what the pen, which has four teeny tips to mimic hairs, could do for my brows, I swapped it for my usual brow gel. Now disclaimer, my brows aren’t super patchy to begin with, but the pen did a great job emphasizing what I’ve already got. I started in the inner-corner of my brow and began dragging it across skin, noticing that my brows
It’s official: I’m using this garlicky cashew dip that Jennifer Garner loves on everything
April 01, 2019 at 08:36AM by CWC There’s really no need to spend hours sifting through cookbooks for recipes (unless it’s Well+Good’s, of course!) when you have chef Jennifer Garner at your service. The actress is always providing intel on how to make the healthiest treats during her Pretend Cooking Show on Instagram, and her most recent fave is a garlicky spread that tastes good on literally anything. With their creamy texture, cashews make for the perfect spreads, but I’ve never seen anything like this vibrant green version. Garner recently went through the step-by-step instructions of how to make her beloved Spicy Garlicky Cashew Spread (which she snagged from New York Times food columnist Melissa Clark)—something that’s been part of her diet for a long time. “This dip is a little something I’ve used to make a blah meal ooh la la for years. The more you make it, the more you’ll discover your tastes,” she wrote. “For example, I tasted like garlic for six days after this batch. I ate it all anyway.” Creating the spread is simple. All you have to do is combine all your ingredients in a blender and mix it up until it’s nice and smooth. (And if you accidentally sneak a few cashews as you’re making it, don’t worry—Garner does it, too.) While the recipe is meant to be used on chicken, her version knows no limits. “I find that it’s good on everything,” she says. Whether it’s slathered on her favorite veggies or she’s
The two words to say on the first of the month for good luck: rabbit, rabbit
April 01, 2019 at 08:04AM by CWC When I was growing up, I had a brown rabbit that I (very creatively) named “Brownie.” One day, while my sister and I were sitting on the front lawn holding Brownie against his will, a neighbor passed by and asked us if we’d said “rabbit, rabbit” when we woke up that morning. We both looked extremely puzzled, until he explained that repeating the phrase on the first of every month was the equivalent of a verbal lucky charm. Now, as an adult who still religiously states the phrase on every first of the year, I’m still wondering—why rabbits? What about Thumper ensures 28 to 31 days of fortuitousness? A quick Google reveals that the root of the custom remains unknown. The first written record of saying rabbit, rabbit didn’t occurred in 1909, according to Refinery 29. In a periodical called Notes and Queries, the author writes, “My two daughters are in the habit of saying ‘Rabbits!’ on the first day of each month. The words must be spoke aloud, and be the first word said in the month… Other children, I find, use the same formula.” Martha Barnette, who hosts the public radio show A Way With Words, tells NPR that associating the long-eared mammals with good fortune dates back at least two centuries. “In the U.K., it’s quite common to say white rabbits,” she says. “Gilda Radner [an American comedian] was someone who was known to say bunny, bunny on the first day
5 wellness April Fools’ Day jokes we totally fell for
April 01, 2019 at 07:34AM by CWC Every day at Well+Good HQ, we dig deep into the latest headline-grabbing wellness news, deciphering what’s legit and what’s not. Let’s be real: Even when it’s not April Fools’ Day, some of the trends that pop up in the wellness world can sound like a joke. We’ve been known to have our fair share of April Fools’ Day fun, too. (Shout out to those of you still trying to order a kale massager—we see you!) Other wellness companies have come up with their own pranks too—and some totally got us. Hats off to the masterminds behind the below five pranks. You totally got us! 1. Cauli-milk is the latest alt-milk. Given that cauliflower can be transformed into pizza crust, is it really that far-fetched that it could become the latest alt-milk ingredient? And hey, in our defense, what can’t you milk these days? Well it turns out that Fresh Direct’s “chaulk cauliflower milk” is definitely not happening anytime soon. D’oh! 2. Tinder’s new height verification. Adding a few inches to their height is notoriously one of the biggest deceptions guys tell on dating apps. Which would make Tinder’s new height verification badge a pretty handy feature. Unfortunately, there’s still no sure way to know if your date is actually 5’11”. Yet another reason to stick to wearing sneakers on first dates instead of heels. 3. Aligners for dogs. There are already chew toys specially crafted to prevent cavities, but dental care for canines stops there.