June 04, 2019 at 01:07PM by CWC For years, I’ve toyed with the idea of getting eyelash extensions. The thought of lengthening my natural lashes to three times their normal size and never having to deal with mascara (and mascara-induced raccoon rings) is appealing for obvious reasons, but I’ve always been afraid of one thing in particular: Will lash extensions make my natural eyelashes fall out? To figure it out—and quell my fears—once and for all, I turned to the pros. “While people love the way eyelash extensions look, they can interfere with growth of your natural lashes,” says New York-based dermatologist Joshua Zeichner, MD. “Inflammation from inserting the extensions and the adhesive used to keep them in place can cause breakage of your real lashes and interfere with optimal growth. It’s very common to find your natural lashes short and sparse after the extensions are removed.” If not breakage, eyelash extensions “can definitely weaken [your lashes], and as we get older, this can lead to permanent loss,” says Mona Gohara, MD, a Connecticut-based dermatologist. However—according to celebrity lash expert Clementina Richardson, founder of Envious Lashes, this will only really happen if your lashes aren’t applied the right way. “Lash extensions alone will not ruin your lashes,” she says. “Damage to the natural lashes is the result of improper application, or the stylist not selecting the correct type of lash for an existing natural lash.” She notes that there are a few things that can contribute to this problem, including
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Hate to break it to ya: Derms say lash extensions can permanently wreck your lashline
June 04, 2019 at 01:07PM by CWC For years, I’ve toyed with the idea of getting eyelash extensions. The thought of lengthening my natural lashes to three times their normal size and never having to deal with mascara (and mascara-induced raccoon rings) is appealing for obvious reasons, but I’ve always been afraid of one thing in particular: Will lash extensions make my natural eyelashes fall out? To figure it out—and quell my fears—once and for all, I turned to the pros. “While people love the way eyelash extensions look, they can interfere with growth of your natural lashes,” says New York-based dermatologist Joshua Zeichner, MD. “Inflammation from inserting the extensions and the adhesive used to keep them in place can cause breakage of your real lashes and interfere with optimal growth. It’s very common to find your natural lashes short and sparse after the extensions are removed.” If not breakage, eyelash extensions “can definitely weaken [your lashes], and as we get older, this can lead to permanent loss,” says Mona Gohara, MD, a Connecticut-based dermatologist. However—according to celebrity lash expert Clementina Richardson, founder of Envious Lashes, this will only really happen if your lashes aren’t applied the right way. “Lash extensions alone will not ruin your lashes,” she says. “Damage to the natural lashes is the result of improper application, or the stylist not selecting the correct type of lash for an existing natural lash.” She notes that there are a few things that can contribute to this problem, including
Wait, 25 Cups Of Coffee A Day Is Safe For Your Heart? What The Study Really Says
June 04, 2019 at 12:54PM Here’s the latest research on coffee and heart health. Continue Reading… Author Caroline Muggia | Life by Daily Burn Selected by CWC
Wait, 25 Cups Of Coffee A Day Is Safe For Your Heart? What The Study Really Says
June 04, 2019 at 12:54PM Here’s the latest research on coffee and heart health. Continue Reading… Author Caroline Muggia | Life by Daily Burn Selected by CWC
Stressing about “anti-nutrients” might sabotage your healthy diet
June 04, 2019 at 12:22PM by CWC Sometimes when I’m scanning a food label, I feel like I need a dietitian on speed dial who can tell me exactly what I should eat and what to avoid. Lately, a certain compound commonly found in foods like spinach, apples, oat milk, and coffee is causing causing widespread confusion. “Anti-nutrients are found in foods that block the absorption of nutrients like protein, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, and vitamins,” says registered dietitian and You Versus Food host Tracy Lockwood Beckerman, RD. “This label assumes that these foods are harmful to the human body, when in fact many of our most nutritious foods—vegetables, fruits—are full of anti-nutrients. These foods are what you should be eating!” In other words, the prefix “anti-” carries a negative connotation, giving anti-nutrients an undeserved bad reputation. Under the umbrella of anti-nutrients are specific compounds found in everything from nuts to cucumbers to french fries and beyond. More specifically, anti-nutrients include lectins (which interfere with absorption of calcium, iron, phosphorus, and zinc), phytates (which block iron, zinc, magnesium and calcium), tannins (which halt the absorption of iron), and protease inhibitors (which break down protein), among others. “This label assumes that these foods are harmful to the human body, when in fact many of our most nutritious foods—vegetables, fruits—are full of anti-nutrients.” —Tracy Lockwood Beckerman, RD At face value, all that info kind of sounds like the side effects listed in a pharmaceutical commercial. There’s a problem with thinking about these foods in such
Well+Good TALKS: One-Stop Wellness Is Putting Your Healthy Life Under One Roof
June 04, 2019 at 12:07PM by CWC Living your best life should NOT mean you spend your precious self-care time and energy zig-zagging all over town to go to the gym, the acupuncturist, the health coach, the beauty bar, the meditation studio, and healthy cafe. Phew! Now, both newcomers and bold-face brands are capturing the stress-reducing brilliance of a one-stop-shop approach by housing multiple aspects of your wellness routine under one roof. Less commuting, more wellness. EVENT DETAILS Wednesday, June 19, 2019 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Location: Made by We | 902 Broadway, New York, NY 10010 THE PANEL Melisse Gelula | Co-Founder of Well+Good Melisse is the Co-Founder of Well+Good, an award-winning media company, which reaches an audience of 12 million monthly, and an internationally recognized wellness expert. Recently Melisse spearheaded the curation of the first-ever Well+Good cookbook, Well+Good: 100 Healthy Recipes + Expert Advice for Better Living (Clarkson Potter, April 2019), which features the go-to recipes of 100 healthy luminaries from Venus Williams and Gabrielle Bernstein to Dr. Mark Hyman. Kate Flannery | Head of Community + Partnerships at Athleta Kate is a marketing and communications expert of 20+ years who leads Community and Partnerships at Athleta. She connects Athleta with the people and brands that embody Athleta’s mission to ignite a community of active, healthy, confident women and girls who uplift one another to reach their limitless potential. As part of the team that launched Wellness Collective, Kate is driven by Athleta’s ability to make wellness
There are 294 million yoga videos on YouTube—these are the best ones for lower back pain
June 04, 2019 at 11:50AM by CWC What is clear from hours spent hunched over my computer and doing some pro-level slouching while relaxing at night is this: My posture sucks for the majority of the day, resulting in pain and knots in my lower back. While the aches can be combated through certain exercises, my favorite way to help stretch things out involves nothing more than mat and a handful of yoga twists. “Twisting poses will help restore your spine’s natural range of motion and stimulate circulation,” writes Julie Gudmestad, physical therapist and yoga teacher. “Many people lose full spinal rotation in the course of living a sedentary lifestyle. If you don’t lengthen the muscles, tendons, ligaments, and connective tissues to their full length at least a few times a week, they will gradually shorten and limit the nearby joint’s mobility.” According to Gudmestad, practicing yoga twists regularly will help prevent these problems from occurring, as well as improve how your body feels and moves every day. Basically, they’re just as important as your workouts, and reaping the benefits doesn’t require nearly as much time. Whether you stick with simple spinal twists for a few minutes or follow along with in-depth restorative videos, these are the best options on YouTube to help you beat your back pain for good. Try these 6 yoga twist videos for the ultimate lower back pain relief: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgQaILIiyO0] 1. If you only have 10 minutes In this video, you’ll be taken through a series
The Navy SEAL secret to crushing your fitness goals
June 04, 2019 at 11:49AM by CWC I love (like, adore) whipping out my gel pens, grabbing a spare note pad, and color-coding the reps, sets, and circuits of my workouts. There are so many way to structure exercise regimens. I’ve tried the 5-4-3-2-1 method, ladder workouts, sprint interval training—the list goes on. But one look at a Navy SEAL workout routine reveals that pyramid training is yet another I need to add to my fitness to-do list. As the name suggests, this pattern for structuring your strength training involves reaching the pinnacle of your physical abilities. The blog A Shot of Adrenaline explains that Navy SEALs use pyramid training to get shredded with push-ups, pull-ups, and sit-ups, but it’s not strictly for the upper body. You can use it to work any—or every!—muscle group. Step one? Memorizing the ins and outs of the workout. Let’s DO this. How to build a pyramid training workout There are 10 levels in pyramid training. Each level dictates how many reps of push-ups, pull-ups, and sit-ups (or your move trio of choice) you need to do. You’ll need to assign either 1, 2, or 3 reps to each exercise, then multiply each one by the level (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) to see your prescribed number of reps. Eventually, the goal is to make it to level 10 then work your way back down to level one, but take it easy when you’re first getting started. As an
Why Vitamin B12 is essential for lifting your mood and energy
June 04, 2019 at 10:59AM by CWC The vitamin B12 craze has been around for years, which is no easy feat in the wellness world where there’s a hot new supplement launch every single week. (Borage oil, anyone?) But the B-vitamin has successfully held its ground as an elite-status ingredient thanks to its many researched-backed benefits. “B12 is involved in many critical processes in the body such as supporting nerve cell function, making DNA, metabolism, and the formation of red blood cells,” says Jillian Kubala, MS, RD. “And it can’t be made in the body, so it must be obtained through the foods that we eat.” Those foods include animal products like eggs, meat, poultry, and dairy. If you’re not getting enough from your diet (or you don’t eat animal foods), most experts recommend turning to a B12 supplement, since a deficiency (while rare) can be serious. “Symptoms of a chronic, severe B12 deficiency can include serious side effects such as neurological damage, memory loss, and depression,” Kubala says. “If B12 deficiency progresses, it may lead to neurological disturbances, difficulty balancing, dementia, confusion, and irreversible neurological damage in severe cases.” In the short term, having low levels of B12 could lead to a lack of energy, depressed feelings, anxiety, shortness of breath, and tingling hands and feet. In other words, if you have an inkling that you may be deficient in B12, make an appointment with your doctor to get your levels checked—stat. Folks who eat plant-based or vegan diets
The best investment you can make this summer is a $40 swimsuit from Target
June 04, 2019 at 09:59AM by CWC Listen: We’ve all seen the memes, and we all know it’s legitimately impossible to walk into Target and not walk out with like, 25 things you don’t need—I once hit the store for quick re-up of toilet paper and La Croix, and walked out with four new pairs of earrings and an entirely new set of bedding. But now that summer is here, I’d go so far as to argue that we all need (or at least, deserve?) to treat ourselves to a new bathing suit—especially when they cost under $40. My first real foray into Target’s incredible swimwear collection was in 2009, shortly before spring break my senior year of college (what up, Puerto Vallarta?!). My friends and I, dying for new bathing suits to wear on our trip, hauled out to the suburbs 45 minutes outside of our college town and went totally ham on everything the big box store had to offer. I wound up taking home three new bikinis for less than $100, and 10 years later I still wear two of them on the reg. So not only are Target’s bathing suits cute and wildly affordable, but they’re also durable as hell. In honor of the fact that beach-pool-rooftop season is here, we rounded up the best picks from Target’s swimwear selection—each of which you can get for under 430. Photo: Target Xhilaration Animal Print Women’s Lace-Up Back Bralette Bikini Top ($15) and Bottom ($15) The bathing suit equivalent