June 11, 2019 at 06:30PM by CWC If the only thing holding you back from switching to a plant-based laundry detergent is fear it won’t give your clothes a satisfactory scrub, we have some news. (You might want to sit down for this one.) That fear is actually based on a total myth. *Cue shocked gasps.* Yup, you can absolutely turn laundry day into a more eco-friendly affair, while still getting that so fresh, so clean feel you’re after by adopting a couple, minor tweaks to your laundry routine. To get the scoop on how, we asked laundry expert Laura Goodman, senior scientist for Procter & Gamble Fabric Care, to share her recommendations for combining your desire for clean clothes (I mean, no one wants to smell) with living a more sustainable, plant-based life. The myth: Using a plant-based detergent means you have to accept a lower level of clean. The obvious first step is switching to an eco-friendly detergent, preferably one that works just as well as the traditional stuff, like Tide purclean™—which is made from 75 percent plant-based ingredients and manufactured using 100 percent renewable power electricity. ad_intervals[‘398525_div-gpt-ad-5443410-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘398525_div-gpt-ad-5443410-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-5443410-3’);}); } }, 100); “Some people believe that in order to use a plant-based product, they need to accept a lower level of clean,” Goodman says. “No matter why people switch [to plant-based detergent], we think it’s important that they have access to the same kind of cleaning performance they get with
Month: June 2019
Trying to make it in the fitness biz? Take this advice from Nina Dobrev’s trainer
June 11, 2019 at 06:30PM by CWC Fitness instructors get to work out all day and have plenty of time to cook healthy meals thanks to their flexible schedules—so they’re basically getting paid to be in the best shape of their lives, right? Not so fast. According to Lissa Bankston, former Reebok athlete and Nina Dobrev’s personal trainer, that’s one of the biggest misconceptions about working in the fitness business, and one you’ll need to put the kabosh on if you’re thinking about getting into the biz yourself. “For the most part, fitness professionals have crazy hours that are 100% full on hustle,” says Bankston. “You have to schedule and plan your workouts just like you do your clients or they will never happen.” To help you get a better idea of what it’s really like to work as an instructor or trainer, we teamed up with ReebokONE—Reebok’s exclusive trainer loyalty program designed to support the career development of fitness pros—and got the lowdown from Bankston. ad_intervals[‘395453_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘395453_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’);}); } }, 100); Whether you’re trying to turn your status as your friend group’s “fit friend” into a side hustle, or want to upgrade your current side hustle into a full blown career (or are just curious how your favorite instructor makes it work), Bankston is dishing the secrets that’ll make life on the mic as simple as savasana. Wondering how to become a personal trainer? Here are Bankston’s 3 tips for kickstarting a fitness
The 16 best high-protein foods for vegetarians, according to a registered dietitian
June 11, 2019 at 05:05PM by CWC [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz8TQpJ3ZEs] Finding good and good for you protein options when you’re a vegetarian can seem like a difficult feat. But before you make yet another veggie burger for lunch (yawn), check out the most recent episode of You Versus Food, where Tracy Lockwood Beckerman, RD, shares her favorite vegetarian protein foods (including some unlikely picks) that will keep you full and focused all day long. One of Beckerman’s favorite options is chickpea pasta (such as Banza Chickpea Elbows, $13 for a two-pack, or Explore Cuisine Organic Chickpea Fusilli, $25 for a six-pack). “Eating chickpea pasta is a super easy way to deliver some high-quality amino acids to the bod,” she says. Plus, a two-ounce serving can pack in around 14 grams of plant-based protein, she says, which will keep your energy levels sustained much longer than your typical linguini. ad_intervals[‘399879_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘399879_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’);}); } }, 100); She also says that you can get some sneaky proteins from whole grains. No, they’re not just carbs—Beckerman says grains like oats and quinoa have a decent amount of protein per serving, too. (Oats have six grams of protein per cup cooked, while quinoa offers up eight grams per cup cooked, ICYMI.) Wait, but didn’t she mention more vegetarian proteins than this? Sure thing—but you should watch the full video to get the gist of it. You won’t be choking down a sad veggie burger again any time soon with
Here’s the tea on the centuries-old practice of tasseography (aka reading tea leaves)
June 11, 2019 at 05:00PM by CWC With all the goings-on of modern life, sometimes it’s nice to call upon some woo-woo practices to guide us to see what’s to come rather than leave our mind to its own (often catastrophizing) devices. Tools in your toolbox for accomplishing this include—but are certainly not limited to—a meditation ritual, an astrology app, and tarot, but reading tea leaves definitely also deserves a place in your rotation. Enter tasseography, which comes from the French word tasse, for cup, and the Greek suffix graph and mancy, meaning writing and knowledge. Upon adding it all together, you get the art of finding messages in tea leaves. But, ahem, why? “A lot of times, people are looking for the future. Sure, sometimes it comes out. Like ‘Around March, it looks like you’ll get a big check,” occultist Katelan Foisy, who is familiar with the practice of reading tea leaves, tells me. “Sometimes it’s more about what’s going on with you—looking at blocks or what’s helping you.” ad_intervals[‘398290_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘398290_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’);}); } }, 100); If, like me, your only point of reference for reading tea leaves is that Harry Potter scene when Professor Trelawney freaks after seeing a bad omen in Harry’s cup—no worries. With Foisy’s help below in explaining the centuries-old method for fortune telling, you’ll likely be a tasseography pro in no time. Where did tasseography come from? When tea arrived in Europe via China in the 17th century,
New research finds some truth in that old school advice about an ‘apple a day’
June 11, 2019 at 04:00PM by CWC As if you needed another reason to consider the Mediterranean diet, new research presented at the American Society for Nutrition‘s 2019 conference suggests that a diet high in fruits and vegetables is directly linked to better cardiovascular health and lower risk for stroke-related deaths—even in young adults. Turns out there’s really something to that “apple a day” saying after all. Researchers from Tufts University looked at 266 surveys on the subject of over 1.6 million people in over 100 countries around the world; in other words, their conclusions are a big deal. The team created a model based on existing research and data to estimate how many heart disease and stroke-related deaths were caused by diets low in produce consumption. The researchers concluded that diets low in fruit likely resulted in 521,395 coronary heart disease (CHD) deaths and 1.3 million stroke deaths, while diets low in vegetables likely caused 809,425 CHD deaths and 210,849 stroke deaths. (The research has not been published yet in a peer-reviewed journal.) ad_intervals[‘400139_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘400139_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’);}); } }, 100); While the findings are newsworthy because of the sheer amount of people taken into account, they aren’t that surprising—at least they shouldn’t be. Healthy eating plans may have different views on meat, fats, or carbs, but the one trait they virtually all have in common is that they are rich in fruits and vegetables. An easy way to up your daily produce intake:
An Unhealthy Gut Microbiome May Increase The Spread Of This Cancer
June 11, 2019 at 01:16PM Here’s how to boost your gut health today! Continue Reading… Author Caroline Muggia | Life by Daily Burn Selected by CWC
Trainers say this is the one spot you should never, ever foam roll
June 11, 2019 at 12:17PM by CWC Whenever I’m feeling muscle pain or some tightness in my body, I immediately grab a foam roller and roll that sh*t out. Sore quads? I just lie them down onto the recovery tool and move it along my thigh. And the same goes for my hamstrings. And my butt. But as soon as I started trying to foam roll my lower back (sup, lower back pain?!), a trainer in my gym came up to me and said that foam rolling your lower back is actually not a good idea. Cue the record scratch. It may seem like the foam roller is the magical remedy to all muscle pain, but actually, that’s not the case. In fact, you can do more harm than good if you start rolling your lower back area. “When you think of typical foam rolling, like rolling out the calves or quads, you move up and down over that tight muscle,” says Danielle Weis, PT, physical therapist at Spring Forward Physical Therapy. “You don’t want to do that same type of rolling out with the spine. The vertebrae’s spinous prominences are bony and it can’t be really uncomfortable and irritating to roll up and down like that.” ad_intervals[‘400241_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘400241_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’);}); } }, 100); Not only can it be kinda painful, but it can mess with your joints and lead to even more back pain, because foam rolling creates an “extension force” throughout your spine.
The 4-step guide to becoming a morning person in 3 weeks flat
June 11, 2019 at 12:01PM by CWC It took me like six years to learn how to be a morning person, and it’s still just a “sometimes” role I play. For instance, I’m a morning person in relation to my musician boyfriend, who, true to the rock and roll credo, enjoys starting his day around noon. I’m also a morning person in relation to my job, because if I’m the first one into the office, I feel much more confident in my move to be among the first to leave. But I am not a natural, effortless morning person, as evidenced by my midnight-or-later bedtime. (And I’m not one of those lucky SOBs with the magic I-don’t-need-much-sleep gene.) I’m awake, but “bright-eyed and bushy-tailed” is a tall order I often can’t fulfill. However, when I stumbled upon a recent study published in Sleep Medicine contending that even night owls can be early birds, I became alert. With a three-week turnover, the very small study sample group demonstrated an ability to shift their bedtime and wake up two hours earlier by tweaking four lifestyle routines. And while habit-editing requires some commitment, there is serious value to gain from embracing steps to feel more well-rested first thing in the morning. ad_intervals[‘400187_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘400187_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’);}); } }, 100); And sure, no one’s contending that you can’t lead a happy, full, successful life if you’re a night owl—but there is a bit of science supporting that morning-lark lifestyle.
And Just Like That, Another Nation Bans Single-Use Plastics
June 11, 2019 at 10:04AM Oh, Canada! Continue Reading… Author Emma Loewe | Life by Daily Burn Selected by CWC
Trainers share their favorite (and least favorite!) gym machines
June 11, 2019 at 09:58AM by CWC Let’s face it—gym machines get a bad rap. Nowadays, people are more interested in swinging kettlebell around or heading out to a HIIT class to fire up those muscles, and it’s easy to see why. Since many machines generally isolate specific muscle groups, you’re not getting the multi-benefits that compound movements tend to allow for. Plus, form can too often be sacrificed when working with machines, which can raise the risk of injury. “Many exercisers do not know at what height the seat or handles should be set, or the proper range of motion of the exercise which can increase their risk of injury when using machines,” says Jeff Monaco, CSCS, National Education Manager at Gold’s Gym. So if you find yourself looking like a shrug emoji, get up and ask someone to show you the proper form. And even better, go into the gym with an agenda and the knowledge of which machines are worth your time and which are totally fine to skip. To help with that, we’ve polled trainers to help you navigate the gym machines and look like a pro. ad_intervals[‘399769_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘399769_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’);}); } }, 100); The good The cable-cross: “One of my favorite machines in the gym is the Freemotion dual cable cross. This machine has two multi-angle adjustable arms and two weight stacks that can be used independently or together,” says Monaco. It’s super versatile and is easy to position the