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Month: November 2019

Your Regeneration

Tina Fey wants you to know what ‘chipple’ means—because it makes complaining so much less stressful

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November 02, 2019 at 03:00PM by CWC We’ve all been guilty of an “I love them, but” type of ramble at some point. It’s the kind you reserve for the need to assert that you’re a good person despite the complaint you’re about to share. To accomplish this, you list out a number of positive attributes about the subject of your vent. It’s a common practice, but wow, is it time consuming. Ever wondered how to complain kindly and, more importantly, concisely? You’re in luck, because Conan O’Brien invented a word to expedite your preamble: chipple. What is chipple, you ask? In a recent episode of O’Brien’s podcast, Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, guest Tina Fey professed her love for it, calling it, “a super, super useful word in any workplace,” she says. According to O’Brien, the word was born thanks to his friend Robert Smigel, former Saturday Night Live writer and voice of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog who’s known for his uncompromising work ethic. He was often complained about for various reasons, and staffers would try to soften their blows with professions of “how we all love Robert, and he’s a comic genius and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.” Eventually, O’Brien decided to speed up the process. Chipple takes the place of the long and exhaustive “I love them, but” prelude to a complaint; it cuts to the chase. “I would always say, ‘Do we have to do the whole preamble? Because it takes time, and we all

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Vegetarians Your Regeneration

The healthy baked good a French nutritionist eats for breakfast

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November 02, 2019 at 01:00PM by CWC The quintessential French breakfast typically involves café au lait and a big flaky croissant. At least that’s the stereotype. And yet, the truth is that the healthy food revolution has rocked France, too, which makes that stereotype rather démodé. French singer-songwriter and fitness influencer Jess King recently told Well+Good that her go-to breakfast is typically a breakfast bowl with chia seeds. This doesn’t mean healthy French eaters have given up pastries completely. First, they appreciate the fact that moderation is key, and second, just like healthy foodies elsewhere in the world, they know the value of smart substitutions. French nutritionist Claire Power’s vegan banana buckwheat breakfast cake is a prime example. Not only is it loaded with protein, it’s nut-, egg-, dairy-, and gluten-free. (How’s that for checking all the boxes?) “I am all about healthy recipes that are vegan but also lower in fat and sugar than normal recipes,” Power says. “I want to create cakes that make me feel good and that are good for me while also being delicious and kid-friendly.” She also adds that another one of her goals is to show how easy healthy eating can be. Besides bananas—which are totally having a moment right now BTW—Power uses buckwheat flower, coconut milk, and a few smart sweeteners, such as maple syrup and vanilla. (Head to her site for the full recipe.) It may not be a flaky croissant, but this French breakfast pairs just as well with that

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City Your Regeneration

Please, please stop shopping for discounted cosmetic treatments

8 min read

November 02, 2019 at 11:00AM by CWC Earlier this year, two people in New Mexico were diagnosed with HIV after undergoing the Instagram-famous “vampire facial.” The news sent the internet into a tailspin, calling into question just how safe the treatment—and other treatments like it—really are. And while this is an extreme (and horrific) example of a cosmetic procedure gone wrong, the incident was a major wakeup call about the precautions we should all be taking when it comes to finding, scheduling, and undergoing beauty treatments. When you see advertisements for beauty treatments popping up on your Instagram feed at seemingly every other swipe (case in point: The vampire facial came into popularity in 2013, after Kim Kardashian shared a bloody selfie of herself getting one), it can be easy to forget that these treatments are, in fact, a big deal. “Cosmetics medicine and plastic surgery have become the Wild West in health care; there are so few regulations about what is happening [and] people should not treat these situations and decisions without the seriousness they deserve,” says NYC-based plastic surgeon Laura Devgan, MD. “In the same way you wouldn’t go to a fun pop-up millennial-pink bar for your upper endoscopy or lung cancer screening, you shouldn’t go to a place like that for your cosmetic interventions. These are real medical procedures with real risks and benefits.” In 2015, a study published in The Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery noted that “minimally invasive” procedures—like Botox, fillers, chemical peels, laser

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