April 04, 2019 at 01:16AM What you need to know about the ketogenic diet and cancer treatment, including safety concerns, efficacy, and common questions answered. Continue Reading… Author L.J. Amaral MS, RD, CSO | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue
Year: 2019
How To Be Your Most Confident Self With The Aries New Moon
April 04, 2019 at 12:39AM Sometimes it’s OK to be all about “me, me, me.” Continue Reading… Author Alexandra Roxo | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue
Well Read: 5 Books You Won’t Be Able To Put Down This April
April 04, 2019 at 12:05AM A funny book on aging and the novel that has the literary world abuzz. Continue Reading… Author Liz Moody | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue
These Are The Gut-Boosting Supplements You Should Take To Spring Clean Your Microbiome
April 03, 2019 at 06:30PM by CWC Sometimes you’re able to totally nail your yoga flow without a hitch—other times, however, you need an extra boost of support to reach all of the endorphins waiting at the end. The same goes for your microbiome. You can eat all the prebiotic and probiotic foods you want, but it might not be enough to give your gut what it needs—and that’s where supplements for digestion come into play. “Some [supplements] help with the breakdown and digestion of food, others help with the health and integrity of the gut lining, and others help with keeping it from being inflamed,” says Amy Shapiro, RD, founder of Real Nutrition. “These together help to heal the gut, and when paired with prebiotics and probiotics can allow for a very healthy and well balanced microbiome.” Together with Renew Life®—the powerful gut-boosting supplement brand—and Shapiro, we found out exactly which ones your body needs to make that happen. Scroll down for 5 supplements for digestion that’ll give your gut the spring-cleaning treatment. Photo: @moyo.studio-via-Twenty20 1. A high-quality probiotic supplement Not really a total shock, right? Even if you do eat a fair amount of probiotic-rich foods, adding a supplement can amp up your gut health with barely any effort. Renew Life®’s Ultimate Flora Women’s Care 25 Billion Probiotic is created with 10 different specially selected strains and 25 billion live cultures that work together to support your digestive and immune health. And it’s good for your lady parts,
5 ways to increase serotonin levels naturally
April 03, 2019 at 04:00PM by CWC If you’ve ever fallen down the Google rabbit hole, researching ways to boost your mood (or is that just me?), you’ve likely heard about serotonin, a neurotransmitter in the brain that’s linked to better mood and overall satisfaction. And it’s tempting to wonder how to increase serotonin, since it seemingly is the thing that makes you happier. However, serotonin actually offers up quite a few additional benefits for your health. Besides helping regulate mood, serotonin is also needed for motor skills and cognitive functioning. It’s also included in nerve function that regulates blood pressure, heart rate, and the digestion system. So it’s pretty darn important. While boosting your brain’s serotonin could help boost your mood, too, it’s not a panacea for every mental health issue. Integrative psychiatrist James Lake, MD, warns that managing depression—or even just a bad mood—is much more complicated than zeroing in on serotonin. “Serotonin is certainly an important neurotransmitter and important in that equation, but there are numerous other neurotransmitters that are important, too,” he says. Besides serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphins all play important roles in regulating mood. And if you’re truly struggling with what you believe to be a serious mood or mental health condition, With this in mind, there are several ways to naturally boost your serotonin levels. Keep reading to see what they are. Scroll down for 5 tips on how to increase serotonin. 1. Tweak your diet. Depending on what you eat, you could
Apps and online tools aim to ease the loneliness too many new moms suffer from in silence
April 03, 2019 at 03:00PM by CWC There are certain expectations about how you’ll feel when you have a new baby, like, say floating on a happy cloud of new-motherhood joy. But even if you’re aware of how common postpartum depression is and the slew of ways it and societal expectations can impact your life, feeling it play out in real life is often more complicated. Some changes aren’t surprising, like the sleepless nights and the fact that it’s suddenly so much harder to find time to do basic things like shower and eat. But there’s one aspect that doesn’t get nearly enough attention: loneliness. “I see this a lot,” says Tamar Gur, MD, PhD, a women’s health expert and reproductive psychiatrist at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. There aren’t a lot of hard numbers on how many new moms struggle with feelings of loneliness, but a survey conducted by the U.K.’s Channel Mum found that 9 out of 10 feel lonely after having kids. A lot of it has to do with the way the postpartum period is structured in our society, says Catherine Birndorf, MD, founder of the Motherhood Center in New York City and co-author of the forthcoming book What No One Tells You: A Guide to Your Emotions, From Pregnancy to Motherhood with reproductive psychiatrist Alexandra Sacks, MD. Women are usually encouraged to keep babies home to protect them from germs, and that can be isolating, Dr. Birndorf says. “You may be stuck at home,
These Vegan Energy Ball Recipes Are Everything But Basic
April 03, 2019 at 02:36PM Take your snack options from good to great. Continue Reading… Author Caroline Muggia | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue
These Are The Best Healthy Breads You Can Buy Right Now
April 03, 2019 at 02:03PM With sprouted, soured, gluten-free, vegan options and more! Continue Reading… Author Liz Moody | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue
These $4 razors are the best-selling Amazon secret to perfectly shaped brows
April 03, 2019 at 01:00PM by CWC Long before Lordes Leon set out to make the unibrow cool again, girls in my middle school mocked the patch of hair between my eyebrows incessantly, calling me names both to my face and behind my back (kids are the worst, huh?). While I’ve managed to get over their crappy teasing in the past decade and a half and learned to love my bushy brows, the few hairs that live above my nose and fuse my two eyebrows into one still drive me nucking futs. No matter how frequently I tweeze them—which is pretty much every day, and still after a decade and a half makes me sneeze every time—the hairs pop up out of nowhere. It’s the worst. But last year, while traveling through Asia, I discovered eyebrow razors—and the eyebrow primping game had officially been changed. The cute little single-blade razors (which can also be used to shave or exfoliate your face, ICYWW) are great for removing pesky hairs, especially ones that are too short for tweezers to grip onto. They’re small and easy to maneuver, and they don’t hurt or make me sneeze when I use them. And for what its worth, it looks like I’m not the only one who’s realized how great these babies are: Earlier this week, they rose to the throne as the number one beauty product on Amazon. Plus, they’re only 4 dollars for a pack of three—a serious steal. I recently asked celebrity eyebrow artist Joey
Wonder why you’re not getting stronger? Time to look at how you’re recovering
April 03, 2019 at 12:58PM by CWC Why am I not getting stronger? I’ve groaned the same question at least three times a week over the past few months to friends, coworkers, trainers, and anyone else who would listen. I’d muscled through 92 workouts over the course of 90 days thanks to an intense dedication to my 2019 fitness resolution, and simply could not understand why my body felt—and looked—exactly the same as it did on January 1. My suspicions were confirmed when I took a mobility test with Under Armour, and the results I received after a series of one-legged squats, push-ups, and wall sits were…startling. Not only was I not getting stronger, but my body was a complete mess—I scored a 46.44 on the Fusionetics Movement Efficiency Test, which fell into the “poor” range. As someone who prides herself on working out every day, this felt like a pretty major blow. What the hell was going on with my muscles? The answer came in the form of a question from Dan McDonogh, Under Armour’s Senior Manager of Performance Training: “Well, are you recovering properly?” My response was a resounding: “No.” Over the course of those 90 days, I had taken only a handful of days off, and made up for few mornings I slept through my alarm by doubling up on the weekend. I was overworking my body without giving it time to recover, and it was effecting my performance and ability to build muscle. I’ve read—and even written