January 20, 2019 at 01:00AM Use it as a base for soups or just sip it on its own! Continue Reading… Author Liz Moody | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue While we’re all about the bone broth craze that has swept the nation, sometimes it’s nice to have vegetarian options. We’ve found a winner in this nourishing sea broth from Mafalda Pinto Leite’s Radiant: The Cookbook. According to Leite, a nutritionist, “Broths are so healing and easy to digest. You can make them with all sorts of vegetables, but be sure to use kombu and shiitake as the base. They both contain beneficial properties that boost the immune system, nourish the brain, and offer a unique depth of flavor.” The sea vegetables in this also offer a wonderful way to bring balance to your hormones on a daily basis, while the miso adds an umami-rich hit of gut-healing probiotics. Use it as a base for soups, to cook grains or quinoa in, or simply sip some straight as a type of savory tea to warm yourself up daily. Sea Vegetable Broth Makes about 2½ quarts Ingredients 10 cups water 8 dried kombu strips 1 cup dried shiitake mushrooms, sliced or whole 1 celery stalk, chopped 2 shallots, skin removed and quartered 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar 1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger 1 tablespoon chopped fresh turmeric Small handful of fresh cilantro, whole 2 tablespoons sesame oil 3 green onions, sliced ⅓ cup chopped fresh cilantro 2 garlic cloves,
Year: 2019
This Hospital In A Norwegian Forest Is Taking Nature Is The Best Medicine To The Next Level
January 20, 2019 Here’s what you need to know. Continue Reading… Author Caroline Muggia | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue For years we’ve understood the benefits of spending time in nature. Studies show it can strengthen your immune system, protect against cancer, and reduce pain. Besides the physiological advantages, research points to links between getting outside and improvements in symptoms of depression and anxiety and greater happiness. But despite this knowledge, healing, when it comes to health care facilities, has been a bit more clinical. A new care center in the Norwegian Forest is out to change all that with the creation of a physical healing space designated to bring nature’s benefits to hospital patients—and their loved ones. Psychologist Maren Østvold Lindheim, the Friluftssykehuset Foundation, and the Oslo University Hospital have opened an outdoor care center in the forest designed by famous architecture firm Snøhetta. The idea came after Maren noticed that her patients were responding well to spending time outside but knew some patients would not be well enough to actually be outside. In response, they designed cabins that reflected the outdoors—spaces that even immune-compromised patients could visit. The outdoor center features minimalist wooden cabins that integrate seamlessly into the environment—providing skylights for sunlight to pour into the space, walls that smell of wood, and a comfortable space for patients, family, and friends to be together away from the conventional hospital setting. The center is located only a few hundred feet from the Oslo University Hospital so
How To Revel In Tonight’s Super Blood Wolf Moon — According To Your Sign
January 19, 2019 at 11:00PM This spectacle can shift power balances and net you some coveted attention. Continue Reading… Author The AstroTwins | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue At 10:36 p.m. EST this Sunday, January 20, the Earth will be perfectly positioned between the Sun and the moon, casting a blood-red shadow across la luna. With decent weather conditions, the super blood Wolf Moon lunar eclipse should be visible to anyone in the Americas and Europe, and you’ll be able to view it with the naked eye. Astrogeek tidbit: The red glow effect is known as “Rayleigh scattering” and will be visible until 3:49 a.m. EST on January 21—with moon becoming officially full at 12:15 a.m. EST at 0º 52” Leo. If you live in North America, this one is worth staying up for, especially since there won’t be another total eclipse until May 2021. Because this event occurs in January, it is also known as a Wolf Moon, so named by indigenous tribes for the howling of gathering wolf packs that is common in North America at this time of year. This would NOT be the best night to try to open a deep dialogue. And talk about unleashing the fierce! This is actually the final Leo eclipse in a series that began on February 10, 2017—and included the stunning Leo total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, the one that got you craftily making cereal box viewers or scrambling to order a pair of special eclipse
Why Is There Still A Stigma Around Non-Monogamy?
January 19, 2019 at 10:00PM The psychology behind why people fear consensual non-monogamy. Continue Reading… Author Kelly Gonsalves | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue Consensual non-monogamy is on the rise. Research shows one in five people engage in some form of CNM (which includes polyamory, open relationships, swinging, and other relationship configurations that allow for intimacy between more than two people) at some point in their lives. Experts estimate about 4 to 5 percent of Americans are in some form of CNM relationship at any given point in time, which is about the same amount of Americans who identify as LGBT. Although there’s still a long, long way to go, a huge global movement has helped lift up LGBTQ people and made the fight for their rights, social acceptance, and inclusion become central to the idea of social justice, feminism, and progressivism. But for people in CNM relationships, that wholehearted embrace still has yet to come. Take a recent study from the journal Sexuality Research and Social Policy that revealed how people tend to dehumanize those in CNM relationships. Researchers asked 455 straight people to evaluate a series of hypothetical couples, including some monogamous, some consensually non-monogamous, some straight, and some gay. CNM couples were described in less human terms—they were seen as having less love, compassion, and remorse and as having more “animalistic” emotions like lust and fear. People in CNM relationships were even more dehumanized than gay men, suggesting people might have even more prejudice against
Here’s How Intermittent Fasting Rewires Your Metabolism
January 19, 2019 at 09:00PM And how to get the benefits. Continue Reading… Author Caroline Muggia | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue We commonly think of exercise and a high-protein diet when it comes to boosting our metabolism, and while these may do the trick, a new study suggests that intermittent fasting could be the solution. It turns out it has to do with our circadian clocks, which respond to changes in light and our food intake to keep our body in equilibrium. While food has long been known to influence our body’s clocks, up until this point, it was unknown how a lack of food could affect our circadian clocks and what impact this could have on our health. In a new study published in Cell Reports, researchers from the University of California–Irvine discovered a new link between IF, our circadian clocks, and our metabolism. After analyzing cell tissue from mice throughout 24-hour fasting periods, they found that time without food affected their biological clocks and caused fasting-sensitive cellular responses. These reactions caused a reorganization of genes in the skeletal muscle and liver, causing their metabolism to speed up. The lead author Paolo Sassone-Corsi, Donald Bren professor of biological chemistry at UCI’s School of Medicine, explained in a statement, “the reorganization of gene regulation by fasting could prime the genome to a more permissive state to anticipate upcoming food intake and thereby drive a new rhythmic cycle of gene expression.” Meaning intermittent fasting could drive changes in
How Many Sexual Partners Is “Normal,” Really?
January 19, 2019 at 08:00PM The latest research suggests we’re still judging each other over how many people we’ve slept with. Why? Continue Reading… Author Kelly Gonsalves | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue Do people still judge each other based on the number of sexual partners they’ve had? Sadly, yes. To be fair, how many people a person has slept with or how regularly they enjoy casual sex can tell you a lot about them. A person’s number indicates not just their level of sexual experience but also things like their personality (more sexually adventurous people naturally tend to be more extroverted), how social they are (they tend to have more friends), their interest in alcohol (they tend to drink more), and what their views and values are as they relate to sex (they tend to be more sex-positive and liberal). What can a person’s number not tell you? Anything about the quality of their character. Your sexual history can’t tell me whether you’re a kind, ethical, intelligent, loyal, or empathetic person or basically any other meaningful quality about you. There’s certainly some promiscuous people out there who aren’t particularly kind toward themselves or others; at the same time, some of the gentlest, most emotionally mature souls I’ve ever encountered get intimate with strangers on the regular, and some of the biggest jerks I’ve had the misfortune of meeting have never had sex in their lives. The number of partners really doesn’t tell you much. And yet, the
Even if you clean your shower curtain, it can still get moldy without this simple step
January 19, 2019 at 08:45AM by CWC I like to think I’m pretty clean when it comes to my apartment. Putting away laundry is no problemo for me. I wipe down counters like a fiend, and I even clean the kitchen as I cook so that there’s no mess after I’m done eating (genius, I know). But then in the bathroom one recent morning, I noticed a… funky scent. It was emanating from the shower, which is how I discovered my A+ hygienic habits had overlooked one oft-forgotten part of the cleaning process. Whoops. That smell? Yeah, it was mold forming on my shower curtain. Here’s the thing about shower curtains: “It’s less about cleaning and more about letting them dry properly,” says Maeve Richmond, organization guru and the founder and coach of Maeve’s Method. Personally, I only realized that stretching out your shower curtain is a thing when I got new roommates and they always spread it out after they showered. (Up to this point, I’d just left it scrunched to the side after turning off the taps.) Richmond, though, helped me see the error of my ways. “If you think about it, if a wet curtain is smushed, then there’s just water sitting in there all day long,” she explains. “So mold can grow.” And since plenty of people are allergic to mold and because of its potential impact on your breathing, it’s key to keep an eye on the condition of your shower curtain. Below are four best practices to follow
How to keep your skin-care products from pilling like an old sweater
January 19, 2019 at 08:34AM by CWC There’s nothing more annoying than going through your 10-step skin-care routine thinking it will give you glowing, radiant skin…only to be left with a finish that more closely resembles a pilling old sweater. You know what I’m talking about: When something mysterious in your beauty regimen decides to start rebelling, and instead of soaking calmly and obediently into your epidermis, forms into tiny balls that sit on top of the surface and just. won’t. go. away. Since no one wants their skin-care to resemble winter layers that’ve been washed a few too many times, what gives? “Pilling happens when you are rubbing a skin-care product on the skin and it never quite soaks in. As you rub it in, the product is pilling, or collecting on top of the skin,” says Purvisha Patel, MD, a board-certified dermatologist and founder of Visha Skincare. “It means the product’s being hindered from absorbing and is just coming back off. There’s an occlusive barrier that’s preventing absorption, and it happens if too many products are used at the same time, or in the wrong order.” There’s one ingredient that’s usually to blame for the issue: Polymers. “Skin pilling is usually do to incompatibility of products used together, and is typically caused by polymers,” says cosmetic chemist Ginger King. “Polymers are used to form a film on skin for a longer lasting effect, but if the ratio is too much or you’re using something else silicone-based or oil-based, you will see
Don’t feel like sprinting for the 10th day in a row? Try one of these low-intensity cardio workouts instead
January 19, 2019 at 08:21AM by CWC If I’m spending an hour in the gym, you better believe that I’m trying to get the most out of my time there. And that usually means: a full-body burn that pushes your muscles (and your sweat glands) to the max. But ask any trainer worth their barbells and they’ll tell you that low-intensity cardio is a integral part of any workout regimen. While walking on the treadmill for 45 minutes or pedaling away on a recumbent bike may not feel like the most exciting (or admittedly, most efficient) ways to exercise, they’re still critically important for rounding out your routine. (And a part of this year’s trend toward cortisol-conscious workouts.) “It’s just as important to have steady-pace runs and low-impact workouts as it is to have those higher-threshold workouts. And being able to balance the two not only makes you more versatile, but it really kind of lays the foundation,” says Aaptiv trainer Megan Takacs. “It’s almost like you don’t want to go into a sprint workout without having an endurance pace, and that low-intensity training is really the foundation for any other workout you might do.” “Low-intensity stuff breaks up the training at a certain threshold that brings your body back down to a normal level of operation, so that when you go to do the high-intensity you’re not burned out.” —Trainer Megan Takacs She suggests introducing slower-paced, lower-impact cardio sessions into your routine twice (maybe even three times) a week
The draw of the Insta-scam: How to avoid feeling duped when shelling out for influencer workshops
January 19, 2019 at 08:17AM by CWC I am aware that my worth is more than the number of likes and comments I get on an Instagram photo. But…there is something addictive about “growing your following,” a phrase I both can and cannot believe I just used seriously. I’m not under any illusions that I’m going to be an influencer (a word that practically begs for a capital “I”), but as a writer, it helps my career to be active on social media. That’s how I found myself shelling out $100 for presets—pre-made filters—from one of my favorite Instagrammers. (Well, that and the wine I drank before making said purchase.) I have no eye for editing photos (again, writer), but slightly adjusting a preset is something I am capable of. I don’t regret my purchase at all. However, that’s not always the case when buying the presets, workshops, and courses that influencers offer. Caroline Calloway, an Instagram influencer with over 830,000 followers, made headlines this week when she cancelled her multi-city creativity workshop tour amidst criticism that she didn’t deliver what was promised (namely, homemade salads, flower crowns, and handwritten notes, along with Calloway’s time and valuable insights). She issued an apology, and offered refunds…and then a day later, said the tour was back on. Calloway requested that people return their refunds, with a link to her Paypal. Last month, influencer Aggie Lal came under similar fire when people who enrolled in her $500 12-week master class on how to—wait for