March 03, 2020 at 06:00PM by CWC Ask a beauty aficionado what their skin type is, and the majority of them will say “sensitive.” These days, it’s among the most commonly self-diagnosed skin types, and some studies estimate that a whopping 70 percent of women report having sensitive skin. In actuality, though, dermatologists say that—more often than not—skin isn’t actually sensitive, but sensitized. “In my clinical experience, the vast majority of these women don’t truly have sensitive skin, but they have skin that has become sensitized to certain ingredients in skin-care products,” says Loretta Ciraldo, MD, FAAD, a board-certified dermatologist and founder of Dr. Loretta Skincare. Sensitive skin means you’ve got a history with eczema, rosacea, or specific allergies to topical products, she says; sensitized skin, on the other hand, is a consequence of using harsh ingredients or topicals that cause irritation, itchiness, redness, or flakiness. Dr. Ciraldo says that you can tell if you have sensitized skin versus sensitive skin because removing a problematic skin-care ingredient or ingredients will usually help solve whatever skin qualm you’re dealing with. “After a couple of months, you can typically go back to using products you had previously tolerated,” she says. However, if you truly have sensitive skin, irritation, redness, and other issues will persist long after you stop using a specific ingredient. According to her, problematic ingredients can include sulfates, artificial fragrance, alcohol, or acetone (though she notes that sensitization can also occur from over-use of exfoliants and/or retinol). While you’re repairing your skin
Month: March 2020
I’m a professional chef, and this is the plant-based meal I make every week
March 03, 2020 at 05:05PM by CWC [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfK9aDhqU_8] Meal fatigue is real. You can only make your favorite recipes so many times before your taste buds are begging you to switch things up. But for one chef, something that never gets old is fried rice. Especially when you make it the healthy way. With years of experience, it’s safe to say chef Dale Talde has mastered the art of cooking fried rice to perfection. He’s perfected his recipe with exacting detail, from the temperature of the pan to all the creative ingredients that boost the flavor. In an episode of Well+Good’s video series Cook With Us, Talde introduces a new way to make fried rice that’s so healthy you can enjoy it multiple nights a week. Better yet, you can make it in less than 30 minutes. Talde’s plant-based fried rice is loaded with veggies. Instead of actual grains, this heathy fried rice recipe is packed with a mix of cauliflower and broccoli rice, shiitake mushrooms, Brussels sprouts, kimchi, ginger, and other flavorful cooking staples that make it the ultimate healthy comfort meal. “Anything you can eat in a bowl on your couch with the TV on is a win for me, so this is exactly that meal,” he says. It also comes with creative toppings, like shredded seaweed. “To me, it adds another level of umami—that real nice savoriness you want in dishes that keeps you coming back to it. It makes it feel heartier.” While this recipe
The 8 Myers-Briggs cognitive functions can help you understand your personality on a whole other level
March 03, 2020 at 04:36PM by CWC When most people hear “Myers-Briggs,” they think of the personality test, and the four letters associated with their resulting personality type: introverted (I) or extroverted (E), intuitive (N) or sensing (S), thinking (T) or feeling (F), and judging (J) or perceiving (P). But these traits only tell part of the story. Did you know you also have four key MBTI functions that correspond to your type? Psychologist Carl Jung (essentially the father of typology) talked a lot about the cognitive functions, which Katherine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers then utilized to create the MBTI system we use today. These eight functions are critical to understanding how you operate in the world, and are worth knowing as a tool to help you delve deeper into how you and anyone else ticks. Using descriptions of the MBTI cognitive functions is also how I’ve learned to get a sense of people in real life, without them needing to take the personality test first. These eight functions are critical to understanding how you operate in the world, and are worth knowing as a tool to help you delve deeper into how you and anyone else ticks. There are eight total MBTI cognitive functions; let’s break down what makes up each below. The 8 MBTI functions 1. Extroverted Sensing (Se) Extroverted sensing is using taste, touch, smell, sound, movement and sight to easily absorb information in the physical world. As strongly observant, these people pick up on
This $17 skin balm has 101 different uses—here are 5 that will change your life
March 03, 2020 at 03:00PM by CWC In the beauty world, multitasking products are a dime a dozen. There are tinted lip balms, SPF moisturizers, and blush-highlighter hybrids that look just as gorgeous dusted over your eyelids as they do dappled onto the apples of your cheeks. But with all of these things, “multi-use” really maxes out at two, maybe three different options. But prepare to have your mind blown, because we discovered a $17 ointment that has a whopping 101 ways to use it. Lanolips 101 Ointment ($17) got its name because it has 101 different uses, and a more than two-thirds of them are related to your beauty routine. It’s made with lanolin, a by-product of sheep’s wool that’s famous for its dry-skin saving properties (and don’t worry—their version is harvested humanely and is cruelty-free). The ingredient holds 400 times its weight in water, and helps skin hydrate from within, while also acting as a barrier to protect it from the elements. Because of all this, the 101 Ointment is commonly used for things like chapped lips, windburned cheeks, and dry nostrils—the usual dry skin issues that tend to pop up during the winter months. While all 101 uses make the stuff well worth adding to your arsenal, we sussed out five that will legit change your life—or at least your hair-care, skin-care, and makeup routines—for the better. Photo: Lanolips 5 genius uses for Lanolips 101 Ointment 1. Make retinol more tolerable: If you’re one of those people who
A laughing yoga session in India gave me the most powerful sense of human connection I’ve ever felt
March 03, 2020 at 02:00PM by CWC “We’re going to be late!” Our tour guide, Umesh, had us park our bikes outside Jaipur’s morning vegetable market, and told us to run. After eight straight days of unlimited naan while on a solo tour of India with a group called Flashpack, that was not exactly an easy feat, but I followed the direction and took off into a dead sprint through the vendors. I weaved through the streets as quickly as I could, with absolutely no idea where I was going, avoiding stray animals and women carrying hundreds of pounds of vegetables on their heads. Ten out-of-breath minutes later, my nine travel companions—who were complete strangers before we’d touched down in Delhi a few days prior—arrived at a park. It was just before 8 a.m., and the grass still smelled like dew. “This,” I thought to myself as I looked from the empty patch of grass to the faces of my confused companions, “is a strange thing to have to sprint for.” As if he could hear my thought, at that moment, Umesh asked us to stand in a circle, then put two fingers into his mouth and wolf-whistled into the air. Within a minute, a group of 15 Indian men who had been hanging out in various other parts of the park made their way toward our little congregation. “These men are going to let us join them for laughing yoga,” he says. What is laughing yoga? Laughing yoga involves
There are 3 different types of smiles, and 1 of them isn’t so friendly
March 03, 2020 at 01:00PM by CWC I never trust anyone with a Cheshire grin, smiling ear to ear with an alarmingly devilish glint in their eyes, because those are the kind of smiles that get people swindled, deceived, or even heartbroken. That’s why I’m often left confused when I hear people talk up how forcing a smile can boost your happiness or fuel your workout, that smiling makes the world go ’round, and that a smile is basically a hug in mouth form. As it turns out, my confusion makes sense, because there are actually several types of smiles, and not all of them are of the objectively pleasant variety. Research has found that there are three types of smiles—smiles of affliction, smiles of reward, and smiles of dominance—and many more strains fall under those bigger umbrellas. “Smiles of reward are the same as smiles of affiliation; they are just positive smiles,” says body language expert Patti Wood. “Smiles that show dominance are complex, and can easily be seen as acquiescing.” To get more detail about what constitutes these main types of smiles, below Wood describes each. Affiliative smiles Affiliative smiles denote happiness and friendliness without the person displaying one having reacted to anything in particular. It’s the smile someone makes when, after a long day at work, their Bernese mountain dog greets them hello at the door. This is a smile of camaraderie that communicates a general sense of good-naturedness and understanding of trust—it’s called “affiliative” because it
The 4 most important things to keep in mind before switching to alt-yogurt for good
March 03, 2020 at 12:00PM by CWC [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7SaQnpe5rU] Is vegan yogurt as healthy as traditional yogurt? Here’s what an expert says. It’s been two years since Well+Good predicted the explosion of non-dairy yogurt in the refrigerated section at grocery stores across the country. And what a difference two years makes. Both traditional yogurt brands (such as Yoplait, Chobani, and Silk) as well as smaller upstarts (like The Coconut Collaborative, Lavva, and Siggi’s) have all released vegan yogurt products, using one of the many popular alt-milks as the base and adding in the gut-healthy bacteria many consume traditional yogurt for in the first place. If you’re curious about how these new alternative products compare to dairy yogurt, registered dietitian Tracy Lockwood Beckerman, RD, reveals some of the biggest things healthy eaters should keep in mind in the latest episode of You Versus Food. “Keeping up with the times, yogurt brands are pivoting to appease the growing demand for going dairy-free,” Beckerman says. While the rise in non-dairy yogurts is great news for healthy eaters who are dairy-free (either by choice or necessity), Beckerman does point out some big differences between traditional yogurts and these new stand-ins. “Alt-milks are not always a great swap nutrition-wise because [they] can be very, very scarce in the protein department and they can be high in saturated fat, too,” she says. For example, while a serving of plain Greek yogurt has around 20 grams of protein, Beckerman points out that some vegan yogurts have less
Bernie Sanders is the candidate to beat on Super Tuesday—here’s where he stands on 6 issues related to your wellbeing
March 03, 2020 at 11:00AM by CWC Just a few months ago, the field of Democratic presidential candidates looked kind of like a Saturday morning Barry’s class. In other words, it was incredibly crowded—albeit with a lot less Spandex. But now that only five of 28 hopefuls remain, one name in particular is emerging at the head of the pack: Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. After winning the Democratic primaries in New Hampshire and Nevada—and missing the top spot in Iowa by a 0.1 percent margin—Sanders is now projected to win a majority of the 14 states voting on March 3, also known as Super Tuesday. Most notably, he’s showing big leads in polls out of California and Texas. If his progressive policies win over voters in these heavily populated states, he’ll be in a decent position to win more delegates than any other candidate going into July’s Democratic National Convention. As a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, Sanders has D.C. experience on his side. He’s currently a third-term Vermont senator with 16 prior years serving in the House of Representatives, and in 2016 he ran for president, coming in second to Hillary Clinton in the primaries. The 78-year-old candidate is proving particularly popular with millennials, who are resonating with his progressive proposals to implement Medicare for All, cancel student debt, and push through the Green New Deal to halt climate change, among other things. As it turns out, many of Sanders’ priorities are connected with another issue of great importance to
Wonder what flaxseed oil will do for your skin? We polled pros to find out
March 03, 2020 at 03:00AM by CWC Putting flaxseeds in your smoothie is pretty much wellness 101. The seeds are packed with omega-3 fatty acids and are a rich source of nutrients that help your bod in day-to-day life—and as it happens, these wellness sprinkles also help your skin. Using flaxseed oil on your skin has legit, science-backed beauty benefits, and pros agree that it’s well worth integrating into your regular routine. The ingredient can be used both orally and topically, and offers legitimate benefits through both delivery systems. “It has lubricating and anti-inflammatory properties, and I’m a big believer in the ingredient,” says celebrity esthetician Vicki Morav. To find out why, scroll through all of the benefits of flaxseed oil for skin, then test it out by adding it to your own routine. What is flaxseed oil? Flaxseed, otherwise known as linseed, is a blue flowering plant primarily grown in Canada. The benefits of flax have been utilized for thousands of years—the grain was among one of the first crops to be grown in human civilization, and historical texts show that people have been eating it since as early as 1200 BC. According to Ayurvedic principles, flaxseed has a number of different benefits including balancing skin pH, improving elasticity, treating dryness, and removing blemishes. Flaxseed is one of the richest plant-derived sources of omega-3 fatty acids on the planet. Omega-3s occur naturally in our bodies, and serve an important function for the health of our skin cells. We need them
Why the Surgeon General is begging you to stop buying face masks
March 03, 2020 at 01:30AM by CWC From celebrities on social media to the person sitting next to you on the subway, there are a lot of people donning face masks amid the spread of COVID-19. The U.S. Surgeon General, Vice Admiral Jerome M. Adams, MD, MPH, sent a tweet over the weekend urging people to stop buying masks, noting that it makes it harder for health professionals to get masks and that masks won’t prevent the general public from contracting the illness. Leave aside the tone of the tweet. People are generally confused as to whether face masks are effective against viruses, so I asked Russell Buhr, MD, PhD, a pulmonary and critical care physician at UCLA Medical Center for more clarification. Seriously people- STOP BUYING MASKS! They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus, but if healthcare providers can’t get them to care for sick patients, it puts them and our communities at risk! https://t.co/UxZRwxxKL9 — U.S. Surgeon General (@Surgeon_General) February 29, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js “One of the concerns for people wearing masks is that masks may offer people a false sense of security that isn’t really there, especially if they’re not being worn correctly,” says Dr. Buhr. “If you’re spending all day adjusting your mask and touching your face, you’re more likely to inoculate yourself with a virus just from touching stuff around you and then touching your face.” Dr. Buhr, who is also an assistant professor of medicine at UCLA, explains that surgical masks