April 30, 2019 at 07:06AM by CWC [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFlWUHtKQs4] The incredible egg. Perhaps the most versatile food (besides our forever number one, potatoes), eggs can be thrown into almost any recipe with ease. Carb-heavy bagel? Add an egg and an avocado on it and, boom, now you have a balanced breakfast. Sad desk salad? Add a hard boiled egg and turn that frown upside down. However, they don’t have the greatest rep in the wellness world. So much cholesterol, right? Which makes a person wonder about the health value of these little guys. Well, we’re about to set the record straight. On the latest episode of You Versus Food, Well+Good’s nutrition-focused YouTube series, our go-to registered dietitian Tracy Lockwood Beckerman, MS, RD, gushes about eggs—which she refers to as “nature’s multivitamins.” So…are eggs healthy or what? The TL;DR version: Eggs are healthy (like, really healthy) because they’re filled with good-for-you vitamins and minerals like choline, iron, vitamin D, vitamin A, and B vitamins, says Beckerman. Here’s what you get in a large, whole, raw egg, according to the USDA: Calories: 70 Fat: 4.75 g Protein: 6.28 g Fiber: 0 g Carbohydrates: 0.36 g Sugar: 0.18 g As for the specific benefits you can get in a serving from eggs, here’s a brief lowdown from Beckerman. 1. Eggs are an excellent source of complete protein. Just one egg contains 6 grams of protein (see above). “Eggs contain all the essential amino acids your body needs,” says Beckerman, making it a complete source of protein.
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This super-soothing $3 hand mask is destined for the drugstore hall of fame
April 30, 2019 at 06:58AM by CWC Winter does a number on your hands. What was once soft and moisturized becomes dry, chapped, and cracked after months of exposure to cold temps. Just when it feels like all hope is lost, there’s a drugstore hand mask that will heal your seasonal battle wounds in record time fo just $3. If your face gets the mask treatment, your hands deserve the same luxury. Scanning the beauty section at the drugstore, you’ll notice Aveeno carries a Nourishing Hand Mask that contains prebiotic oats to help soothe and soften super-dry, irritated hands. (It’s so gentle you could probably put it on your face, too.) Each pack comes with a pair of gloves that are paraben- and fragrance-free, with sensitive skin in mind. Photo: Aveeno The best part about these soothing gloves is that they’re not the kind you put on before bed and remove the next morning. After washing and drying your hands, you only need to wear them for 10 minutes. You don’t even need to rinse off. Just remove the gloves and massage the rest of the product into your skin. I’d hesitate to call it a miracle, but this hand mask leaves you with noticeably softer skin.And you better believe it’s becoming a permanent part of my year-long self-care routine. Rather than suffering through flakiness, grab this derm-approved plan that will make your complexion silky-smooth. And if you need extra help, try harnessing the powers of essential oils to banish
Derms sing the praises of collagen-stimulating peptides for plumping up skin
April 30, 2019 at 06:00AM by CWC There are some skin-care ingredients that are widely discussed and I can tell you exactly what they are—like vitamin C, for example, which is a skin-brightening antioxidant that comes from many sources. Then there are others that I hear about all the time but couldn’t tell you where on Earth they come from…like peptides. I hear dermatologists and facialists sing the praises of peptides all the time these days, and read beauty product labels that tout the ingredient as an active. Since these mysterious ingredients are on the tips of skin-care fanatics’ tongues, I thought I’d go straight to the source to get a stronger grasp on why people need peptides in their beauty regimen. “Peptides are another class of ingredients,” says Dennis Gross, MD, a board-certified dermatologist and founder of Dennis Gross Skincare. “There’s vitamin C, hyaluronic acid, retinol, folic acid—and so peptides are just another class of ingredients. They’re more like proteins.” The top item on peptides’ skin-boosting resume? They’re anti-aging. “The thing about peptides is that they can stimulate collagen,” explains Dr. Gross. “The way they do it is because the skin has a receptor for peptides.” If you’re not a dermatologist or a biologist though, you might be thinking.. well, what are receptors? (Same.) Dr. Gross explains them as being a sort of lock within your skin. “Receptors are these things that sit on the outside of a skin cell that the peptide connects to,” he says. “If you think
Never heard of a wellness-aid kit? Here’s why you need one
April 30, 2019 at 05:01AM by CWC Look, life is full of unexpected moments (like that traffic jam after work and that line at the grocery store). But if there’s any truth throughout the chaos, it’s that snacks—and a thoughtfully packed arsenal of essentials—can help you through any jam. That’s the central idea of a wellness-aid kit, AKA, your carry-around survival pack of essentials to deal with all of the little things life throws at you (including a stalled subway train at rush hour). Kate Von Horn, a Los Angeles-based yoga and meditation instructor who travels at least once a month to lead retreats around the world, knows the power of being prepared. “Being busy is a gift—especially having many moving parts of your life related to a business and career you’re passionate about,” says Van Horn. “That said, when you’re being pulled in many directions, traveling frequently, and connecting with new people all the time, it can feel draining. Accepting we are never really in control is made easier when you take small steps (like building a personal kit) to support yourself in the beautiful chaos.” Building your own kit is personal—so if keeping your nose in a YA romance novel helps you ditch stress, it belongs in your tote. But one thing Van Horn says is an essential? JUSTIN’S® Squeeze Packs (because there’s no such thing as a bad time for nut butter). We hit up Van Horn to find out what else makes her tried-and-tested list. Keep
This new crop of keto 2.0 products proves we’ve reached peak healthy fat love
April 30, 2019 at 04:00AM by CWC Love it or hate it, the buzz around the ketogenic diet has proved to have staying power. Last year, the eating plan dominated the wellness world, bringing the love for healthy fats back in a major way. Food brands of course took notice, brainstorming ways to capitalize on the trend and give consumers what they want. Now, practically any food that was once painful to give up in order to live the keto life—pancakes! potato chips! fruit smoothies!—have now been reformulated to be fully high fat and low carb. All the new innovation has made it easier (and tastier) than ever to go keto, if that’s your thing. I got a first look at some of the newest and most innovative keto products coming out later this year at ExpoWest, a.k.a. the world’s largest natural products convention. The intel is too good for me not to share, so I’m exposing it all here. Keep reading to see what to expect in the growing keto space. Keto for breakfast Breakfast is notoriously not keto-friendly because it tends to be, well, pretty carby. Pastries of any kind, cereals, oatmeal, toast, and fruit-based smoothies are all ketogenic no-nos. Yet there’s a limit to how many days in a row someone can look forward to eating eggs—which is why perhaps the biggest keto miracle of the year is Birch Benders’ new keto pancake mix and syrup. “It wasn’t easy to make a keto pancake,” says Lizzi Ackerman, the
Surprise! I actually reduced my food waste by using meal delivery kits
April 30, 2019 at 03:00AM by CWC People commonly assume that meal kits (you know, the services that deliver all the ingredients you’ll need to make dinner right to your doorstep) have a disproportionately negative impact on the environment. Everything is pre-packaged in plastic, and then the food is shipped to your doorstep? That sounds like quite the carbon footprint; meal kit food waste must be off the charts! Well, what if I told you that a new study in the journal Resources, Conservation and Recycling found that the carbon footprint of home-delivered meal kits like Blue Apron is 33 percent smaller than grocery meals? You’d be surprised, right? Apparently, the meal kits contribute to less food waste—a finding that didn’t surprise me in the slightest. Why? Because I’ve experienced that reality first-hand. Since January, my fiancé and I have tried three different meal kit services: Hello Fresh, Home Chef, and SunBasket. (We had briefly dabbled with Blue Apron back in 2015, but we weren’t that into it, and so we decided to skip it in our new experiment.) We had been in a rut with food. We both have busy, intense jobs with long hours, which made planning meals and cooking for ourselves a bit challenging. More often than not, we’d just resort to takeout or eat microwave dinners. (I know, I know.) We were looking for something to take the thinking out of meal preparation. With a meal kit, the recipes are chosen a week in advance, the
It took doctors 20 years to diagnose my Lyme disease—here’s what I wish I knew during that time
April 30, 2019 at 02:00AM by CWC I used to brag that I was the only person in my family who’d never had Lyme disease. Turns out I should have been bragging that I was the only one never diagnosed with it. Because I had Lyme disease, alright. Symptoms like pain and tingling, digestive problems, anxiety and fatigue followed me like a shadow for 20 years before I got a proper diagnosis. Even as a 5-year-old, I knew something wasn’t right. After spending the summer romping around in my favorite brambly woods, I experienced leg pain that left me unable to walk. My pediatrician tested me for a number of ailments, including Lyme, and all the results came back negative.The diagnosis was growing pains, and two weeks later, as suddenly as it arrived, the pain disappeared as suddenly as it arrived. Throughout the next two decades, I’d undergo this same song and dance a handful more times: blood test, negative results, rinse, repeat. When I was 9, something was wrong again, and I visited specialists for chronic headaches, vertigo, and motion sickness only to be told, again, that nothing’s wrong. By the time I was a teenager, regularly sick to my stomach, anxious, and weighed down by chronic fatigue, I was lost the zeal to advocate for myself to a doctor who considered me a hypochondriac. Whatever was wrong with me could only be my fault, and it was my job to muscle through it. And since no one outside
Break a sweat with 24 fitness essentials you should always buy at Costco
April 29, 2019 at 05:00PM by CWC Workout routines are either really cheap or really expensive, but the sweat is all the same. While you can most definitely get your heart pounding at no cost by lacing up your running shoes and hitting the pavement, the cost of boutique fitness classes, gym memberships, and home equipment adds up quickly. In an effort make sure your don’t break the bank with your fitness habits, you might want to check out Costco exercise equipment and fitness essentials. You’re probably well aware that the buy-in-bulk store is hot-spot for healthy food finds and discounted beauty products, but it’s also a one-stop shop for all your fitness needs. While making sure your supply of organic cauliflower tater tots stay stocked, you can also get a cheaper gym membership, upgrade your fitness tracker, and achieve your dreams of having an at-home Pilates studio. The best fitness finds at Costco Buy Now 24 Hour Fitness 2-year ALL-CLUB SPORT Membership Buy Now Body Glove Oasis Inflatable Paddleboard Yoga & Fitness Package $430 Buy Now ProForm Premier 500 Treadmill- Assembly Required $600 Buy Now Personal Power Plate Vibrating Platform $1000 Buy Now ProForm Coachlink E9.0 Elliptical – Assembly Required $900 Buy Now Golds Gym 7-in-1 Body Building System $35 Buy Now Total Gym X-Force $300 Buy Now JumpSport 350i Fitness Trampoline $300 Buy Now SPX Reformer Athletic Conditioning Package $2,700 Buy Now ProForm Body Blitz Lift System $300 Buy Now ProForm Cardio HIIT Trainer Buy Now Fitbit Versa Bundle,
How astrology has made me more self-aware, reflective, and accountable in my relationships
April 29, 2019 at 04:00PM by CWC My newfound obsession with astrology started, as most things do nowadays, with an Instagram post. Last year, Co-Star, the personalized astrology app, shared an illustration of a Pisces bingo board, which looked exactly as it sounds: a card where you mark off Pisces traits you exhibit, like “using fantasies as an escape” or “giving good advice but can’t apply it to yourself.” Lo and behold, I ended up checking off most squares, and thought to myself how the traits felt different than a typical, one-dimensional horoscope reading. I got hooked—fast—and I have yet to look back. At that point, I didn’t even know what a moon sign was; now I can tell you that I’m a Pisces sun, Capricorn moon, Sagittarius rising with her Venus in Aries, and then some. Many are hopping on the astro bandwagon (or, er, spaceship), and with increasingly numbers of people knowing much more than their sun signs (determined by the sign the sun was in when you were born, it’s what you commonly look to when you read your horoscope), readings have grown to be more holistic and complex—and the result is a lot more celestial-sourced wisdom to glean. “We have so many great resources available that go beyond sun-sign astrology. So, astrology in the mainstream has changed,” astrologer Rachel Lang tells me. “I think this is indicative of an overall shift—astrology has evolved to meet our ever-changing needs,” she says. I’ve always understood that astrology can
How losing an ovary helped me gain a new perspective on my health
April 29, 2019 at 03:00PM by CWC In the sweltering heat of July, I reclined on a gurney in the emergency room, clutching my stomach in pain while a gynecologist examined me. “It’s like you’re 20 weeks along,” he remarked casually. He was right; my belly was distended as though I was carrying a child instead of the 19-centimeter cyst protruding out of my left ovary. Looking down at my swollen stomach, a sense of disbelief overwhelmed me. How did I let it get this far? Hadn’t I noticed this thing that was growing inside me? How could I have let it go undetected for so long? The answer to all of these questions was simple: I ignored the signs that my body was telling me. Not because I didn’t care, but because I didn’t know better—and because I was too afraid to speak up. Ignoring the warning signs My first inkling that something was off with my health came six months earlier. I noticed had to pee more often than usual, and doing so was sometimes painful. When I told my primary care doctor about it, she had me checked for a urinary tract infection. The test came out negative, and she sent me on my way. In the months that followed, my symptoms persisted, with bloating and fatigue added to the mix. I chalked it up to stress; after all, I was a graduate student kept busy with an endless queue of assignments and deadlines. But beyond that,