June 26, 2019 at 08:00AM by CWC What’s purple, sweet, and brightening up healthy food offerings on trendy menus and Instagrams? No, not purple ketchup (RIP), it’s the humble ube. The ube (pronounced ooh-bae) is a purple yam and a close relative of the sweet potato. It’s long been a staple of Filipino cooking as a dessert ingredient, and is related to (but not the same as) the Japanese sweet potato popular in Okinawa. Now the yam is gaining widespread love in the US, appearing in the form of ice cream, lattes, and dreamy-looking desserts. Trader Joe’s is even selling its own ube ice cream, so you know this is a big deal. View this post on Instagram A post shared by @chillhouse on Jun 18, 2019 at 10:00am PDT //www.instagram.com/embed.js View this post on Instagram Finally got my hands on the new Ube Ice Cream and it is sooo good!🍠 Everyone has been hyping this up the past few weeks..it’s a popular ice cream flavor in the Philippines. A lot of people have had trouble explaining what this tastes like but I think it tastes exactly like an Italian dessert called tortoni (which my grandma always makes around the holidays…look it up!). What do you all think about this new ice cream flavor? A post shared by Trader Joe’s Kitchen 👩🏼🍳 (@traderjoeskitchen) on Jun 24, 2019 at 3:57pm PDT //www.instagram.com/embed.js View this post on Instagram Hand me those ube bars, please. 💜⠀⠀ …
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Copy this celebrity chef’s recipe for double-tap fresh skin
June 25, 2019 at 06:30PM by CWC When you see someone with glowy skin and super healthy hair, you naturally start to wonder which beauty products they keep in rotation and where you can buy them ASAP, right? For celebrity chef and holistic nutritionist Shauna Faulisi, her beauty routine starts on her plate. As a trusted nutritionist, her food-first mentality makes sense to stars like Jane The Virgin’s Gina Rodriguez, and the benefits she’s harnessed from her diet are seriously legit. “My skin-care routine really starts with the foods I’m putting into my body,” Faulisi says. “I’ve healed my breakouts and chronic yeast infections, and keep my rosacea under control with the foods I eat.” “I’ve healed my breakouts and chronic yeast infections, and keep my rosacea under control with the foods I eat.” Her go-to meals for glistening skin? Her signature hormone-balancing Glow Smoothie for breakfast, a salad with avocado, sauerkraut, and extra-virgin olive oil for lunch, and a full plate of above-ground veggies and small amounts of organic protein for dinner. ad_intervals[‘400922_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘400922_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’);}); } }, 100); Since even the best diets are deficient in certain minerals, Faulisi turns to supplements for the nutrients that are hard to get through food alone. At the top of that list is silica, a mineral that supports skin elasticity that’s naturally occurring in bitter foods like horseradish, rye, and artichoke (not exactly foods you’re digging into over a Netflix binge sesh). “When we can
Lululemon’s new personal care line aims to banish your B.O., but reeks of missed opportunity
June 25, 2019 at 03:57PM by CWC When I got the email announcing that activewear giant Lululemon would be launching its first ever personal-care line, which it’s calling Selfcare, I was intrigued. Heck, I was excited. “What will it be?” I asked my co-workers, as if speculating the contents of a giant, mysterious wrapped box. We dreamt of body wipes that would allow us to skip the shower line for good; a hair product that would transform my post-gym knot into an office-friendly ‘do; a face wash so fresh, it’d feel like it was made from drops of dew gathered from a meadow at dawn. Were our expectations high? Absolutely. But this was Lululemon we were talking about, the brand that ostensibly put athleisure on the map by creating workout clothes you wouldn’t just wear to the gym, but, well, everywhere. Case in point: In 2012, Business Insider profiled a woman who didn’t do yoga, but spent $15,000 on Lululemon yoga pants. The company’s impact on culture has been so major that last year, its legendary Boogie Pants (aka “the leggings that started it all” back in 1998), were included in an exhibit at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art. In 2015, Lululemon launched its Whitespace lab, a research and development epicenter dedicated to innovating in the activewear space, and opened its flagship location, which includes space for wellness workshops and concierges to help you find local healthy hotspots. Time and time again, Lulu has proven to be a
Want to eat less meat? Here’s how to cut back without too much burger-related FOMO
June 25, 2019 at 12:12PM by CWC There’s nothing necessarily wrong with loving a good steak every now and then—meat can be a great source of protein, iron, and other key nutrients. But there’s growing evidence that eating more plants and less animal products (particular red and processed meats) is better for your health, which explains why an estimated eight million people in the US are vegetarian. “Recent studies have shown that a diet higher in plant-based foods and lower in animal products can protect against and actually reverse heart disease, substantially lower the risk of Type 2 diabetes, and reduce the risk of cancer. Not to mention the tremendous positive impact on the environment,” says Danielle Schaub, MSPH, RD. However, if you’ve eaten meat your whole life, the thought of cutting back and eating more plant-based foods can certainly be daunting. How do you build your meals when the main feature—chicken, fish, pork, or beef—is suddenly off the table? ad_intervals[‘403481_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘403481_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’);}); } }, 100); Thankfully, you can get many of the health benefits from reducing your intake, like swapping chicken for lentils and cauliflower steaks a few nights a week. Here are some expert-backed tips for eating less meat without feeling deprived. 1. Start with one meatless day a week The popular day is Monday, but any day works. Instead of cutting out all meat cold, ahem, turkey, start by making one day of the week meat-free and see how you
These are the only 7 products you need to put together a full clean makeup routine
June 24, 2019 at 06:30PM by CWC Let’s be real, how many products do you actually use in your day-to-day makeup routine? Probably not as many as take up 24/7 residence in your makeup bag, right? If you’re nodding your head, we have a proposition for you: Instead of embarking on a total clean-beauty overhaul (which sounds pretty overwhelming, tbh), focus your efforts on just the essentials. To help, we teamed up with Sephora to show you the only products you need to create a long-lasting makeup look you’ll wear all summer—all of which sport the Clean at Sephora seal, showing they’re free of sulfates, parabens, and more. The result? You end up with only the products you need, without any of the ingredients you might not want. Sounds like a formula for a much lighter makeup bag. ad_intervals[‘397971_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘397971_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’);}); } }, 100); Scroll down for the seven products to add to your makeup routine for a simple clean-beauty makeover. Shop the products Buy Now Aether Beauty Summer Solstice Eyeshadow Palette $58 Buy Now Bite Beauty Agave+ Daytime Vegan Lip Balm $14 Buy Now Ilia Limitless Lash Mascara $28 Buy Now Kosas Tinted Face Oil Foundation $42 Buy Now Lawless Seal The Deal Loose Setting Powder $36 Buy Now Lilah B. Aglow Face Mist $48 Buy Now RMS Beauty Living Luminizer $38 In partnership with Sephora Top photo: Well+Good Creative Continue Reading… Author Well+Good Editors | Well and Good Selected by CWC
Never spend another vacation sick thanks to these 6 health-boosting lifestyle tips
June 24, 2019 at 03:00PM by CWC You’re ready for the perfect getaway: You’ve booked your flight (and are prepared to snag a first-class upgrade on the cheap), secured your Airbnb, and you’ve even researched the running trails and fitness studios within walking distance of your stay. The only things separating you from the relaxing vacation of your dreams are…the heaps of work you still need to plow through, a yet-to-be-packed suitcase, and a schedule filled with all things social. Simply put, you’re busy AF. And then it happens. A day before your big getaway, you feel a scratch in your throat or maybe a little stuffiness. All that pre-trip hustle has left you worn down—or worse: You’ve caught a cold or the flu. Ugh, you think. Why now? Obvious alert: No one wants to start a vacation feeling less than 100 percent. Less obvious, though, is the idea that no one really has to. Below learn how to prevent getting sick with six tips you can put to use now. ad_intervals[‘391499_div-gpt-ad-6934292-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘391499_div-gpt-ad-6934292-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-6934292-3’);}); } }, 100); Learn how to prevent getting sick before a trip with the 6 tips below. 1. Respect your sleep before the trip While a primary goal of your getaway might be maximizing relaxation, that doesn’t mean you should wait till you check in at your destination to start catching up zzz’s. “Many people deprive themselves of sleep before a trip with the intention to catch up during
I tried a brain-boosting twist on the Mediterranean diet for better concentration—here’s what happened
June 24, 2019 at 03:00PM by CWC I like to think I have all my healthy ducks in a row—working out, eating well, meditating—but what I’ve always struggled with is my sleep. (Which makes me fit in with the 92 percent of Well+Good readers.) As much as I want to be one of those people who falls asleep immediately and wakes up refreshed, that just isn’t me—and believe me, I’ve tried everything. As a result, I often find myself losing my concentration in the middle of the day, and having several cups of coffee or matcha makes me too jittery to focus. So, when I learned about the MIND Diet, a specific eating plan designed to help improve and promote cognitive function, I thought it might be the perfect remedy for my sluggishness…especially on days I knew I had multiple things on my plate. Also, let’s be honest: A plan that focuses on my brain and not calories or a number on the scale is definitely something I can get behind. So here’s what happened when I tried the MIND diet for two weeks. ad_intervals[‘403105_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘403105_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’);}); } }, 100); First, what exactly is the MIND Diet? Developed by nutrition researcher Martha Clare Morris, PhD, and her colleagues at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, MIND stands for “Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay,” and was specifically designed to improve brain health. It’s basically what would happen if the Mediterranean diet and the DASH
Learn the ‘Rule of 5’ for motivation that will last you a lifetime’s worth of workouts
June 24, 2019 at 01:51PM by CWC Last Saturday, I had a stars-are-aligned kind of sweat session. My four-mile run felt like a walk the park, I swung the gym’s kettlebells around with ease, and I even opted for a bonus round (handstand play!) when the other items on my training plan had been checked off. It was glorious. But the very next day when I tried to replicate my euphoria, I found that I’d totally lost my mojo! It got me thinking: Why does exercising make you feel like Superwoman sometimes, and like a bag of lead at others? The workout “Rule of 5” explains the phenomena pretty darn well. According to coach Dan John, a lifter and thrower who once competed at the Olympic level, your workouts can be broken down as follows: “In a group of five workouts, I tend to have one great workout: the kind of workout that makes me think that in just a few weeks I could be an Olympic champion and Mr. Olympia. Then, I have one workout that’s so awful that the mere fact I continue to exist as a somewhat higher form of life is a miracle. Then, the other three workouts are the ‘punch the clock’ workouts: I go in, work out, and walk out. Most people experience this,” he writes in a post for T Nation. ad_intervals[‘403322_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘403322_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’);}); } }, 100); “Now, in 100 workouts, I’ll have twenty great workouts.
8 low-sugar fruits that won’t leave you with a sugar high
June 24, 2019 at 09:15AM by CWC Every season, Mother Nature hooks us up with a new assortment of fresh fruits to add to our grocery carts and Amazon Fresh orders. Fruit, of course, is a healthy snack—and the US Department of Agriculture recommends eating between one to two cups per day, depending on your age. Yet some of the most popular fruits—like bananas (about 18 grams of sugar per cup) and grapes (20 grams per serving)—pack a lot of sugar. Ditto tropics-born favorites like mango (23 grams per cup) and pineapple (16 grams per cup). Which can be an issue if you’re on the keto diet or are otherwise looking to watch your blood sugar levels. Before you freak out about the sugar in fruit, Katrin Lee, MS, RD, founder of Simply Nutrition NYC, recommends looking at the rest of the nutrition facts to get a better idea of how your body will respond. “Any fruits that have other major nutrients, like protein, fiber, or good fats will cause your blood sugar to spike slower because you’re also working to digest the other nutrients,” Lee explains. While your body reacts to sugar the same, whether it comes from a packet or a pineapple, eating the nutrient-dense food is always the better option. ad_intervals[‘19823_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘19823_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’);}); } }, 100); Plus, “most fruit is actually considered low on the glycemic index, meaning it doesn’t raise your blood sugar as much as other carbohydrates,” adds
TV dinners have finally gotten the healthy upgrade they deserve
June 24, 2019 at 06:49AM by CWC Let’s face it: TV dinners don’t exactly conjure up the image of a healthy meal. For decades, the sectionalized paper trays of processed meat, frozen veggies (both likely covered in a thick, mystery sauce) and, if you’re lucky, a bite-sized brownie went largely unchanged. Ones that were considered “healthy” typically were so low in calories that you’d be hungry again soon after eating them. While the rest of the frozen food section got a healthy makeover in recent years—cauliflower pizza! broccoli rice!—the microwaveable dinner category went largely unchanged. The stigma, it seemed, was too great for healthy-minded eaters to overcome. That is, until a new graduating class of heat-and-eat entrees made their way onto the market and into consumer’s fridges and freezers. But why renovate the heat-and-eat dinner category in the first place? Mike Wystrach, the CEO of Freshly, a healthy frozen meal delivery service, says that people need quick, healthy options now more than ever. He says Freshly was founded to solve a problem he himself was having: “I wanted to eat better, knew how to do it, but didn’t have the time or desire to cook,” Wystrach explains. TV dinners were a natural solution—but required a big health overhaul. ad_intervals[‘402537_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘402537_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’);}); } }, 100); Same technology, better food The 2.0 TV dinners look more like something you’d get from a trendy fast casual restaurant than something you’d find in a freezer case, yet