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15 Easy Breathing Techniques to Help You Take 5 Minutes Out of Your Day To Be Present
19/05/2024
These days, whenever you're feeling stressed, frustrated, angry, sad, or really any emotion outside of happiness, the first piece of advice most people are apt to give is, "Have you tried meditating?" But... meditation is difficult, and not for everyone! That's why its calming cousin—breathwork—is so clutch...
15 Migraine Triggers You Need to Know About
16/05/2024
If you're one of the 39 million people in the United States who experience migraines, you know how much agony they can bring to your day. One moment you're totally fine, and the next you're on your back in a dark room begging your brain to stop thundering against your eye sockets...
What Is a Head Cold—And Why Is it Even Called That?
13/05/2024
5 Simple (Yet Brilliant) Tricks to Stop Touching Your Face So Much
10/05/2024
Today, you likely rubbed your eyes, scratched your nose, wiped away a crumb from your mouth, or smoothed over your temples—or something in between. In fact, today, you likely touched your face dozens, if not hundreds of times, without even realizing it. And now's as good a time as any not only to become more aware of how often you touch...
6 Ways to Make Tea for a Flat Belly
07/05/2024
Regardless of whether or not you're trying to lose weight, tea deserves a spot in your diet. Why? It's completely free of calories, sugar, and fat yet super flavorful—making it a viable replacement for less healthy beverages. Unfortunately, there are no real magic shortcuts when it comes to achieving a toned mid-section—it takes a combination of smart food choices, portion control, as well as consistent...
Are Naps Actually Good For You? A Sleep Doctor Weighs In
04/05/2024
When naps are good, they're really good. A short, mid-day snooze can feel like the ultimate self-care treat, leaving you feeling more refreshed and energized than before. Unfortunately, the opposite about napping is also true. There are those times when you settle down for a nap and wake up feeling far worse, questioning who you are, where you are...
Sneaky Little Ways to Burn More Fat Every Day, According to Experts
01/05/2024
If you're hoping to turn over of a new leaf in 2021, change your habits for the better, and finally lose those extra five or ten pounds you've been dying to part with, you're probably well aware of the fact that taking a hard look at the quality of your diet—and not so much the quantity—is certainly a good place to start. (Spoiler alert: Eat more whole foods...
8 Ways to Cope If You Can't See Family and Friends This Holiday Season
28/04/2024
The start of this new decade has been full of anxiety, stress, frustration, confusion, fear, and disappointments. For many people, it's meant losing a job—or a loved one. For others, it's forced them to make difficult decisions about significant life events, like canceling their wedding or giving birth alone. No matter how the coronavirus pandemic...
Who Will Get Long COVID? Study May Offer Clues
25/04/2024
A blood test may someday help determine a person’s risk for long COVID, new research suggests.
The study, published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, found that people who go on to develop long Covid have lower levels of certain antibodies in their blood soon after they are infected...
6 Things That Happen to Your Body When You Stop Eating Dairy, According to Dietitians
22/04/2024
Some dairy is simply delicious. Who can deny that a cup of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream or fresh mozzarella melted on a pizza is heaven? But for many Americans—about 65 percent of them, to be exact—dairy is the stuff that food nightmares—not dreams—are made of. Here's everything you need to know about lactose intolerance and how giving up dairy can affect your body...