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“If you have chronic fatigue, stress, illness, or immune system imbalances, try adding restorative or gentle yoga poses to your routine,” says Jillian Pransky, director of therapeutic restorative teacher training for Yoga Works. “It helps kick in the relaxation response, balancing the nervous system and optimizing energy flow to the organs. This level of relaxation is known to lift immune function, enhance the process of digestion, and set the whole body up for deep healing, growth, and repair....

Ravioli With Wilted Greens And Lemon Ingredients: 2 packages mushroom ravioli or agnolotti 3 c baby arugula 1/4 c toasted pine nuts 3 Tbsp lemon juice 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil Prepare 2 packages (9 oz each) of refrigerated mushroom ravioli or agnolotti per package directions. Drain in colander and return to pot. Immediately toss ravioli with 3 cups baby arugula, 1/4 cup toasted pine nuts, 3 Tbsp fresh lemon juice, and 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil....

As if that weren’t bad enough, it turns out a headache isn’t your only worry: Migraines have been linked to other health issues. Knowing the risks associated with migraines can help you take precautions. Here’s what to watch out for—and what you can do to protect yourself. Stroke For roughly one-third of migraine sufferers, a headache is accompanied by aura—visions of flashing lights, patterns, or spots, as well as numbness or tingling in your face or hands....

In fact, cancer is the number-one killer of women in their 40s and 50s, and heart disease comes in at number two, according to the CDC. Diabetes and stroke also creep into the picture as you move into your 50s and 60s. While not always fatal, autoimmune diseases—rheumatoid arthritis in particular, but also lupus, Crohn’s disease, celiac disease, and multiple sclerosis—disproportionately affect women in midlife and beyond, per a 2015 study in Women’s Midlife Health....

Waking up in the middle of the night is bad enough on its own, but there’s nothing worse than realizing you’re drenched in a puddle of sweat. Thankfully, the best cooling sheets can keep you from overheating in your sleep—even without a cooling fan or air conditioner. Staying chill while you snooze is important since being too warm can interfere with both REM sleep and slow-wave sleep, the stage most associated with waking up feeling refreshed research shows....

Finding strong links between what’s on your plate and the desire you feel in bed has proven difficult, though. “From an evidence-based medicine perspective, most of what we have is not so solid,” says Dolores Lamb, PhD, vice chair of urology research at Weill Cornell Medicine and researcher of sexual motivation and aphrodisiac foods. In fact, eating a Mediterranean diet is the only scientifically backed way to strengthen your sex drive through food, adds Michael Krychman, MD, a California-based OBGYN, and author of a recent review study on natural aphrodisiacs....

Microfiber towelearththerapeutics.net To reduce damage and frizziness, gently blot hair dry with a microfiber towel. Earth Therapeutics Quick Dry Hair Towel ($17; ) absorbs water quickly. Thick, no-snag elasticdrugstores Skip the skinny hair bands, which put tension on the scalp, and go for a thick, no-snag elastic like Goody Ouchless Elastics ($3; ). Volumizing Moussekerastase-usa.com When your hair is feeling flat, try a volumizer applied only at the roots. Kérastase Densifique Densimorphose Mousse ($42; ) amps up hair, thanks in part to alcohol, which helps absorb oil on the scalp, says New York City hairstylist Eva Scrivo....

title: “49 Best Ready To Eat Foods” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-14” author: “Colin Gonzales”

Researchers from the University of Missouri put 20 obese young women on one of three different breakfast diets, including no breakfast, a breakfast with some protein (13g), and a breakfast with a lot of protein (35g). For both groups of breakfast eaters, cravings for sweet and savory foods dropped significantly. Among the breakfast skippers, those same food cravings soared. Women who ate a morning meal also enjoyed an uptick in some dopamine-related hormones—feel-good chemicals that are tied to fullness....

Yellow/Orange Sweet potatoes, carrots, pumpkin, mango, corn, and melon all contain a variety of carotenoids, which reduce the risk of developing cancer. Green Vegetables such as spinach and broccoli are high in lutein, which keeps your vision sharp and clear. Blue/Purple Blueberries and blackberries are chock-full of anthocyanins, which prevent tumors from forming and suppress their growth. Red Tomatoes and watermelon are loaded with lycopene, which may protect against cancer and heart disease....

[sidebar]A small study published in the online journal PLOSOne in January 2014 found that grocery store owners in New York and Ohio who decided to not sell tobacco products did so for two reasons (either alone or in combination): Health or ethics, meaning they wanted to send a consistent health message to employees and patronsOr business purposes, meaning the retailers wanted to be seen as a wellness-promoting place, as well as a reaction to declining tobacco sales....

Researchers from Louisiana State University had seven older adults with insomnia drink eight ounces of Montmorency tart cherry juice twice a day for two weeks, followed by two weeks of no juice, and then two more weeks of drinking a placebo beverage. Compared to the placebo, drinking the cherry juice resulted in an average of 84 more minutes of sleep time each night. (Wipe out fatigue and burn more fat by resetting your hormones....

If buying all organic all the time isn’t in your budget, the Environmental Working Group has just come out with their annual report of the fruits and veggies that contain the most pesticides. This year’s Shopper’s Guide To Pesticides In Produce ranks pesticide contamination on 48 popular fruits and vegetables. The data is based on an analysis of more than 32,000 samples taken by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and federal Food and Drug Administration....

Shaving and depilatories are quick ways to get rid of unwanted hair but they can cause irritation and redness and regrowth is quick. Instead, experts say there are better options that are safe, nearly pain-free, have fewer side effects and better results. Here are four. Diode laser hair removal The gold standard in laser hair removal is the LightSheer Diode, according to Dr. Doris J. Day, a clinical associate professor of dermatology at New York University and author of “Forget the Facelift....

[sidebar]I have a “personal chaos theory,” which explains my gratitude to the dogs. I grew up with eight siblings and a strict father, in a home both frantic with activity and rigid with endless rules. I took off at 18, hell-bent on rebelling against anyone else’s idea of how to live my life. The wild years that followed—moving from state to state, hopping between unhealthy relationships—left me stressed and exhausted....