Better still, why shell out all that cash for a latte when you can make the same cozy goodness at home for half the calories, a fraction of the sat fat, and about a third less sugar? Best of all, your homemade pumpkin spice latte recipe doesn’t have to be a major time suck—and it can even be quicker than venturing out to the ‘Bucks and waiting in that epic line....

“An apéritif usually has bitters,” says French-Canadian Daniel Gagnon, a professional member of the American Herbalists Guild (AHG), executive director of the Botanical Research and Education Institute, and owner of Herbs, Etc., in Santa Fe, NM. “Many apéritifs contain angostura bitters. The bitter taste gets the salivary glands going. It helps the stomach start secreting juices. The bitterness sends the signal to the brain to get the whole digestive tract—the liver, the pancreas, and the intestines—on the lookout for incoming food....

A study of 16 women found that higher-intensity workouts can produce more lactic acid (the waste product that causes that burning feeling in your muscles) during the week of your period as opposed to later in your menstrual cycle. The result: Exercise feels harder. You might want to take it a bit easier during this time.

Furthermore, scientists who say that tea may fight heart attacks and cancer now think that it may fight osteoporosis as well. Drinking as little as 1 cup a day was linked to 5 percent higher bone density in a study of 1,256 women ages 65 to 76. That could translate into a 10 to 20% decrease in fracture risk. The study was done—where else?—in England, at the University of Cambridge School of Medicine....

The reason: Running takes more effort—you lift your body weight off the ground with every step (Go from walking to running in just 30 days!). Not so with walking; one foot is always on the ground. Also, since running is higher intensity, you’ll burn more postworkout calories because it takes longer for your body to recover. Even though you’re burning fewer calories, don’t let these numbers discourage you from walking with your friend....

“Those who really loved their possessions dealt with the stress by acquiring even more material goods,” said Dr. Ruvio. “This is satisfying in the short-term, maybe, but not so much in the long-term.” Stress or no stress, rockets or no rockets, the bills still come due, only adding to the problem in the first place. Dr. Ruvio thought the reaction stemmed from a fear of mortality. In the study on Americans, she also found that materialistic people strove to relieve fear of death through impulsive spending....

She’s never late, and schedule conflicts hardly ever come up.She rarely whines about the weather.She will never be critical of your hairstyle, workout duds, or even your breath.Enthusiasm is always on tap.Exercise is good for her health, too.She doesn’t waste time talking (but is always willing to listen).She doesn’t need time to get ready to go out.She is a great role model for complete relaxation after your workout.She won’t ever ask for a new exercise outfit....

There are many causes of constipation, including a lack of fiber in the diet, insufficient liquid intake, stress, medications, lack of exercise, and bad bowel habits, says Paul Rousseau, MD. We take a look at all of these factors that could lead to the problem, and suggest constipation remedies. Determine If You Are Actually Constipated Madison Avenue bombards us with laxative advertisements that give the impression that a daily bowel movement is essential to good health, and that just isn’t so, says Marvin Schuster, MD....

“I’m able to see things in people—physical and spiritual things—and fix them,” he went on. He shrugged. “It’s just a talent I have.” That sounded like a talent for hokum to me—the artsy, expatriate town of San Miguel de Allende is full of New Age types who will wave a crystal over you and remove your pesos—so I wanted to test him. “What do you see in me?” I asked....

I used to think cauliflower was a boring vegetable with no flavor—then I baked it like this and everything changed. The crispy bits of cauliflower you’ll get on the baking tray remind me of the salty crumbs at the bottom of a potato chip bag. The only difference: Cauliflower has just 27 calories per cup and potatoes have around 115. You heard it here first, folks: Cauliflower florets are the new kale chips....

How did I wind up here? If you’ve scrolled through Instagram lately, you may have noticed that crystal healing is a big trend lately. Adele is said to be a fan, as is model Miranda Kerr. And at a party the other weekend, a woman I met took out a small velvet bag from her purse and introduced me to all of her crystals, telling me each of their purposes....

Scientists at Rutgers University found that having higher levels of the breakdown product of the insecticide DDT (DDE) in your blood seems to fuel the disease and make you more likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. This research by no means uncovered a definitive cause of Alzheimer’s, but it’s a groundbreaking study that could inspire more research into the possible environmental factors—specifically chemical pesticides—that trigger Alzheimer’s, a brain disease that currently affects about 5 million people in the United States....

“I was going to all of these scientific conferences and we were all talking about integrated approaches, and yet there was no one place where you could find all of scientific studies or share data among experts in these fields,” says Deepak Chopra, “so out of frustration, I decided to be the champion.” The site will initially be kickstarted by the Chopra Foundation, followed by a public funding campaign starting today at Indiegogo....

While there’s no cure for memory loss, and certain risk factors for Alzheimer’s simply can’t be prevented (for example, your age or a family history of the disease), new research aims to identify people who are at the highest risk of dementia in the earliest possible stages so that they can work with their doctors on preventing the disease by reversing the risk factors they can change. Now, research from the Mayo Clinic is paving the way for a scoring system that can help identify people with an elevated risk of developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a marker for developing dementia....

It includes, but is by no means limited to, Grapefruit Diets, Thousand-Calorie-a-Day Sugar Diets, Fried Chicken Diets, Coffee-Cream-Soda-and-Cigarette Diets, Weight Watchers, water fasts, and, last but certainly not least, the Atkins Diet. All of them worked for a week, a month, even a year. Sometimes I stayed at my goal weight for 10 minutes, sometimes I stayed longer, but eventually, inevitably—here’s the bad news—every single diet stopped working. And here’s why: Diets don’t work if they don’t help you understand and resolve the emotional eating reasons you turn to food when you aren’t hungry....

Q: My teeth are feeling extra sensitive lately. Anything I can do?–Kerri Pepka, Attleboro, MA A: Yes, there are several changes you can make, but reversing tooth sensitivity isn’t always a quick fix. As we age, tooth sensitivity develops for a variety of reasons, some more serious than others. One possible trigger: You recently switched to a new toothpaste or mouthwash or started using bleaching strips or another whitening product....

While we’d love it if we all could accept our bodies no matter what, women across America have resorted to drastic methods to shave off that bit of under-arm skin: A new study by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) found that in the past decade, “upper arm lifts” have increased by more than 4,000%. Back in 2000, a mere 300 women a year got this procedure, which consists of either liposuction or brachioplasty, where loose skin is sliced from the back of the arms and replaced with a long scar....

The research: The study team examined 20 years of health and diet data on more than 100,000 people in search of links between diabetes rates and coffee or tea consumption. They found people who reduced their coffee habit by 8 or more ounces a day suffered a 17% hike in type 2 diabetes risk compared to people who didn’t change their intake. On the other hand, drinking an extra cup or more a day dropped a person’s risk for diabetes by 11%....