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With the right delicious foods, you can alleviate your menopause symptoms. Join nutrition expert Cheryl Forberg, RD, author of the book Positively Ageless (Rodale Inc., April 2008) for this 3-minute video. In Foods for Youth: A Meal to Manage Menopause, master a recipe that can ease you through your hormonal changes. Fight hot flashes and bone loss associated with menopause with this delicious recipe. The nutrients in soy foods such as edamame and tofu offer a natural remedy to ease menopause hot flashes....

provides us with a simple summertime recipe that gives avocado the lead role. This fresh, inventive mung bean, lentil & quinoa salad-stuffed avocado instead puts the in the Mung beans, lentils, and quinoa pack protein and fiber into this recipe and also provide a diversity of textures that nicely contrast with the velvety avocado “bowl.” Chopped vegetables amp up the color and boost the freshness of this salad, making it an ideal lunch or snack to fill you up during the last few weeks of summer....

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In the study, presented at the Endocrine Society’s 2015 annual meeting in San Diego, 25 young, healthy men of various weights took either an oxytocin nasal spray or a placebo; then they ate a breakfast of their choosing. When the researchers measured how much the men had eaten, they found that the oxytocin group consumed an average 122 fewer calories and 9 fewer grams of fat than those who got a dummy spritz....

Researchers used electronic sensors to track the muscle contractions of 16 volunteers while they performed traditional crunches, as well as other abdominal exercises using popular equipment like the Ab Roller, Ab Wheel, and Ab Coaster. Compared to the machines, the crunches were far more effective at working abdominal muscles. But before you lose the equipment and commit yourself solely to sit-ups, know this: Crunches alone won’t give you a fully toned core....

Living/Family Room I have a BOSU—a half-dome squishy balance gadget—in my family room. One of my kids is always sitting or standing on it while watching TV. My youngest is constantly balancing—working his core without realizing it! –Chris Freytag, star of the DVD Prevention Fitness Systems: Short Cuts to Big Weight Loss Tuck a resistance band behind a pillow or under a couch cushion. You can get an entire-body workout while watching Dancing with the Stars....

The research: The study team kept tabs on more than 70,000 people for 5 years, monitoring their diet and supplement habits, as well as their death rates from all causes and from various diseases. Compared to those who ate little or no fish and did not take omega-3 (or fish oil) supplements, people who ate fish roughly once a week or who popped a daily omega-3 pill enjoyed an 18% drop in their mortality risk....

When I bring lunch, I love to utilize leftovers like cooked quinoa or roasted veggies. A salad in a jar is a good way to do this, but more recently, to shake things up, I’ve been throwing together these collard wraps with whatever I have in my fridge. This version is super flexible—you can use my suggestions or whatever grains and veggies you have on hand. Then quickly throw together a sauce, like this 2-minute mustard miso, add a crunchy element, like nuts, and you’ve got a supernourishing lunch on the go....

According to a recent study in the International Journal of Dermatology, 1 in 10 women areallergic to nickel—but only 2% of men are. Why? Well, nickel is literally everywhere, in food, cigarettes, and cell phones. But some of the biggest predictors for nickel allergies are ear piercings and wearing jewelry. This means that, ladies, unless the 80s are back, that’s mostly us. Nickel allergies are responsible for unsightly rashes, some eczema, and blisters at the site of contact....

For years, dietitians have championed the health benefits of these fruits’ star vitamin: C. Although getting enough C won’t prevent you from catching a cold or flu, studies show that it could help you recover faster. “Normal blood levels of vitamin C are absolutely critical for optimal immunity,” says Simin Nikbin Meydani, DVM, PhD, a professor of nutrition and immunology at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and Sackler Graduate School at Tufts University....

Of course you do. There’s just something damn near irresistible about highly refined carbohydrates, even though we immediately regret each mouthful. So why can’t we stop eating them? Fellow carb-loaders, science is on your side. There’s a growing body of research supporting the controversial notion of food addiction, which suggests that overconsumption of compounds like sugar, salt, and fat may alter your body chemistry like other addictive substances. And now, a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that that fettuccine you’re bingeing on might actually be changing your brain....

Caesar also seemed to forget his housetraining. Washington would usher Caesar outside for his regular bathroom breaks, but he would wander aimlessly in the yard before returning inside to urinate on the floor in front of her. “I knew something was wrong—Caesar never made messes in the house,” says Washington, who raised Caesar since he was an 8-week-old puppy. “I attributed his episodes to his just being old and having a weak bladder, but then I found out from my veterinarian that Caesar was experiencing memory loss....

Haloumi, Snap Pea, and Zucchini Salad PREP TIME: 5 minTOTAL TIME: 10 minSERVINGS: 4 ½ lb sugar snap peas, strings removed4 oz Haloumi cheese, cut into 4 slices½ lb baby zucchini, trimmed and halved lengthwise2 tsp olive oil2 Tbsp fresh mint leaves1 lemon, cut into 6 wedges PREPARE lightly oiled grill for medium heat.2. COOK snap peas in pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, 1 to 2 minutes. Drain in colander and transfer to bowl of ice water....

Give your flatiron and dryer a break. Instead, master the air-dry. If you have straight hair, smooth a styling cream such as Living Proof Perfect Hair Day 5-in-1 Styling Treatment ($26, livingproof.com) from your roots through the midsection, then clip strands on the top of your head until they’re almost dry. “When you let your hair down, you’ll have more lift in the root area,” says New York City hairstylist and salon owner Eva Scrivo....

The American Soy Association has been lobbying legislators to include genetically engineered soy under offshore fish-farming regulations, according to a new report by the nonprofit environmental watchdog Food & Water Watch. Currently, about 94% of soy grown in the United States is genetically engineered to survive heavy sprayings of pesticides—and some finished soy products contain high amounts of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup weedkiller. (And yes, you’re eating it; a recent study found glyphosate in human urine samples, which is bad news considering Roundup has been linked to lowered nutrient content in food, and health problems like infertility and obesity....

The Weekly Stroll. Taking a walk after dinner once a week may be all that is needed to help your brain become more nimble. Specifically, doing low-intensity exercise for 30 minutes could help the brain be more effective in reacting to challenges and reinventing and repairing itself—something researchers call enhanced plasticity—according to a study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology. According to the Australian researchers activities as simple as a stroll may have the potential to boost motor learning and speed recovery that is the result of brain damage....

Miss Piggy: In The Kitchen With Miss Piggy The headstrong Muppet diva called up a cast of celebrity friends and asked them to share recipes for this 1996 cookbook. The recipes are fairly unexciting (brownies, pasta salad, breaded chicken breasts) but Miss Piggy’s salacious running commentary adds plenty of absurdity. “Samuel is in all those darling little shoot-’em-up movies with big sweaty men and guns,” she writes as an introduction to Samuel L....

Got any rotten eggs lurking in the back of the fridge? Then you’re in luck: Hydrogen sulfide, the gas that gives expired eggs their distinctive reek, might proffer the same health benefits as antioxidants, according to a recent review. Here’s the deal: Cells and their DNA become more damaged with age, says George Johnson, PhD, an associate professor in DNA damage and carcinogenesis at the Swansea University College of Medicine in Wales....

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