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Don’t dry your hair all the way, and use a gel. Keeping your hair damp and then coating it in a managing product keeps water molecules from puffing up your hair the minute you walk outside. If you have fine, straight hair, though, this might not work as well for you, since flatness is already an issue. Use plenty of hairspray. Hairspray coats your hair and holds it in place, so excess moisture won’t penetrate the cuticles causing your hair to fall flat....

Health benefits of beans. One cup of beans provides a whopping 13 g of fiber—which is half of what we need daily—with no saturated fat. Beans are loaded with protein (about 15 g per cup) and dozens of key nutrients, including a few most women fall short on—calcium, potassium, and magnesium. Studies also tie beans to a reduced risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and breast and colon cancers....

Eating fast food or commercial baked goods (doughnuts, cakes, croissants) can up the risk of developing depression by 51 percent, according to a recent study from Spain. And the more you eat, the higher your depression risk is, say researchers. One possible reason: Fast food may be lacking in certain nutrients that help prevent depression, such as B vitamins, omega-3 fatty acids, and olive oil. Long-Term Hormone Use Risky [Fox News] Extended use of any type of hormones to ease menopause can raise a woman’s risk of breast cancer, finds a new study that tracked 60,000 nurses for at least 10 years....

[sidebar] Work time: 15 MinutesTotal time: 15 MinutesServings: 4 Ingredients 4 Applegate Farms Organic Beef Hot Dogs 4 whole wheat hot dog buns 4 tsp yellow mustard 1/4 c sweet pickle relish 1/4 sm onion, chopped 1 med tomato, cut in wedges 2 dill pickle spears, halved 4 pepperoncini, halved 1/8 tsp celery salt (optional) Directions Heat grill to high and coat rack with cooking spray. Grill hot dogs, turning until brown....

If you’re a: Meat lover Try: Lean beef (look for 90% lean or higher) For its: Immune-boosting zinc Top with: Fresh tomato slices and basil for extra antioxidants Look for: Laura’s Lean Beef 92% lean ground beef patties; laurasleanbeef.com If you’re a: Dieter Try: Veggie For its: Filling fiber Top with: Avocado slices, rich in belly fat–busting MUFAs Look for: Dr. Praeger’s California Veggie Burger; drpraegers.com If you’re a: Seafood fan Try: Salmon For its: Heart disease–fighting omega-3 fats Top with: Peppery, vitamin K–packed watercress and a teaspoon of wasabi mayonnaise Look for: Vital Choice wild Alaskan sockeye salmon burgers; vitalchoice....

Sweetest, Healthiest Spoonful

Around the U.S., aspiring teen chefs in schools that offer the C-CAP program, work with their culinary arts instructors to create an original, meatless entree. Students are able to express their creativity while learning about the Meatless Monday campaign and the benefits of going meatless at the start of every week. Each school sends in its best student recipe and, ultimately, seven finalists are selected and presented to a panel of judges, who narrow the finalists to three winners....

The meta-analysis of 5 studies, updated and rereleased in honor of World Diabetes Day last week, revealed that it takes just three to four cups of coffee throughout the day to get the biggest benefit. But if you cut yourself off at two, not to worry, since each cup of coffee cuts your overall risk by 7-8 percent, according to the report. How does bean brew do it? More and more, researchers are crediting chlorogenic acid (CGA), which has been shown in studies to delay the absorption of glucose in the body....

But now, researchers from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have found a way to normalize life for women with severe cases of MRKH: Using patients’ own cells, they have successfully grown vaginas in a laboratory setting and implanted them into four women. “There are patients [with MRKH] that do have a vaginal organ that’s small and they can benefit from other things that are non-surgical, but for the ones who don’t have much of an organ at all, where it’s fully absent, this would be a choice for them,” Dr....

Researchers found that 90% of hosts serve fattening side dishes like mayo-loaded salads and chips and dip, 50% of cookout-goers head back to the buffet for seconds, and over 20% go for thirds. Unfortunately, those not-so-small helpings add up to about 3,000 calories—500 more than the daily recommended amount for a typical guy. Chances are, you’re not going to skip the heaping piles of food—an end of summer BBQ only comes around once a year (and who doesn’t splurge at a family cookout?...

What folk medicine says Ancient Egyptians used the herb to soothe indigestion. American herbalists prescribe it for a number of stomach problems, including colic, nausea, hiccups, and diarrhea. What we know In one study, Taiwanese researchers gave 110 patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) either 0.2 ml of peppermint oil or a placebo three or four times a day. After a month, 79% of the peppermint takers reported feeling less abdominal pain, compared with 43% of those on the placebo....

[sidebar]In prehistoric times, stress eating may have been a smart survival strategy, say researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. Your agitated ancestors grabbed berries after the marauding tigers slunk away; you head for the candy machine after the boss roars. “You need to refuel for the next crisis,” explains study coauthor Norman Pecoraro, PhD. Researchers found that stress prompts rats to release hormone signals for high-calorie eating. Pecoraro says it’s surprisingly similar in humans....

Skip the foundation Nothing’s less natural than cakey foundation. Go for a do-it-all BB cream instead, which combines the benefits of a moisturizer, sunscreen, and foundation in one tube—but goes on without a trace. Or consider a CC cream, BB’s even lighter relative. Put a few drops into your palm and warm it up by rubbing it gently with your ring or middle finger before applying, suggests San Francisco-based makeup artist Emily Kate Warren....

“Everybody can flirt, it’s just about exercising that muscle,” says Rachel DeAlto, flirting and communications expert and founder of the website FlipMe. “It’s all about opening yourself up to something new. And when it comes to flirting, practice makes perfect.” If the idea of even practicing flirting just freaked you out, not to worry—here are DeAlto’s best tips to help you overcome any flirting hesitations you may have: Hang-up: Picking up someone at a bar is so not my style....

Have trouble getting a good blood sample for self-testing? These tips may help. Warm your hands. Rinsing your hands in warm water and rubbing them dry can improve circulation for a better sample. Shake it up. Shake your hands up and down before lancing to get the circulation going. Stay soft. Keep your hands and fingers soft with regular moisturizing to make lancing easier. Stick the sides. Lance the side of the fingertip rather than the top....

What’s for certain: If you make it past this party, there will be another on its heels. There are national holidays, birthday parties, and scores of other impromptu celebrations—a promotion, a good report card, even making a deadline—coming this year. “Because we don’t have established patterns of eating in these circumstances, every occasion offers different temptations,” says Brian Wansink, PhD, a Cornell University food psychologist who has studied guests’ eating patterns at Super Bowl parties, office celebrations, and more....

So while you can’t change your actual breasts without plastic surgery, sculpt a fit body and everything else will fall into place. Or, in this case, not fall into place. More from Prevention: The Best Exercises To Banish Back Fat

[sidebar] 3 FAST FIXES Fruit-Granola Crumble 3 c fresh blueberries 4 thinly sliced fresh peaches (about 1 1/4 lb or 4 c) or 1 lb frozen sliced peaches, thawed 1/3 c sugar 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour 1 tsp ground ginger 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/2 c granola (without dried fruit), large pieces broken apart 1/2 c walnut halves, chopped 1 1/2 Tbsp butter HEAT oven to 375°F. Mix blueberries and peaches in 8" x 8" pan....