More than just adding some crunch to your lunch, topping your salad with walnuts can have some surprising health benefits in both your brain and your digestive tract. Walnuts get a starring role in our hearty kale version of the Caesar salad. Get the recipe at cleaneating.com/hailkale A daily dose of walnuts may act as…
If you’re dealing with stress or anxiety, sometimes it seems like nothing can take the edge off, and sometimes it’s easy to comfort yourself with food. When you’re reaching for chips or ice cream as an outlet for your tense feelings, try this trick: eating foods that can actually help de-stress your brain. There are…
Zayn Malik has opened up about his experience with anxiety and a possible eating disorder. In an excerpt from his new autobiography, Zayn, printed in Time magazine, he explained his decision to go public with his mental health struggles. His anxiety was manageable while in One Direction but greatly affected him as a solo artist…
Almost two weeks ago, a friend and I started a “barre buddy challenge” at The Bar Method. The studio invited us to complete 15 classes together within a month’s time; I was excited and ready to try a more unfamiliar type of training and get outside my comfort zone. The women at the studio always…
So many of us deal with anxiety, and we’re always looking for healthy ways to release the tension, stress, and inexplicable, unnamed feelings that come along with it. One of our favorite ways of self-healing is through exercise (because, of course). It’s scientifically proven that exercise helps your mental health, so why not relieve all…
Is the scale haunting you? Does it sit in your bathroom, taunting you from the tiled floor, bubbling up all sorts of bad feelings? Get rid of it. Psychotherapist Dr. Kathryn Smerling, PhD, encourages it. “Throw away your scale,” said Dr. Smerling. “Focus on feeling good in body and spirit rather than feeling good about…
Bad day at work? Mad at your significant other? Going through a breakup? Too many sneakers to buy, not enough paydays? We feel ya. So many things can cause anger and negative stress, but why let it fester and take over your mood? Best way to get it out: punch stuff. No, seriously. Let’s work…
Considering their training backgrounds and nutrition expertise, we were surprised to learn that Tone It Up stars Karena Dawn and Katrina Scott’s best weight loss tip was totally mental – and it starts in the morning! Their key to weight loss success? While they emphasized the importance of nutrition and education, their best advice was…
Had a bad day? You could cry it out, you could grab a spoon and a pint, or you could work it out. John Rowley, certified personal trainer, International Sports Science Association (ISSA) director of wellness, and founder of UX3 Nutrition, would suggest working out. John created this 12-move circuit workout for POPSUGAR Fitness to…
A recent breakthrough in Alzheimer’s research is welcome news for master sommeliers and, well, people who just really like wine. A new study in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience found that sommeliers, i.e., people who have heightened olfactory capabilities, are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Conducted at the Cleveland Clinic academic hospital in Las…
