Prep Time: 8 minutesTotal Time: 10 minutesServes 2 1 c diced Granny Smith apple (about ½ med apple) 1 c diced seedless cucumber (about ½ English cucumber) 1 c diced honey dew or casaba melon (about ¼ med melon) ½ c coconut or plain water ¼ c fresh lime juice 1 c yogurt 2 tsp finely grated ginger 1 Tbsp hemp seed ½ Tbsp agave nectar or honey Place all ingredients in a high-speed blender and mix for 1–2 minutes until completely smooth....

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“Using a razor to groom your eyebrows can be dangerous due to potential nicks,’’ says Robert Dorin, MD, a hair loss specialist. “It will also cause the hair to appear coarser when it grows back in, since you’re not fully removing the strands from the follicles.”
Plus, it couldn’t really be more imprecise—you’re basically mowing down clumps of hair at a time—which can result in uneven hair lengths, gaps, and an irregular shape....

The study found that mice that were given four to nine weeks of a course of probiotics had a significant increase in bacteria that produce butyrate, a short chain fatty acid that in turn stimulates the release of an appetite-suppressing hormone, glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) from cells lining the intestine, said Sushil Rane, PhD, one of the study’s lead researchers. This reduced their risk for obesity in a number of ways, Dr....

Follow these steps to make the ultimate steamed salmon and veggies: fillets for freshness by pressing with your finger. The flesh should spring back, leaving no indentation. TEST vegetables onto the foil, set fillet on top, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. SPOON foil over fish and crimp the long edge 3 times to seal. Repeat to seal the 2 short sides. FOLD packets in a single layer on a baking sheet....

Desperate to shed some not-so-jolly holiday weight but shuddering at the thought of dieting or becoming one with the treadmill? Here’s some New Year’s cheer: Drink a few whey protein shakes a day and your body will automatically start burning more belly fat, suggests research from the medical journal Obesity. (Get a flat belly in just ten minutes a day with our reader-tested exercise plan!) Paul J. Arciero, a professor of exercise science and health at Skidmore College in New York recruited 30 overweight men and women for an intriguing diet study....

You’ll be inspired. Guaranteed. The article “Watch: ‘This Girl Can’” originally ran on Zelle.runnersworld.com. MORE: Teaching Life Endurance

We recently had the chance to catch up with Iceland native Katrin Davidsdottir, the winner of the 2015 CrossFit Games, and grill her on her eating habits. (Got 10 minutes? Then you’ve got time to lose the weight for good with Prevention’s new 10-minute workouts and 10-minute meals. Get Fit in 10: Slim and Strong for Life now!) While you may think that a woman who squats 253 pounds simply slams protein shakes all day, you’re severely mistaken....

SOURCES Pancreas: Diabetes Care; Heart: Thromb Haemost; Stomach: PNAS; Brain: Consciousness and Cognition; Kidneys: JAMA Internal Med; Breasts: American Journal of Epidemiology and British Journal of Cancer; Nose: Alcoholism Clinical & Experimental Research; Intestines: Molecular Medicine Reports; Mouth: Journal of Periodontal Research; Eyes: Nutrients 

FOR BREAKFAST Low-sodium V8 vegetable juice cocktail (6 ounces): It’s loaded with heart-protecting lycopene, potassium, and antioxidant vitamins A and C. Oatmeal (1 cup): The soluble fiber (5 g per cup) helps lower LDL cholesterol. For convenience, make a week’s worth and reheat what you need each morning. Add 1 cup each steel-cut oats and chopped dried apples, 3 tablespoons granular sugar substitute, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, ½ teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 3½ cups water, and ½ cup fat-free (or 1%) milk to a 2-quart slow cooker rubbed with 1 tablespoon trans-free margarine....

“Almost a year,” says the new mom, sheepishly. “And I’m still struggling with these pregnancy pounds.” “Me too,” sighs the woman. “Trouble is, my little one’s starting graduate school!” That could have been me! Thankfully, my wake-up call came on my daughter’s 10th birthday, when I realized that she’d lost her baby fat, but I hadn’t. Despite years of minding my diet and exercising faithfully, 10 lb still stuck to me like Velcro....

Watching someone who looks like you model healthy eating and exercise behaviors could help you make the same smart choices, finds new research published in The Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. Researchers recruited eight women to watch videos of similar-looking, computer-generated models exhibit actions needed for weight loss, like portion control, shopping for low-calorie foods, exercise, and controlling mindless snacking. After four weeks, participants said watching the models had influenced their behavior—to the tune of an average four-pound weight loss....

Researchers analyzed urine samples from nearly 800 adults over the age of 65 from (where else?) the Chianti region of Italy. After controlling for other factors, it turns out people with the highest concentration of resveratrol metabolites (a marker for having consumed a lot of resveratrol-rich foods) in their urine were no less likely to have died from any cause than the people without any metabolites. Decades of research suggests that resveratrol has anti-inflammatory properties, plus the ability to protect cells against oxidative stress and prevent fat buildup in vital organs, says Jay Chung, a senior investigator with the National Lung, Heart and Blood Institute’s Laboratory of Obesity and Aging Research, who was not involved with the JAMA study....

The first important step: figure out if your bites were in fact from a bedbug. Most look like hives: a red lesion with a white center, says Bruce Robinson, a clinical instructor of dermatology at Lenox Hill hospital in New York City. In many cases, the bites will show up three in a row—“breakfast, lunch and dinner,” as Robinson puts it. But there’s no one way to know for sure....

Drop the Weight With Our Beginner’s Workout Schedule Ask about their experience: Be upfront with your trainer about their experience and their success. Ask where they were certified, if they work with a lot of women (and if they’ve ever worked with someone with similar goals to yours), and if they teach any specialty classes. While each session is certainly about you, getting a feel for what they’re into or where their expertise lies is a great gauge of what you’ll expect from your trainer....

[sidebar]Starch is tasteless. If you don't believe that, try eating a spoonful of flour. You can hardly taste anything. It just feels as if you have a bunch of paste in your mouth. Sugar, on the other hand, is sickeningly sweet. Try eating a spoonful of that; it's nauseating. However, if you mix the two—if you put sugar in baked goods, such as cookies, cakes, and pies—you give the flour some flavor and you hide much of the sweetness of the sugar....

Eating healthy starts in the grocery store. What you do or don’t put in your cart can determine how well you stick to your diet. By leaving sodium, fat, and sugar-filled junk on store shelves, and bringing home fruits, vegetables, and foods that are full of fiber, you won’t have to engage in as many food fights with yourself at home, and you’ll make it easier to make it a healthy choice when your stomach is growling....

But it turns out, processed mac and cheese might not be so innocuous after all. PREVENTION PREMIUM: 9 Easy Backyard BBQ Recipes According to a recent study of various packaged cheese products, including 10 different boxed macaroni and cheeses, the bulk of processed cheese items sold in America are tainted with phthalates, a class of hormone-disrupting chemicals commonly used to soften plastics. Phthalates have been linked to a host of health problems, from thyroid disease to interference with fetal development....

First, a crash course on what fingernail ridges even are: Vertical nail ridges (lines that run from your cuticle to the tip of your fingernail) are super-common, and are a normal sign of aging. “The skin under the nail plate loses some structural integrity and becomes wrinkled, much like other areas of aging skin,” says Los Angeles-based board-certified dermatologist Tsippora Shainhouse, M.D. Another common cause of ridges is dehydration of the nail plate—say, from frequent manicures or excessive water exposure....