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“Smoothies are a great, fast way to get all the nutrients you need,” says Erik Dupuy, the manager of Juice Press’s Rivington Street location, especially when you add superfood boosters like raw cacao, acai, and spirulina. “They’re the ‘something-something’ of smoothie-making.” Here the smoothie-mixologist extraordinaire explains how to stock your kitchen like a juice bar genius, recommending the top-shelf pantry ingredients that add uber-nutritional benefits. Read on at Well+Good NYC for the 11 staples of a killer smoothie pantry… 

Naturally, you can thank your crazy schedule for this. “People face real limitations in the amount of time they have in a given day. If there aren’t enough hours left to prepare food and to exercise, they can end up making a trade-off,” says lead study author Rachel Tumin, a doctoral student in epidemiology. What’s a busy woman to do? Start by being more aware of how you spend your free time—and whether it’s helping or hurting your health goals....

“Studies have found that some caffeine can improve mental acuity and performance throughout the day, but too much caffeine can negatively impact your mood, energy, and even health,” says Erin Palinski, RD, who has a private practice in New Jersey. Enjoying a latte probably won’t hurt you, and may even have surprising health benefits such as lowering your risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Just keep in mind that—as with most delicious things in life—it is possible to have too much of a good thing....

And though we write about skin cancer and tanning a lot here at Prevention, we’re admittedly fairly removed from real-live tanning salons. (Wait, did we say, “fairly removed"? We meant “We avoid them like a celiac avoids Sicilian pizza.”) A study by the National Cancer Institute found that frequent tanning bed use was associated with a 50% increase in basal cel carcinoma risk. We hit the tanning salons of New York City to see what salons are really saying to potential customers....

Quinn Hickory Smoked Cheddar Popcorn Give Netflix night a healthy upgrade with Quinn’s chemical-free microwave popcorn. With a blend of paprika, Kentucky-made Cheddar, and hormone-free butter, this snack might steal the show. Prepare to not share. Moon Cheese This crunchy cosmic snack is made of real, dehydrated cheese—and that’s it. Available in Cheddar, Gouda, and pepper jack, Moon Cheese is popping up in Starbucks stores around the country. One serving sets you back only 70 calories....

OK, let’s all admit something: We don’t exactly always crave the taste of veggies. But rather than suffer through boring salads or steamed sides, how about making something like a soup that is packed with veggies that tastes amazing and not necessarily like, well, veggies? This roasted vegetable soup does the trick by combining eight fresh vegetables and simple herbs to create one amazing taste. The secret: Roasting the veggies before pureeing brings out their sweetness and intensifies their natural, delicious flavors....

Your Weekly Sweat ScheduleDay 1: Cardio intervals Day 2: Strength training, Stretching Day 3: Cardio intervals Day 4: Stretching Day 5: Strength training Day 6: Cardio intervals, Stretching Day 7: Rest Recharge Your CardioRecent studies have found that interval training (alternating between high-and moderate-intensity bursts of activity) can double and possibly even triple the heart-protecting benefits you’d get from moderate cardio sessions—even when you exercise for less time. “Short cardio bursts make your heart work harder and pump more blood with each beat, which strengthens your entire cardiovascular system,” says David Swain, PhD, a professor of exercise science at Old Dominion University....

Kelly-Ann Bowles, a PhD candidate at the University of Wollongong in New Wales, Australia, set out to size up sports bras and how aspects of design—straps, cushion and variation—can affect a woman’s physical performance. Bowles designed a sports bra strap off. She recruited 14 women to run on a treadmill in sports bras with varying straps: vertical, crossed-back, with and without bra strap cushions and no straps at all. (Can you imagine running in a strapless bra?...

In concept, it’s a great idea: Schedule a Monday morning doctor’s appointment and ease your way into the week. But the truth is, you’re more likely to miss a meeting with your doc on Monday, according to new research published in PLoS One. Researchers at Glasgow University in Scotland studied the attendance records of doctor visits at hospitals for more than 4.5 million people, as well as more than 10,000 appointments at a general practitioner’s office....

This is the first time high-intensity interval training (HIIT) has appeared on the ACSM’s annual list of fitness trends. Survey participants said the short bursts of high-intensity activity are both time efficient and a faster way to get fit. In fact, a recent study found that women who did 12 weeks of HIIT lost more belly fat and more weight overall compared to a group who did moderate exercise.Body weight training, qualified personal trainers, strength training, and exercise for weight loss rounded out the survey’s top five....

Already this year, 29 states and New York City are reporting high levels of influenza-like-illness (ILI), and another nine states are reporting moderate levels of ILI. This season, 18 children have died from flu-associated deaths. Influenza is a tiny frequently mutating package of genetic material (RNA) surrounded by an envelope. Influenza A is a more severe type than B, and H3N2 refers to proteins on the envelope. (H)emagglutinin allows the virus to attach to your cell, and (N)euraminidase allows it to cleave and attach to another cell....

Canadian researchers compared the self-reported work history of 1,134 women with breast cancer and 1,179 women without the disease and found that post-menopausal women with more than 30 years of night shift work under their belts had a higher risk of the disease than their peers even when taking factors like family history and menopausal status into account. Previous studies found higher rates of breast cancer in health care employees who worked night shifts for decades, but this study, which included women who held jobs in a variety of fields, points to long-term sleep disruption as the common offender....

[sidebar]FreshOnce fruit is picked, the process of deterioration begins, “including loss of nutritive value and phytochemicals,” Dr. Ferruzzi says. Long trips for fresh fruit mean more nutrient degeneration. FrozenFrozen fruits and veggies are often significantly higher in vitamins and antioxidants than fresh, since they’re picked and chilled at peak ripeness, locking in max nutrient levels. (Seriously;we crunched the nutritional numbers.) DehydratedMany of the nutrients are preserved through freeze-drying. But watch your portions: Even when no sugar is added, gram for gram, these shrunken fruits are higher in the sweet stuff....

According to study author Cathy Wyse, a research fellow at the University of Aberdeen’s Institute of Biological and Environmental Science in the United Kingdom, being exposed to artificial light disrupts our circadian rhythms, or biological clock, which helps regulate sleep cycles. When this happens, it can lead to a condition called circadian desynchrony, in which our metabolism is thrown so out-of-whack that it can ultimately lead to obesity. More from Prevention: What’s Your Body Rhythm Type?...

Researchers measured fat levels in 106 obese men and women and found that having high amounts of fat specifically in the liver, muscles, and blood was associated with having high amounts of fat within bone marrow, which can lead to weaker bones and eventually osteoporosis. They also found that not having enough of the good HDL cholesterol in the bloodstream results in more bone marrow fat. Obesity tends to shift the development of stem cells within bone marrow to create more fat cells than bone cells, according to Miriam A....

Most recipes for homemade miso soup require you to first to make dashi, a fish stock with ingredients like dried kelp and bonito flakes that aren’t always easy to find at your local Whole Foods. Enter this reduced-fuss take on miso soup, a recipe inspired by my 88-year-old baachan (Japanese grandma), that won’t require a trip to a Japanese market. Bonus: Potatoes help make this soup more of a meal than something you’d sip before sushi....

In the study, 33 healthy volunteers (half 20-31 years old, half 57-74) slept in a temperature controlled sleep lab shielded from any outside light. The data showed a 30% reduction in the brain activity indicative of deep sleep around a full moon compared to a new moon. It also took participants five minutes longer to fall asleep, and they slept 20 less minutes on average. Strangely enough, researchers originally conducted the study for restless legs syndrome and sleep apnea, but made the connection years after the study was completed....

“People who are trying to be perfect end up crashing and burning,” says Greg Hottinger, MPH, RD, co-author, with Michael Scholtz, of the health and weight loss book Coach Yourself Thin. Plus, when strict dieters don’t see fast results, he says, they’re likely to bail out altogether. One solution: The 80/20 approach, which, as the name suggests, means that 80% of the time you should eat what you know is healthy, and the rest of the time, you should allow yourself a little leeway....