June 2012
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Suck It Up
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Eat Healthy Be Healthy
May 2012
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Best Sunscreen
DECOLLETAGE
Treatment tricks Chest skin is nearly as fragile as face skin, so you have to treat it that way. For best skin care, rub a light exfoliating pad containing alpha and beta hydroxy acids over the entire area twice a week to help promote cell regeneration, reduce fine lines, and boost suppleness (try MD Skincare Alpha Beta Daily Face Peel, $78,mdskincare.com). Before bed, slather on a...
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Omega Me Sexy: Foods for a Healthier, Hotter You →
Change can be a truly beautiful thing. Think about it: When you change the way you eat, you can change the way you feel, and change the way you look! With bikini season right around the corner, now is the perfect time to invest in positive changes that improve all of the above and result in a sexier you.
Begin by incorporating omega-3 fatty acids into your diet. They play an essential role in...
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Eliminate Soda
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The 3-Step Strategy to a Flat Stomach →
If you’re like most women, you’ve been struggling to flatten your stomach for about two decades now. Why? Because you think achieving enviable abs is complicated. Don’t be fooled! If you’re smart with your strategy, scoring a flat belly is actually incredibly simple. Follow these three steps and you’ll have a flat belly in no time.
Step 1: Exercise But not so fast with the crunches! It takes...
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How to Run
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Get Moving!
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The Muscle Group You Should Work Out First →
Q: Is it better to work out your upper body or lower body first?
—Elena P., Santa Rosa, CA
A: Unless you’ve already got guns like Madonna, start up top. Most women’s upper-body muscles are weaker than their lower-body ones, so their upper-body workout may require more focus and effort, says fitness expert Karen Joseph, owner of Fountain of Fitness in Valrico, Florida.
Studies show that...
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Healthy Snacks
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5 Tips for Your Spring Running Revival →
For runners who used the winter weather as an excuse to retire their shoes for a few months, it’s time to hit the road once again. But getting back into the running groove doesn’t always happen as quickly or easily as you’d like it to, says Jess Cover, an ACE Certified Personal Trainer and 18-time marathoner.
Cover, an instructor with RunVermont—the running organization behind the KeyBank Vermont...
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Eat More Almonds
Almonds: Hey, guess what? Almonds are seeds, not nuts, and they’re stuffed with vitamin E, a potent sun blocker. Volunteers who consumed 14 milligrams of the vitamin per day (about 20 almonds) and then were exposed to UV light sunburned less than those who took none. “Vitamin E acts as an antioxidant that helps to protect skin cells from UV light and other environmental factors that...
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Best Skin
People with sensitive personalities are easily upset—and so are people with sensitive skin. Hey, patches of tiny red bumps or an itchy rash can make a girl cranky. The cause of an irritable complexion: “Women with sensitive skin have hyperactive immune systems that read certain products or weather conditions as enemies and fight them off as foreign objects,” says Marianna...
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Safe Sun
Best for: Dry Skin
Product: Clarins Delicious Self-Tanning Cream ($40 for 3.9 oz, clarinsusa.com)
What it’s got: Moisturizing cocoa butter and aloe vera to battle the dehydrating effects of DHA, the chemical responsible for giving you that bronze glow
Tester says: ”The formula is creamy—but not greasy—so it glides onto the skin. Plus, the cream has a gorgeous caramel tint, so you...
Goat Cheese Brownies | Cheat Day →
Who doesn’t love goat cheese? But it can get a little boring after you’ve crumbled it on a dainty arugula salad for the millionth time. So when I had some leftover goat cheese recently, I wanted to make something a little unexpected. And, as usual, my sweet tooth demanded something dark, dense, and chocolatey. The solution: Goat cheese brownies.
These brownies are not only easy to make, but...
April 2012
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The food industry is waging war on your cells with... →
The food industry is waging war on your cells with these 10 toxic ingredients. This is a must read!
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Get Fit...!
For being the key to weight loss, your metabolism is incredibly simple. It’s just all of the chemical processes in your body added up. So the higher your metabolism, the more calories you burn. And while your metabolic rate is influenced by genetics, your workout can really rev it up big time.
Exercise can increase metabolism in three ways: 1. It burns calories during the workout session. 2. It...
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Read Those Labels!
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Whole Grains Guide
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Tone Your Arms
Reverse Fly
Biceps Curl
Dumbbell Cross Jab
Lying Triceps Extension
-Women’s Health Mag
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Alternative Milk Guide
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Rawmazing Falafels!
Susan’s Rawmazing Falafels!
Falafels with Mango Pineapple Salsa
Falafels:
3 C Sprouted Garbanzo Beans (chick peas)
1 C Chopped Onion
2 Cloves Garlic
1 C Sunflower Seeds
1/2 C Ground Flax Seeds
1/4 C Lemon Juice
1/4 C Parsley
2 T Olive Oil
2 t Coriander
3 t Cumin
1 T Nama Shoyu
Alfalfa sprouts (for serving)
1. Sprout Garbanzo...
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Reduce Muscle Ache
The Best Fitness Foods
Fueling your body the right way gets you better workout results
By Caroline Schaefer
Eat Exercising on an empty stomach makes you more likely to lose muscle, and without any extra gas in the tank, your exercise intensity and overall calorie burn will take a hit. An hour or two before working out, snack on 100 to 200 calories of complex carbs and protein (like a cup...
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Raw Lemon Berry Cheesecake!
RAW LEMON BERRY CHEESECAKE!
You will need:
Spring Form Pan (very small, or use the original recipe for a regular sized pan)
Food processor
Crust:
1 cups raw almonds
.25 cup dates, pitted
2 tbsp dried coconut
Cheese:
2 cups chopped cashews, soaked for at least 1 hour
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup honey (for vegan use light agave)
6 tbsp coconut oil
2 tbsp coconut butter* (dried...
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March 2012
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Pistachios: 49 nuts in 1 oz. 159 Calories/ oz.
Almonds: 29 nuts in 1 oz. 163 Calories/ oz.
Walnuts: 14 nuts in 1 oz. 185 Calories/ oz.
Brazil Nuts: 6 nuts in 1 oz. 186 Calories/ oz.
Peanuts: 28 nuts in 1 oz. 168 Calories/ oz.
Hazelnuts: 21 nuts in 1 oz. 178 Calories/ oz.
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Lower Your Cholesterol
An apple a day really does keep the doctor away! Apples are an excellent source of Pectin which helps reduce your body’s absorption of cholesterol. A recent study from FSU reported that women who ate 2 fresh apples a day for a year saw a 23% drop is LDL (bad cholesterol).
Source: Women’s Health, October 2011
