Author: Richard C. Trotter
With the Well+Good SHOP, our editors put their years of know-how to work in order to pick products (from skin care to self care and beyond) they’re betting you’ll love. While our editors independently select these products, making a purchase through our links may earn Well+Good a commission. Happy shopping! Explore the SHOP Filorga, a France-based brand founded by physician Michel Tordjam, has long been committed to creating scientifically proven and clinically tested skin solutions, resulting in innovations that have earned the stamp of approval from skin-care experts and beauty enthusiasts alike. One such example is Filorga’s best-selling Time-Filler 5-XP…
With the Well+Good SHOP, our editors put their years of know-how to work in order to pick products (from skin care to self care and beyond) they’re betting you’ll love. While our editors independently select these products, making a purchase through our links may earn Well+Good a commission. Happy shopping! Explore the SHOP Hot girl walks offer mood-boosting benefits on their own, but one of the best things about them is just how much better they can become with a few easy upgrades. Pop on a cute workout set, blast the new Ariana Grande album through your headphones, grab an iced…
Parmesan cheese, salami, cornichons, smoked fish…what do they all have in common? Besides being excellent additions to a cheese and charcuterie board, these delicious foods are high in tyramine. This lesser-known amino acid derivative might not ring any alarm bells for you, and for many folks, it doesn’t need to. But if you have depression, anxiety, and/or migraines—and are on specific medications to treat those conditions—you might want to take a closer look at your tyramine intake, because it might be making your symptoms worse. To discover what those potential dietary don’ts are—and what tyramine is to begin with—we consulted…
With the Well+Good SHOP, our editors put their years of know-how to work in order to pick products (from skin care to self care and beyond) they’re betting you’ll love. While our editors independently select these products, making a purchase through our links may earn Well+Good a commission. Happy shopping! Explore the SHOP When you’re sweating your butt off, sometimes water isn’t enough to fully rehydrate you. That’s because you lose more than just water when you perspire: Sweat is also made up of electrolytes like sodium and potassium, so a major workout can leave you with an imbalance that…
For nearly 100 years, people of all ages in Japan have practiced a simple mobility routine. It’s called Radio Taiso, or radio exercises—and it takes just five minutes to complete. If you spend time in Japan, you’ll notice groups coming together in outdoor parks to practice Radio Taiso in the morning or office workers practicing after lunch to aid in digestion. “In Japan, everybody knows about Radio Taiso because we needed to do it every day in school,” says Kumiko Kanayama, Shiatsu Grandmaster and founder of The Five Lights Center of Shiatsu. “Beyond school, it’s broadcast on the public national…
Never skip a leg day! Whether you love them or love to hate them, lunges are a great exercise for building lower-body strength. They’re a functional, foundational movement that allow you to do daily activities like walk, run, skip, and climb stairs. Overall, lunges can help to build strength, stability, and flexibility in your lower body, and with its multiple variations, the lunge should be added to your fitness routine on your next leg day. Read on to learn more about the benefits of lunges, which muscles they work, and how to do them the right way. How to do…
Few things irk me more than food waste—especially when I’m the culprit. But when I haven’t gotten around to cleaning out the fridge in a few days (maybe weeks?) I’m bound to find a neglected item (or two) whose expiration date has quickly come and gone. Truth is, more often than not, it’s the leftover takeout rice. Big sigh. After telling myself countless times, “I’ll get to it in a few days,” leftover rice is usually the first to go bad. But it’s not entirely my fault. That’s because, according to Trevor Craig, a food safety expert and corporate director…
There’s no use trying to resist the change that’s headed your way in your weekly horoscope for March 24 to 30, 2024. But before the cosmic dramatics, the week begins on a positive note: Venus in Pisces mingles with Jupiter in Taurus on March 24. These are the two luckiest planets—and when they connect, the good times roll. This is a great day to celebrate with friends, tell someone you love them, or even indulge a little. Disruption enters the chat on Monday: A full moon lunar eclipse in Libra (visible across North America) shakes up your personal relationships on…
Squats are a staple workout—and it’s easy to see why. Known as a compound exercise, they work several muscle groups all at once. They’re also a functional movement because they mirror activities we do in everyday life. “They are an effective exercise to strengthen the entire lower body, targeting the glutes and quadriceps, and are a part of everyday activities such as sitting and standing,” says Portia Page, CPT, NCPT, a fitness educator with Balanced Body. Squats can also be a source of lower back pain for some people if not done properly. However, these mistakes can usually be corrected…
Not to exaggerate, but I don’t know how I got through workouts before getting my Apple Watch. For starters, it helps track my sleep (as long as I wear it in bed—which is surprisingly comfortable to do, FYI) so I have a better idea of the energy levels I’m working with the next day. During my workouts, I love that it seamlessly connects with my AirPods and Spotify, so I don’t have to check my phone to put on a playlist and I can just tell Siri to skip a song, hands-free, if I’m not feeling it. The watch comes…