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‘Western style’ diet high in fat and sugar can negatively affect breast milk and baby’s health
A diet high in sugar and fat such as burgers, fries and fizzy drinks can negatively affect a new mother’s breast milk and baby’s health even before the child is conceived. The new study using lab mice has found that even relatively short-term consumption of a fast food diet impacts women’s health, reducing their ability to produce nutritional breast milk after giving birth. This can affect the newborn’s wellbeing, as well as increasing the risk of both mother and child developing potentially fatal conditions such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes in later life. Even mothers who appear to be a healthy weight can be suffering from hidden issues such…
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The ‘Stranger Things’ Costume Designer Showed Us How to Rock ’80s Style
Amy Parris reveals what she looks for when vintage shopping for the cast – including her one rule for ’80s jeans. ’80s style doesn’t always get the credit it deserves. After all, it is the decade that locked in classics now seeing a sartorial resurgence like Levi’s jeans, great leather or bomber jackets, and Reebok sneakers. Stranger Things season 4, which is set in the mid-1980s between the beloved fictional towns of Hawkins (Indiana) and Lenora Hills (California), has sparked a revival of the era’s aesthetic thanks to the series’ incredible costume designer, Amy Parris. Here, Parris discusses her approach to character building through costumes, her favorite vintage item that…
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Try this style of self-improvement to become a better leader
Personal accountability is the foundation of mental fitness, which is critical for effective leadership. I’m not talking about everyday actions. I’m talking about a radical level of accountability. You stop blaming other people and/or circumstances for how you feel or what has happened to you. Typically, when we say that someone isn’t accountable, we mean their behavior, actions, and outcomes are not reliable. We pinpoint what they did or did not do; the result that they did not achieve. I think that definition is a good starting point, but it does not go far enough. My definition: You are accountable for not only your behavior, actions, and outcomes, but also…
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Davos elite don’t expect a Covid-19 style health crisis from monkeypox
Business and political leaders gathered in the Swiss hilltop town of Davos in May 2022 for the World Economic Forum. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images As the business and political elite gathered in Davos, Switzerland, this week for the first in-person World Economic Forum since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, global health concerns once again loomed heavy. A mysterious recent outbreak of monkeypox — a rare viral infection endemic to Africa — has confounded doctors and scientists as cases have surged across Europe, North America, Australia and the Middle East. As of Wednesday, at least 237 confirmed and suspected cases of the disease have…
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Support Health in Style With Comrad Socks | Ask The Experts
Running sport fitness man. Closeup of strong legs and shoes in action. Male athlete fitness runner sprinting fast outside in compression sports clothing, socks and tights shorts. Trail running concept Maridav Never have we lived in an era where so much emphasis is placed on one’s health and wellness. There are many aspects to living a holistic life that supports all realms of wellness. However, one of the most important ways to promote a healthy life is by really ensuring that your body can operate how it was designed to. And one of the best ways to do just that is by providing your blood circulation is optimized…
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What Secure Attachment Style Is & How To Foster It, Per Experts
True or false? There’s rarely a time where secure is the suboptimal option. Think about it: You want the mattress lassoed to the roof of your car to be secure before you vroom, vroom on home. You want the passcode of your Spotify account to be secure so that there’s no chance of your enemies finding out your sex playlist features Ed Sheeran. And unless you’re a drama-driven diva, odds are you want your relationship to be secure, too! Well, according to psychologists, there are some people who are more prone towards secure relationships than others. Psychotherapist Dana Dorfman, PhD, explains: In the 1950s, psychologist Mary Ainsworth and psychiatrist John…
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This radical architecture style could make future cities good for your health
Have you ever heard of Maharishi Vastu architecture? Founded on principles similar to the passive architecture movement, this style of architecture emphasizes the health of the building occupants and the health of the environment the building itself occupies. The design concept has been around since at least the 1980s, but it has endured. In 2005, a Washington Post reporter penned a story about a talk given by one of MVA’s main proponents, Jon Lipman. Lipman’s ideas, the reporter writes, might be considered “eccentric” at best. But some of MVA’s principles can help inform how we build more equitable, healthy, accessible, and green cities. In a new peer-reviewed paper, Lipman and…
