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Your brain sounds an alarm—leading to poorer quality sleep—when you’re in a less-than-great sleeping position for an important reason. Your whole body—organs, muscles, all of it—relies on sufficient blood flow to function. Sleeping or awake, this blood flow is critical for your survival. If you’re sleeping in a bent, twisted, or torqued position that is limiting or compromising blood flow, your brain, as a protective function, will signal your body to move, and when you move, you wake up....

Justine recommends enlisting help from a stand or hand mixer to break up the blueberries and fully incorporate them into the rest of the wet ingredients. This mixing will also help aerate the butter in your cookies, which gives them an even lighter, fluffier texture (the higher the speed, the better). “This cookie dough will be very soft and slack compared to other doughs, and that’s totally normal! Don’t panic....

Sometimes manufacturers will throw the everyday shopper a bone, putting the more common name in parentheses next to the scientific name, like this: tocopherol (vitamin E). But without that nudge, an ingredients list often just looks like a string of long unfamiliar words separated by commas. Instead of doing detective work, it can be easier to follow popularity and opt for skincare products (and ingredients) with a cult following, especially in the age of beauty influencers....

But it might be worth figuring out your favorite way to eat kale, since this powerhouse plant is packed with nutrients and considered one of the healthiest superfoods out there. Kale provides vitamins C, K, and A, and is also rich in essential minerals like calcium and iron. “Like other vegetables in the cruciferous family, kale contains glucosinolates, which are associated with decreased inflammation and protecting against cancer,” says Jackie Topol, RD, CDN, registered dietician and culinary nutritionist....

What exactly is bloating? According to Linda Lee, MD, MBA, vice chair of ambulatory operations for the Department of Medicine and director of gastroenterology at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., bloating is defined as a condition in which your stomach feels full and tight, often due to gas, and it affects around 24% of women. Being bloated is uncomfortable, irritating, inconvenient, and sometimes downright painful. So it’s no shocker that so many people are seeking healthy, everyday solutions for sustained relief....

Regularly checking email is an everyday task that’s impossible to avoid, and no matter how diligent you are in hitting “reply all,” managing a mounting email inbox is easier said than done. And if you’re less diligent—as in, you’re more prone to letting your emails pile up unaddressed—that lack of inbox organization (and the anxiety of being in email debt) is likely affecting your productivity more than you realize. Luckily there’s a way out of the chaotic inbox hole....

We know it can sound intimidating, but preparing a turkey for roasting is a simple task, no matter how big the bird. All you need are a few basic techniques, and you’ll be ready to impress the crowd at your Thanksgiving dinner. What You’ll Need TurkeyKitchen twineRoasting pan with rackBaking trayParing knife How to Prepare a Turkey for Roasting Related Video

Keep It Shelved The best way to keep ground coffee or whole beans fresh is to store the coffee on a pantry shelf in an opaque, airtight container. It should be away from light, heat, and moisture, says Scott McMartin, who has tasted more than half a million cups of coffee as a member of the Starbucks Green Coffee Quality group. (If you don’t have a canister, close the top of the bag with a rubber band, then put the bag in a resealable plastic bag....

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But that bitterness can be so harsh, so extreme! How can you master it? How can you tap into the wonders of radicchio, one of our most unique winter vegetables? First, it helps to think about the vegetable’s singular flavor and texture. Tasted raw, radicchio has a steep bitterness, almost like that of raw Brussels sprouts, only sharper and longer lasting. This bitterness, too, seems to build. The texture of the leaves, on the other hand, is a sort of silkiness at its thin, leafy ends, and a fibrous crunch on the ribs and white parts closer to the base....

In addition, half of the millennials in the U.S. are looking to invest in real estate instead of the stock market, according to a 2017 report by Harris Interactive. Gen Z is also looking to get in on the action. According to a survey conducted by Rocket Homes Research in 2022, 86.2% of Gen Z want to buy a home, and nearly 45% want to do it in the next 5 years....

The sauced-up noodles and shrimp are accompanied by meaty shiitake mushrooms and crisp ribbons of bok choy. It really doesn’t get much better than this easy dinner packed with veggies, protein, and a whole lot of flavor. Related Video

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To perfect these golden, crispy, salty snacks, make sure to dry the chickpeas thoroughly after draining and rinsing them, patting them with paper towels. (Any residual moisture causes them to steam instead of crisp.) Also, preheat the baking sheet to ensure the chickpeas crisp as soon as they hit the hot pan. Related Video

“We are mindfully evolving the house to fit our modern life,” she says. “We feel lucky to be a part of this neighborhood, which is in a family-friendly area with ocean and farms, depending on your location.” In the case of their dining room, it was particularly important that they strike a careful balance between timeless style and current trends. The space was built in 1729 and used to be the main kitchen on the property, but it was split into two rooms with low ceilings that didn’t have access to electricity—and enough water damage to make that seem like a silver lining....

Is It St. Patty or St. Paddy? People of all nations and heritages use St. Patrick’s Day as an excuse to celebrate, though the holiday is, at its roots, Irish. The name Patrick, abbreviated as Patty in English, hence the popularity of the St. Patty’s Day spelling—but St. Patrick’s Day is, again, Irish, and the name Patrick is an Anglicized one originating from the Gaelic Pádraig. English speakers commonly accept Patrick as a suitable replacement....