Health and Beauty Articles for Women

Want to see your heart rate soar? Of course your do—if it means you’re sweating, too. Here’s a way to raise it without getting bored of the same old stuff.

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When you’re the chef, the power to eat healthy is in your hands.

“The more that people eat at home and prepare their own meals, the better they do at losing weight or maintaining a healthy weight,” which decreases your risk of heart attack and stroke, says Judith Wylie-Rosett, Ed.D., R.D., a spokesperson for the American Heart Association.

That’s because restaurant meals tend to include few vegetables and contain high amounts of calories, artery-clogging fat, and blood-pressure-elevating sodium.

Instead, try these eight meal ideas from our recipe finder, based on suggestions by Jennifer Kay Nelson, R.D., the Mayo Clinic’s director of clinical dietetics and nutrition:

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Some brands of the Pill can cost as much as $50 a month. What if you could throw that $600 into something way more fun this year?

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Not only is soup a steamy, succulent meal in a bowl, but research shows that broth-based ones help you lose weight without feeling so hungry all the time. Cook up these quick, hearty recipes, and you can chow down and still fit into your skinny jeans.

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Our new birth control chart compares all your contraception choices side by side so you can find your perfect match. From rings to rods, you can do all your research in one place. We’ve got cost comparisons, side effects, active ingredients, and much more. Plus, enter your email address (click above or below) and get an expanded version delivered to your inbox.

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Imagine baking brownies without preheating the oven. Or running a marathon without training. Well, it’s important to apply that same logic to the bedroom: In order to have great sex, you need to get in a good warm-up first. But if you worry that your bedmate phones in foreplay just for your sake, you’ll be psyched to find out that scientists at the Kinsey Institute have discovered men need a little revving up too. “Guys often don’t get as much foreplay because women think an erection is proof a man is ready for sex,” says Debby Herbenick, Ph.D., author of Because It Feels Good. “But men crave the intimacy and emotional connection that foreplay provides.” Here are five moves to max out the buildup to sex.

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Whip up one of these healthy dinner ideas any day of the week

Okay, can anybody really make dinner in 20 minutes? Yes, and a tasty dinner at that. We’ve got a lineup of healthy and delicious meals you can make and eat in less time than it takes to order at a sit-down restaurant. Save a little dough, unwind from your day, and whip up one of these feasts tonight! Here’s your first option:

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It can make you think you like a guy.
Lower estrogen levels during your period can increase your “male cognitive skills,” such as spatial thinking, according to Pauline Maki, Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. This doesn’t mean you’ll start obsessing over fantasy football, but your map-reading skills may peak along with your period.

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