Launches with a bold ‘Pay your Age’ pricing campaign WUKA (Wake Up Kick Ass) – the UK’s #1 period-proof pants brand – is tackling the ‘growing pains’ associated with first periods with its latest launch, WUKA Teen Stretch. Following the sell-out success of WUKA Stretch – the world’s first full brief multi-size period pants – last year, WUKA has adapted its patent-pending Stretch…
Earth’s Produce Section Is Free if You Know How To Forage Safely
Those curious about learning how to forage will benefit from the know-how and guidance of experienced foragers. For all the rewards that foraging can offer, from free and nutritious sustenance to just spending more time outside, the activity is not without risk, particularly when people are unsure about what they’re looking at. Identifying edible flowers, plants,…
The Counterintuitive Benefit of Greeting Every Morning Like It’s January 1
On January 1st, we often have great expectations for ourselves. This is the year of career changes, of body goals, of relationship milestones, we resolve. Here at Well+Good, we’ve been trying to move away from a mindset of unrealistic new year goal setting that often centers on expectations set by the diet industry. Instead, with…
How to heal persistent body aches during winter?
The winter is a great time to stay indoors, enjoying the heater and some cozy blankets. It’s a period of the year when all of us are naturally inclined to desire more rest and nourishment. However, there are some effects that the winter may have on our physical and mental health that aren’t all desirable….
Why Eating Foods That Are Culturally Relevant to You Is Profoundly Important for Your Health, According to an RD
Each of us has patterns of eating that are, in many ways, routinized and repetitive. In addition, we have all adopted our own ideas about what foods get categorized as “healthy” and often have binary thinking about “good” and “bad” foods. Our ideas are shaped by cultural norms. In the United States, dominant wellness culture…
Top 3 in 2023 for healthy skin
Improving your skin health doesn’t necessarily require the use of Botox and fillers, and many are reluctant to go down that route for fear of looking ‘fake’. As we age we lose collagen and elastin, resulting in saggy skin, lines, and wrinkles. Here are my top 3 treatments that will help boost your collagen levels…
Home Critical Care Medicine
What’s wrong with the picture above? What are these doctors doing wrong? They are giving oxygen without hydrogen’s healing power in the gas mixture. Maybe by the end of the century, they will read the research and get that oxygen should never be given without hydrogen. Critical care is usually provided in ambulances, emergency departments,……
Why Does Water Taste Sweet After an Intense Workout? I Asked an RD To Find Out
The first gulps of water I have after a long run are delicious. They’re refreshing and life-giving, yes, but the water also tastes good. It actually tastes sweet, to be more precise. Which, when I stopped to think about it mid-gulp one day, I found odd. Isn’t water a famously, um, neutral flavor? And why does it…
Overherd launches UK’s first oat milk powder
An even more sustainable alternative milk which cuts packaging by 90%. Overherd, a Yorkshire based start-up is aiming to make plant milk even more sustainable by offering the UK’s first oat milk powder. Typically, store bought plant milks contain over 90% water, which adds a huge amount of weight and packaging requirements to products. Overherd’s…
Unpopular Opinion: I Prefer Bar Soaps Over Body Washes—And These 8 Products Will Change Your Mind, Too
It’s true: I prefer bar soaps to body washes. For starters, bar soaps are usually packaged in paper cartons, making them way less wasteful than liquid body washes (which almost always come in plastic bottles with small caps and pumps that can’t be recycled). They’re also more hygienic because they don’t require loofahs or washcloths,…