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health
right now
51%
Percentage of Americans who
say they shower in the a.m.
If you have fall allergies, you
may want to rinse off in the
evening. Otherwise, all night
long you’ll breathe in the
pollen that accumulates on
your body, leaving you
miserable come morning.
Shower at the end of the day
and you can rest easy.
SOURCE: AllerEase
Right: Levi Brown/Trunk Archive
Photo courtesy of Bigstockphotos Contributors HandmadePictures & Volokhatiuk
Smarter
nutrients
Forty percent of adults hate swallowing pills, a survey by
Harris Interactive found. So they may skip multivitamins.
Thanks to the latest twist on vitamins, you have options.
Gummies An update
on the chalky cartoonshaped
chewables you
took as a kid, Smarty
Pants Adult Vitamins
(from $16, target.com)
come in three flavors and
have no artificial sweeteners
or preservatives.
Sprays In addition
to a multi and vitamins
D and B 12 , Instavit oral
spray supplements
($16 each, instavit.com)
also offer caffeine and
melatonin spritzes
to wake you up or wind
you down.
Patches Some nutrients,
including vitamin D,
are actually absorbed
better when applied
directly to the skin via a
patch—like the PatchMD
(from $20, patchmd.com)—
than when they’re taken
orally.
Kick your
plastic habit
Plastic food containers and bottles may
have lost the BPA—a toxin that has been
shown to mess with your hormone levels—
but its replacement, bisphenol S (BPS),
might be equally bad news. In a recent
study in the journal Endocrinology,
researchers exposed certain cells in the
body, called preadipocytes, to different
concentrations of BPS. Even the smallest
amounts of the chemical encouraged
preadipocytes to become fat cells. Play it
safe by packing your eats in stainless steel,
glass, or stoneware options, like these
Le Creuset Storage Canisters (from $25,
lecreuset.com), which can safely go into
the freezer, oven, or microwave.
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