Bethenny Frankel Just Made an Important Point About Filtered Photos On Instagram

The former reality TV star isn’t here to perpetuate “unattainable perfection.” The second shows the same picture without all the edits. “This is just how distorted this has all gotten.” Photo: Getty Images “Filtering is lying: It is deceptive. It makes women feel badly about themselves. It makes young girls insecure and obsessed with an unattainable perfection. It makes middle-aged women and mothers feel insecure about themselves,” she continues. “This creates a false ideal for men....

April 30, 2025 · 1 min · 175 words · Mr. Jordan Gray

Bethenny Frankel Noticed ‘New Growth’ After a Month of Using These Hair-Thickening Products

If you hit links we provide, we may receive compensation. She religiously uses them to maintain thick, healthy strands. Bethenny Frankel knows a thing or two about beauty. Getty Images. And when it comes to haircare, Frankels philosophy focuses onhair health, specifically aroundpreventing hair loss. I found that hairgrowth supplementsdo work, she said. I did Nutrafol for a month, I think it works. Amazon The supplement in question, theNutrafol Women Hair Growth Supplement, is a favorite among peoplestruggling with hair loss....

April 30, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Amy Nelson

Biceps Curl Variations to Strengthen Your Upper Body for Any Fitness Level and Workout Need

So check your ego at that door and ensure every workout meets you where you’re at today. But the name doesn’t tell the full story. And that’s why this multifunctional exercise is a worthy addition to your upper-body workouts, she says. How to Do a Biceps Curl A.Stand with feet hip-width apart, knees softly bent. Hold a dumbbell in each hand with arms at sides, palms facing forward. Avoid swaying or using momentum to raise the dumbbells....

April 30, 2025 · 2 min · 287 words · Leah Weaver

Bicycles Aren't Just for Kids

(Watch the video below to see an interview with Penalosa.) The Portland, Oregon, park district uses tricycles in itscycling classesfor older adults. “They’re not just looking at their stamp collections. They are out and about more.” “But they are biking and walking more too,” he notes. “Boomers intend to keep their drivers' licenses but also their bikes. They want to have more mobility options and more fun in their golden years....

April 30, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · Francis Davis

Bikram Yoga: What to Know Before You Try It

Bikram yoga is hot yoga, but hotter. Maximize all the sweaty benefits with these expert tips. For one thing, don’t expect your instructor to demonstrate the moves. No matter where you practice, the dialogue between teacher and student stays the same. Every studio has a soft carpet, which is more forgiving to joints than hardwood floors underneath youryoga mat. “So if it stinks when you walk in, that’s good! It’s not dirt, but just sweat, which is what we want,” she says....

April 30, 2025 · 3 min · 442 words · Daniel Kirk

Billie Eilish Has Hypermobility — Here's What That Is

Billie Eilish is opening up about her evolvingrelationship with her body. Dealing with past injuries and misdiagnoses has impacted her body and how she feels about it. It’s something she also discussed in her documentary,Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry. Getty Images. “And then I got injured. I tore my growth plate in my hip, the bone separated from the muscle. It was the most depressing year of my life....

April 30, 2025 · 2 min · 310 words · Patrick Campbell

Billie Eilish Shared Her New Approach to Fitness: 'I'm a Gym Rat Now'

Eilish shared that she used to avoid working out, but now hits the gym daily. Billie Eilish is officially a newly-minted gym-goer. Like I’m a gym rat now, like when the [censored] did that happen? Photo: Getty Images I don’t know but it did. Because I lived like that for years." “Everything I’ve ever loved, I’ve had to quit,” shesays in the film. “I used to dance like 12 hours a week....

April 30, 2025 · 1 min · 168 words · Eric Myers

Bond Builders: The Secret to Repairing Damaged Hair, According to Experts

Get the healthy, strong hair you’ve always wanted. Today, bond builders are, thankfully, more accessible to the public. Here’s the science behind bond builders and how to tell if they’re right for you. What Are Bond Builders? As the name suggests, bond builders help repair hair bonds that become damaged over time. Why are hair bonds so crucial to maintain? Heat styling, color treatments, and even hair brushing can cause bonds to weaken or break over time....

April 30, 2025 · 2 min · 360 words · John Mcgee

Boston Is Putting Driverless Cars Through an Age-Friendly Road Test

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walshhas made such future planning a present-day priority. Boston’s AV program grew out ofGo Boston 2030, a larger transportation strategy conducted from 2015 to 2017. The bulk of those, Carter notes, were about self-driving cars. Bostonians' biggest concerns about the driverless future were safety and accessibility. “Number one, make the streets safer. Two, make the transportation system more reliable. And three, provide better transportation access for people....

April 30, 2025 · 2 min · 374 words · Mrs. Carol Thompson

Bradley Rose Almost Quit Fitness for Good — Until He Joined Peloton

How he recovered from a stroke in his 30s to become of the Peloton’s star instructors. “My parents have always been very liberal in the sense of ‘where do you want to go? What do you want to do? Photo: Courtesy of Peloton Try different things,'” says Rose. “So that’s always been sort of open to me. “That was sort of the big step into it.” It was there, in early 2019, that his life took a drastic, unexpected turn....

April 30, 2025 · 4 min · 643 words · Brian Green

Brain Health Glossary

The impairment is extensive enough to interfere with daily life. acetylcholine The neurotransmitter that supports normal brain and nerve function and behaviors including memory and learning. Imbalances in the level of acetylcholine play a role in some neurological disorders, including Alzheimers and Parkinsons. It has seen limited use after questions were raised about its safety and effectiveness. See also Leqembi (lecanemab). amyloid plaques The result of large accumulations of a naturally occurring protein, beta-amyloid, that form clusters....

April 30, 2025 · 5 min · 1053 words · Dale Miller

Breaking Free From The Body Comparison Trap

Seeing old photos of good times with friends should make me happy. I get that change is inevitable. That comparison is the thief of joy and all that. Breaking free from the body comparison trap is a common and complex problem that neuropsychologistDr. Sanam Hafeezhelps patients navigate in her practice. Here’s how to leave your past body in the past and love your present self. Rail-thin actresses permeated all the TV screens and magazines I spent so much time with....

April 30, 2025 · 2 min · 331 words · Kendra Murphy

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April 30, 2025 · 1 min · 18 words · Brandon Leblanc