08 Dec, 2024
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Here’s Why The TikTok Beef Tallow Skincare Trend (Probably) Won’t Give You Mad Cow Disease – Health Digest

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Yoss Sabalet/Getty Images Moo-ve over, retinol. TikTok has yet another skincare darling, and this one is fresh from the farm: beef tallow, which plenty of SkinTokkers revere as a moisturizer, tightener, brightener, firming cream, and all-around skin glow-up […]

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TikTok Says This Sit-Down Calf Pushup Exercise Can Boost Your Metabolism (But There’s A Big Caveat) – Health Digest

According to study author and professor of Health and Human Performance at the University of Houston, Marc Hamilton, what you’re working out while doing these seated calf pushups is something called the soleus muscle. In fact, it’s a muscle you’d work out in one of the best exercises to strengthen weak calves – calf raises. The […]

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TikTok Swears By The Alpha Bridge Sleep Technique For Catching Easy Zs. But Does It Work? – Health Digest

According to Erica Terblanche, this hack will even help you fall asleep on an airplane. It doesn’t matter if you’re sitting in a chair or lying down on a bed — all you need is to be in a comfortable position. Terblanche referred to it as “going over the alpha bridge.”  The hack has four steps. […]

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TikTok Shares 3 Easy Ways To Naturally Lower Your Cortisol Levels (But Do They Work? Here’s What We Know) – Health Digest

The first thing that Riley says helped reduce her cortisol levels was letting up on the intensity of her exercise. Rather than working out at a high intensity nearly every day of the week as she had previously been doing, the nutritionist swapped her high-intensity interval training (HIIT) classes for regular walks. The science seems […]

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Fitness Myths From TikTok You Should Immediately Stop Believing – Health Digest

If you love to dance, you should continue to dance for your health and your overall wellbeing. But don’t focus strictly on TikTok’s “weight loss dance,” because it just won’t yield results that you hope to see. This was popularized when a TikTok user posted a video of herself performing a now-viral dance that purports […]

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Dangerous Sex Myths From TikTok You Should Stop Believing – Health Digest

There are a number of online myths circulating about having sex during menstruation. These can range from it being considered “gross” to having it cause pain, fatigue, and muscle aches. In fact, a 2018 survey from Clue and the Kinsey Institute Condom Use Research Team showed that just 15% of women engage in sexual activity during their […]

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TikTok Says We Should Be Cleansing Our Lungs. Here’s What We Know – Health Digest

The American Lung Association says your lungs already cleanse themselves when you don’t expose them to air pollutants and smoke. While you can avoid smoke by quitting smoking, sometimes air pollutants like dust are hard to avoid. Most of the larger particles in the air get trapped by the small hairs in your nose. Blowing […]

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Is This Decadent TikTok Protein Dessert Actually Good For You? What To Consider – Health Digest

While whipped topping generally contains fewer calories and fat than whipped cream, this doesn’t mean you can ignore the other ingredients in this product, especially the hydrogenated oils and high-fructose corn syrup. The Great Value Whipped Topping that Coen uses has 0 trans fat even though it contains hydrogenated vegetable oil. This is likely because the oil is […]