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When I was 37 and the mother of an adorable four-year-old whose life revolved around Peppa Pig, pesto pasta and soft play, a psychologist told me I had an “alcohol use disorder”.I liked the sound of the word because it sounded medically treatable, not like something I was accidentally catching, like a virus. But most of all, I liked the word because it didn’t have the same embarrassing ring to it as “alcoholism.”In contrast, a diagnosis of “alcohol use disorder” was one I could support. A couple of weeks of sobriety and a few more intensive therapy sessions would almost…

America’s Test Kitchen’s cookbook, “Gatherings: Casual-Fancy Meals to Share,” is packed with recipes perfect for your Fourth of July barbecue. (Photo: Getty Images) Life, liberty, and the pursuit of grilled happiness: these are some of our undeniable culinary rights on the Fourth of July. There are three Independence Day dishes that I always include on my menu this holiday: a perfectly grilled protein (beef or chicken), tasty potatoes, and seasonal fruit served with ice cream. I was getting hungry when I saw the game plan, “Summertime and the Grilling is Easy,” from America’s Test Kitchen’s “Gatherings: Casual-Fancy Meals to Share.”…

Aging shows up in many ways—crow’s feet, fine lines, sagging skin—but wrinkled skin is the most troubling of all. It looks and feels fragile and thin. Plus, because wrinkles tend to appear over large areas of the body, the products you use to treat them need to be powerful (and come in small, expensive bottles). Luckily, you can now get a big bottle of a cream that shoppers have been raving about for years for its anti-aging benefits, all at a bargain price. Naturewell Clinical Retinol Advanced Moisture Cream is just $16 at Amazon, with a 2x discount (regularly $25).AmazonThis…

Gage Skidmore/Flickr | Insert photo: Evan El-Amin/Shutterstock.com Paula White Cain, president of Paula White Ministries and senior pastor of City of Destiny Church in Florida, spoke at the recent Faith & Freedom Coalition’s “Path to the Majority” conference at the Washington Hilton, where she shared her experience as a spiritual advisor to former President Donald Trump. Speaking to the group at the conference, she said her decades-long relationship with Trump began long before he even considered running for president. She revealed that Trump had complimented her on a sermon she had given him. “At the end of the sermon, he…

In celebration of International Pineapple Day, Dole Packaged Foods has announced the Dole Can-It Pineapple Snacks Hackathon, a three-week competition that challenges canned pineapple fans to reinvent the timeless staple and create their own snack recipes. Each week participants will be asked to submit their best creations based on a different theme, with all entrants entering for a chance to win prizes culminating in the naming of a Snack Hack Grand Prize Winner.The Dole Can-It Pineapple Snacks Hackathon follows on from the recipe competition Dole spearheaded in 1925 that popularized Pineapple Upside-Down Cake and aims to find the next irresistible…

La Mecha Contemporary’s new solo exhibition, “Breath Body Water,” features the work of artist Tauna Cole.The exhibition will have an opening reception on Thursday, June 27th from 6-9pm and will close on July 20th.Cole combines yoga with her art practice.She will perform a performance combining breathing and painting at La Mecha Contemporary, 3803 Frutas Ave., on July 20 at 2 p.m.A news release states: “Over time, the embodied practice of visualizing her breath while meditating helped her develop a new formal language that was quite different from her years of representational painting and drawing. Meditation taught her to work on…

Tailwind Nutrition has announced its latest limited edition flavor, Blueberry Lemonade Endurance Fuel, developed in partnership with online nutrition marketplace The Feed. Tailwind Nutrition Endurance Fuel is a sports nutrition drink mix that combines calories, electrolytes and hydration for athletes, which Tailwind says means no more gels, chewy candies, bars or salt tablets. The recommended serving contains 50g carbohydrate, 620mg sodium, calcium, potassium and magnesium. It’s designed to be mixed with water for a clear, easy-to-consume drink during training or racing without upsetting the stomach. The limited-edition Blueberry Lemonade flavor is available in a four-serving stick pack for $10. It’s…

CLEVELAND — Cleveland Clinic has developed an official wellness app in collaboration with FitNow Inc. that features health/diet tips and food and fitness tracking. What you need to know The Cleveland Clinic has an official wellness app with health/diet tips and food and fitness tracking. Like other wellness apps, users are asked a variety of questions about their current health and fitness habits and goals, after which they are presented with personalized information. The difference is that this app includes the opinions of health experts from the Cleveland Clinic, recently ranked the second best hospital in the world for the…

We’re crazy about cooking in our house, and almost everything we eat comes from a farmers’ market somewhere. We have amazing summer produce available, and it’s heavenly. The fresh, flavorful tastes of ripe, in-season fruits and vegetables make cooking fun and easy.Take greenhouse-grown tomatoes, for example: in winter they require a lot of work to bring out their flavor, whereas summer-ripened tomatoes only need a sprinkle of salt and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.While it doesn’t have to be that simple, our summer first courses here aren’t overly complicated: They’re inspired by Italian favorites bruschetta and panzanella, made…

Many adults Take a daily multivitamin The hope is that it will improve your health, but new research is calling its usefulness into question.In a study published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open, researchers analyzed data from nearly 400,000 healthy U.S. adults followed for more than 20 years and found no association between regular multivitamin intake and a reduced risk of death. The study, led by researchers at the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health, noted that the participants in the study were generally healthy and that further research is needed in nutritionally underserved populations. “What we’re seeing…