Below is a post from Well+GoodNYC, a web site devoted to beauty, health, wellness in its many forms that we absolutely love. We’ve been pretty excited about hemp milk ourselves, so we thought this was a fun one to share. Have you tried hemp milk? Let us know in the comments!
First there was soy. Then the myriad nut varieties. And now there’s hemp—milk that is. It blasted into the mainstream last week when Dr. Oz picked it as his favorite milk alternative on his eponymous TV show. So should you be washing down your (vegan) cookies with this health elixir? We take a look.
Can you get a buzz with breakfast?
Hemp milk comes from the seeds of the cannabis plant which are pulverized and mixed with water—but no, it doesn’t contain any THC or the mind-altering fun of marijuana. That said, the very fact that hemp milk comes from, well, the hemp plant, can be problematic for manufacturers. Cathy Hearn, president of Living Harvest, says her company is active in campaigning for the legalization of hemp plants at the federal level because of the plant’s nutrition factor (and her brand’s sustainability, of course).
What are the health benefits?
Hemp milk is extremely high in hormone-regulating Omega 6 and anti-inflammatory Omega 3, fatty acids that we have to get in our diet. Dr. Oz has extolled hemp milk’s ability to help your brain—well, its cognitive function and memory—as well as for heart health.
Keep reading about the health benefits here. So what’s your favorite milk?
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Below is a post from Well+GoodNYC, a web site devoted to beauty, health, wellness in its many forms that we absolutely love. It reminded us of when we asked you “What Wouldn’t You Change” about your appearance. Be sure to share your thoughts about trend-busting celebrities in the comments, and tell us what you love about your own look that you’d leave alone!
We all know the look du jour in celebrity-land: wrinkle-free, poreless skin and whippet thin. But hark! There’s hope for Tinsel Town yet. A handful of starlets go their own way, bucking the beauty trends of their peers. Here are our favorite beauty iconoclasts in the biz.
Annette Benning: Embracing wrinkles with radiance
We have such a girl crush on Benning who was cast in her Oscar-nominated role in “The Kids Are All Right,” partly because she was vanity-free and willing to look her age (52). “We never had a wrinkle conversation,” the film’s director told The Wrap. “I just said, ‘I want the make-up to be super-modest,’ and that was the end of it.
Gisele Bundchen: Natural product promoter
The Brazilian bombshell took a whole lotta flack recently for calling sunscreen “poison“—a statement she later clarified, saying she really just prefers all-natural options. Controversy aside, we applaud the supermodel’s outspokenness when it comes to opting for natural skin-care products and makeup, like when she chose all-natural RMS cosmetics for a recent H&M campaign shoot.
See who else made the cut here, and be sure to weigh in, in the comments!
