This low calorie smoothie is perfect for keeping in shape. Packed with pure, natural ingredients, this is an easy way to make greens taste delicious and cleanse the body. Pears are packed with soluble fibre to aid bowel health and cleanse the body. Melon is hydrating, while leafy greens are packed with energising magnesium and B vitamins. Perfect for keeping your body clean from toxins.
If you’re after more Nutribullet smoothie recipes, we’ve got plenty that will help you get your five-a-day, as well as keep slim if you’re drinking them as part of a weight-loss plan. Make sure you add liquid to the line – if you don’t add enough, the Nutribullet won’t be able to blitz your ingredients properly. In order for it to work properly, there needs to be enough liquid, so it’s essential that you add either nut milks, coconut milk or even a little water or juice to your smoothie.
This smoothie will work just as nicely with some fresh apple juice, if you wanted to make it a little more fruity and don’t fancy using coconut milk. Make sure you use a kind that’s not from concentrate though, as it will be packed full of sugar. This is something you want to avoid if you’re trying to stay healthy and want to stay on track.
Make this low calorie Nutribullet smoothie as a healthy breakfast or a mid-afternoon snack – it comes together in just minutes and will help you stay full for longer and get some much needed vitamins and nutrients into your system.
Blitz all the ingredients for around 1 minute until you reach smoothie consistency. Drink immediately.
Only 2 percent of contact lens wearers actually follow the rules when it comes to keeping their eyes clean, while more than 80 percent of people think they do, according to a new study published in the journal Optometry and Vision Science.
Problems resulting from improper care include pink eye, corneal ulcers, and E. coli infections that can rob victims of their vision—or even their eyes.
"We see patients all the time with pseudomonas ulcers, gray green pus, they go blind," study researcher Dwight Cavanagh, a clinical professor of ophthalmology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, told National Public Radio. "We see amoeba infections from people showering in their contacts, going swimming in lakes. These infections are horrible."
Yikes! Don’t let an infection like that happen to you. Follow these rules to keep your peepers squeaky clean:
Always use soap and water to wash your hands and dry your hands with a lint-free towel before handling lenses
Discard your old lenses and start a new pair when you are supposed to (based on the schedule given to you by your eye care professional)
When cleaning your lenses, rub your lenses with your fingers and then rinse them with the solution (even if you have "no-rub" solution)
Tomorrow (Friday, Jan. 22) is gearing up to be a big day: In addition to marking the 43rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, there’s also a massive blizzard brewing that’s forecasted to dump feet of snow along much of the East Coast. This perfect storm has led to the creation of a clever—and potentially powerful—Twitter hashtag: #SnowvWade.
The name originated on Facebook, where user Brian French commented on a post about the snowstorm from Capital Weather Gang, writing, “So a potential blizzard on Jan. 22 with the possibility of coastal flooding? I hereby name this system Snow v. Wade.”
From there, people started using the hashtag #SnowvWade to tweet about preparing for the impending snowmageddon and national shovel shortages. A few anti-choice activists also began using the hashtag alongside their comments in support for DC’s annual March for Life, which will coincide with the arrival of the blizzard—and may ultimately have to be canceled as a result of the snowstorm.
Pro-choice activists quickly re-claimed the hashtag for their own, though, and on Wednesday evening, (Jan. 20), Rachel Perrone, the Communications Director of DC-based Reproductive Health Reality Check, tweeted a brilliant suggestion: “How ‘bout we pledge a few bucks to @DCAbortionFund for every inch we get.”
Thinking on ways to mark #snowvwade. How 'bout we pledge a few bucks to @DCAbortionFund for every inch we get.
Others quickly started tweeting their support for the idea and suggested expanding the movement to encourage people everywhere to pledge to donate $2 or $10 or $15 per inch of snow to their own local abortion fund. Naturally, abortion fund organizations across the country soon joined in to welcome the sudden flurry of #SnowvWade donation pledges.
Putting myself down for $2 for each inch to @DCAbortionFund and @BaltimoreFund (up to 15 inches of snow) #snowvwade
Some hashtag users also pointed out that the storm could potentially bar access to abortion clinics in a large number of states, creating extra demand for the services provided by abortion funds and urging others to join in for the spontaneous pledge drive.
Y’all. This storm is going to hugely impact abortion access in a huge swath of the country for weeks. 100% truth. We shut down. #snowvwade
Patients are going to miss appointments due to this weather. Rescheduling is more expensive. Let's take care of them during #snowvwade
When the Supreme Court handed down its landmark ruling in the case of Roe v. Wade on January 22, 1973, they determined that the right to privacy extends to a person’s right to make their own medical decisions when it comes to abortion, and that the ability to choose whether or not to have children—without interference from strangers—is a constitutional right.
But despite the fact that Roe v. Wade is still the law of the land, politicians and anti-choice activists have worked to dramatically erode abortion rights at both the state and federal level over the last 43 years.
In 2007, the Supreme Court upheld a federal ban on certain types of abortions, making abortion care access more difficult for many women, and just last year—on the anniversary of Roe V. Wade—the House passed anti-abortion legislation that would have restricted federal funding for abortion care. (A year later, it still hasn’t passed in the senate.)
"Despite the fact that Roe V. Wade is still the law of the land, politicians and anti-choice activists have worked to dramatically erode abortion rights at both the state and federal level over the last 43 years."
Nearly 400 anti-abortion bills were introduced in the U.S. in 2015, and in many Southern states, it’s so difficult to get abortion care that the procedure is now practically, if not officially illegal. For example, thanks to the controversial HB2 in Texas (the law Wendy Davis famously filibustered), which requires abortion care clinics to follow strict, difficult-to-adhere-to regulations, only 18 of 40 clinics remained open in a state with nearly 27 million people as of June, leading to a dramatic rise in dangerous, DIY abortions in the state.
This whole debate may soon come to an end, though. In November, the Supreme Court agreed to rule on the validity of HB2 in the case of Whole Woman’s Health v. Cole. The ruling will effectively either uphold or completely undermine Roe v. Wade, since it will set a precedent for whether states may continue placing an “undue burden” on a person who wishes to exercise their constitutional right to choose to end a pregnancy. The case is expected to be argued in March, and huge numbers of abortion rights groups and activists have flooded the Supreme Court with briefs urging them to uphold the right to choose.
#SnowvWade is a great reminder that our rights are not irrevocable, and that if we want to hold onto them, we’ll have to stand up and fight. Or, in this particular case, stay in—preferably under a massive pile of blankets with a mug of hot cocoa—and fight.
Even though Jeni Stepien’s dad couldn't be with her on her wedding day, he was still present—and not just in spirit. Jeni was walked down the aisle by Arthur Thomas, the 74-year old retired college counselor who received her father’s heart in a transplant close to a decade ago, according to the The New York Times.
Following her engagement to Paul Maenner last October, Jeni wrote to Arthur, asking if he would share her big day by walking her down the aisle. After floating the idea by his own daughter, he whole-heartedly obliged. Though the two families had written emails, sent Christmas cards, and made phone calls to one another for years, they didn't officially meet until Jeni's rehearsal dinner.
As he walked her down the aisle, Arthur told her to grab his wrist so she could feel her dad’s pulse beating. “I felt wonderful about bringing her dad’s heart to Pittsburgh,” Arthur told The New York Times. “If I had to, I would’ve walked [from New Jersey].”
How to organize your handbag so you never spend frantic seconds digging around for your cell phone or wallet again
1. A big handbag with no compartments encourages you to carry more stuff. Go for a smaller style with dividers and pockets, or invest in a purse organizer like Pouchee or Purseket.
2. Rotate your bags. Frequently switching up your daily purse forces you to edit its contents regularly.
3. Use travel pouches or even small freezer bags to keep related items together (e.g., phone chargers and earbuds) and to hold would-be debris, like gum and hair ties.