Part of staying healthy is staying in the know and keeping up to date on what’s going on in the world around us. If you’re on the go and still want to keep up with what’s trending, we’re here to help! Here are the top links of the day in bite-size pieces.
Is Your Workout Ruining Your Skin? (via Well + Good)
Exercise obviously does more good than harm, but it can sometimes lead to excessive sweating and breakouts. If you want to protect your skin while working out, these are some great tips. Mostly, make sure to go into your workout makeup free and don’t let the sweat sit on your skin for too long.
9 Ways Your Body is Trying to Tell You That Your Diet Stinks (via Huffington Post)
Whether you are trying out a new diet, or not dieting at all, it is important to listen to your body. Whatever you are eating, you may not be getting enough nutrients, and your body has many ways of telling you something is up. Even if you are trying to lose weight for some occasion, if your body is telling you it isn’t happy, you should listen.
15 Ways to Start Working Out Before the New Year (via Buzzfeed)
If you are one of those people who always talks about wanting to work out, but never actually starts because you claim to have no time, that excuse will only last for so long. These are all great exercise routines that can be done in as little as 5 minutes, but will still do a lot to help you get in shape. If you workout already, they can help you add some new things to your routine.
Paleo Diets Tops Most Googled Diets of 2013 (via Huffington Post)
According to Google searches, the diet the most people looked up in 2013 was the Paleo Diet. This diet definitely took off this year, and many people have started eating like our caveman ancestors. Also at the top of the list were searches for a bunch of fad diets based mostly around liquids. At least none of these were number 1, but people really should avoid doing these cleanses, and just eat clean, whole foods like the paleo diet suggests instead.
If Santa Claus Had an Instagram (via Buzzfeed)
Buzzfeed has been making a lot of fake Instagrams and Facebooks for fictional holiday icons lately, and I think this is some of their best work. There is not a doubt in my mind that Santa would totally participate in Selfie Sunday. I’m also a huge fan of Czech Republic puns. Czech out this post for sure.
The paleo diet is delicious – so of course it was googled the most! I definitely contributed to that googling! ha!