health
The One Thing Everyone With a Health Hero Needs to Do Before Wednesday
If you know of a Philly-area health hero and you haven’t yet nominated them for this year’s Be Well Philly Health Hero Challenge, you’d better hop […]
The Checkup: The Body Part You Need to Start Properly Protecting From the Sun
• I’ll admit it, I am the biggest culprit when it comes to stocking up on cheap (but cute — I swear!) sunglasses so I don’t […]
The Checkup: Words for All the Emotions You’ve Never Been Able to Explain
• Humans are strange creatures and our brains are filled with all sorts of odd thoughts (“I wonder what Missy Elliot is doing today”) and emotions […]
The Checkup: How to Get Tons of Protein Into Your Diet — Without Eating Meat
• As a human who doesn’t eat meat, I get this question from friends, coworkers and near-strangers often: “I’m thinking of giving up meat. But […]
This Is Exactly How Many More Calories You Burn By Standing at Your Desk
If you’ve resourcefully fashioned a standing desk for yourself out of found materials — magazines, boxes, encyclopedias no one actually uses because the internet exists […]
The Checkup: Why You Should Stop Drinking Your Coffee Piping Hot, Stat
• Good news, coffee addicts of the world: Yesterday, the World Health Organization officially took coffee off of its list of possible carcinogens, which it’s been […]
Hate to Say It, But Gel Manicures Are Actually Really Bad for You
I can hear the pitchforked, gel-crazed riots already: “But gel lasts so much longer!” and “You don’t know anything about nails!” etc. Yes, gel manis do […]
Report: Cape May Among Worst New Jersey Counties for Kids’ Health, Wellbeing
A new report by the Newark-based nonprofit Advocates for Children of New Jersey puts three South Jersey counties at the bottom of a ranking that […]
The Checkup: 15 Foods to Help You Poop, Ranked From Best to Worst
• Poop is trending. Everyone does it, and everyone is talking about it, including us gals here at Be Well Philly — and apparently the editors […]
Proof We Should All Listen to Jillian Michaels: Standing Desks Offer Unexpected Perk
Okay, remember last month when fitness queen Jillian Michaels told us all to just stand the heck up more? Well, it turns out she was really on […]
The Checkup: The 10 Best Sunscreens (And the Ones You Should Throw Away)
• Every year, the Environmental Working Group puts out its much-anticipated ranking of the best sunscreens. Making the list of best sunscreens this year are […]
Nominate Your Health Hero: The 2016 Be Well Philly Health Hero Challenge Is On!
Attention, everyone! The Be Well Philly Health Hero Challenge is back for it’s fifth year, and we need to hear from you. We just opened […]
Ladies-Only Race Takes Over the Wissahickon Next Weekend
Who run the world? Girls. Or at least they run Philly in the See Chicks Run 5K/10K coming up Sunday, June 5th. The race is a […]
The Checkup: The Best Beers to Reach for If You’re Trying to Lose Weight
• Only about eight more hours ’til the freakin’ weekend, my dear friends! If you plan on kicking it off with a beer, but don’t […]
Um, This Is How Often You Should Really Be Washing Down There
Here’s a terrifying newsflash: Memorial Day—as in the official start of bikini season—is just 18 days from today. If you’re like me, this realization is […]