Inhoudsopgave van September 2020 - Shape

Shoes That Close the Loop The newest plant-based materials are a giant stride in making sneakers biodegradable for after you’ve run them into the ground. Reebok’s Forever Floatride Grow performance runner (top, available this fall, $120, reebok.com) is a garden of green innovations, with a midsole made of castor beans, a sock liner incorporating algae foam, an upper fabricated with eucalyptus tree fibers, and a natural rubber outsole. Eucalyptus fibers—and sugarcane—also figure in the mix of Allbirds’s the Dasher ($125, allbirds.com), an eco running shoe that uses the brand’s signature merino wool makeup. SHOP IT! Click here to shop products on these pages. Beauty Sleep for Your Teeth Celebrity dentist Jennifer Jablow created Intelliwhite Brite Defense Gentle Nightly Brightening Serum ($23, hsn.com) with plaque-repelling xylitol and whitening peroxide to prevent…

For the powerhouse tennis star who won the U.S. Open in 2017, feeling strong and energized starts with quality alone time. “I spend so much of my day with other people that I need to reset and recharge my battery. Otherwise, I get a little grumpy,” Sloane Stephens says. “When I have this quiet time, I’m a more positive and productive person to be around. It’s a win-win for everyone.” Beauty treatments are one of her favorite solo escapes because she feels extra confident and pretty afterward. “I’ll spend 10 minutes in the massage chair, do a face mask, or book a brow appointment or manicure,” says Stephens, who adds that moving her body—whether that’s a full-blown workout or a chill walk—also makes her feel and look her best. “Afterward,…

What’s the No. 1 thing you want people to know about their GI health? You are what you eat. Your diet helps control the diversity and stability of your microbiome. If you eat a plant-based diet, studies show you are going to have a healthier microbiome with less inflammation and a lower risk of diseases like cancer. Also, you need to know your family history of disease, particularly cancer. Colon cancer is one of the most common cancers in the U.S. If a family member had it, you are at heightened risk and should be screened, potentially at a younger age and more often than those without a family history. How important is exercise in the equation? It’s a key strategy for maintaining GI health and preventing diseases like…

“Working toward a goal to achieve change in the world that is necessary—that definitely gives me strength.”—Kimberly Seals Allers IT WAS HER OWN bad experience during the birth of her first child 20 years ago that would motivate Kimberly Seals Allers to become a maternal health advocate. Her mission: To uproot discrimination against women of color in prenatal care and maternity wards to help combat their higher mortality rates in childbirth. “What’s happening to Black women when they’re pregnant is part of the racism that we know everybody is fighting against,” Seals Allers says. Her new Irth initiative (birthwithoutbias.com) crowdsources data in a user-friendly app, debuting September 28. Mothers-to-be can then choose hospitals and physicians based on their record of treatment of patients of color. (The name Irth is…

My goal in life is to get people to eat more vegetables,” chef Amanda Cohen says. “For me, it’s about the glory of the vegetables and how delicious they are. When cooking vegetables, there are endless possibilities. I love selling people on them.” But when she opened Dirt Candy in New York in 2008, that task wasn’t easy. “Everyone was like, ‘Why would you dedicate a restaurant to vegetables? That’s crazy,’” she says. “We just wanted to serve really good food and make the dining experience fun. Those things are what convinced people that vegetables could be delicious.” Being small and scrappy was also an advantage. “At first, the restaurant was so tiny—we had almost no storage,” Cohen says. “Every dish was based on vegetables we could get at the…

THE FOOD MAVEN Ayesha Curry, 31, a mom of three (daughters Riley, 8, and Ryan, 5, and son Canon, 2), knows that food has the power to draw people together and bring good into the world. She and her husband, NBA star Stephen Curry, created a foundation that aims to end childhood hunger. It has provided meals in Oakland, California, to those in need during the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, Curry has built a thriving lifestyle brand from her passion for cooking and feeding others. Fresh off the launch of her new magazine, Sweet July, with her second cookbook, The Full Plate, out this fall, she shares what drives her. She inherited the hustle. “My mom was a hairstylist and a business owner for 40 years. Watching…

BE WATERPROOF DENDY E. ENGELMAN, M.D. Dermatologist MONA GOHARA, M.D. Dermatologist ELIZABETH K. HALE, M.D. Dermatologist MICHELLE HENRY, M.D. Dermatologist MELISSA KANCHANAPOOMI LEVIN, M.D. Dermatologist ELLEN MARMUR, M.D. Dermatologist NEAL SCHULTZ, M.D. Dermatologist RON ROBINSON Cosmetic chemist GITA BASS Makeup artist PORSCHE COOPER Makeup artist NUNZIO SAVIANO Hairstylist BE STRONG + WELL JEN WIDERSTROM Consulting Shape fitness director, trainer, life coach NICOLE KEITH, PH.D. President, American College of Sports Medicine ADAM ROSANTE Strength and nutrition coach CEDRIC X. BRYANT, PH.D. President, American Council on Exercise JORDAN METZL, M.D. Sports medicine physician MICHELE OLSON, PH.D. Clinical professor of sport science SHAUN T Celebrity trainer ALEX SILVER-FAGAN Nike Master Trainer HARLEY PASTERNAK Celebrity trainer JAY WRIGHT Trainer, studio owner CARRIE PAGLIANO Clinical specialist in orthopedics CHRISTINE CARTER, PH.D. Sociologist ANATE AELION…

Cobalt Blue Eyeliner When you need to feel your sharpest, focus on a bright, alert eye. “Cobalt blue enhances any eye color,” says makeup artist and Shape Brain Trust member Porsche Cooper (that’s her handwriting). Line your waterline with a black pencil to add dimension. Then trace your lower lash line with blue liner, and flick it up and out when you reach the outer corner for a widening, reverse cat-eye effect. Use a dense shadow brush to pack matching shadow over top. “This sets the liner to stop it from smudging and keeps it vibrant,” Cooper says. Add two coats of black mascara. Now give your skin a dewy finish: Pat a liquid highlighter like Kevyn Aucoin Glass Glow Face and Body Gloss in Crystal Clear ($32,…

I could never find products that helped my really sensitive skin and thick, curly hair,” says Erica Douglas, a cosmetic chemist, a founder of mSeed, and the brain behind @sisterscientist on Instagram. Then she discovered the world of cosmetic chemistry, and it gave her the power to create her own solutions. But it wasn’t easy: Douglas worked for years in research and development for a beauty brand, after which she got her M.B.A., so she could start mSeed, a manufacturing company that helps brands formulate and market beauty products. Now, Douglas and her team focus on creating hair and skin products for one of the buzziest categories: clean beauty. Definitions of clean vary from brand to brand, but Douglas puts her trust in safe, effective ingredients. “I use as many…

How you set the intensity of your reps can help strengthen not just the muscles you see in the mirror but also one behind the scenes that provides power—namely, your heart. In a recent American Council on Exercise (ACE) study, former nonexercisers who did six weeks of heavier lifting, using weights they could perform only five reps with, got as strong or stronger than those who did 10 reps with moderate weights, and they were the only group who significantly lowered their blood pressure and LDL (“bad”) cholesterol. That translates to a fitter ticker. “Plus, these results took less than half the time to accomplish than with the moderate-intensity training,” says Cedric X. Bryant, Ph.D., the chief science officer for ACE. Another intensity play that pays off: doing as-fast-as-possible reps.…

THE MUSCLE-IMMUNITY CONNECTION You might think of them as simple generators of brute force, but as your muscles contract, they are also pumping out numerous proteins into the bloodstream, some of which behave as hormones. That infusion can have a cascade effect on your immunity, and the latest science shows it’s pretty powerful medicine. GETTING THAT PROTECTIVE EFFECT A recent study in the journal Aging Cell found that people who bicycled regularly throughout their lives had more plentiful immune cells thanks to their muscle quotient. “They maintained muscle mass, and that active muscle produces hormones that maintain the size of the thymus—the organ that produces T cells—which normally shrinks with age,” says one of the lead authors, Janet Lord, Ph.D., an immunology professor at the University of Birmingham in England.…

All About Oils THIS IS YOUR GO-TO You need only two types of oil, Norris says. First: a neutral-tasting oil with a high smoke point, which conducts heat and lets the other flavors in a dish shine through. Norris likes grapeseed oil, which she uses for roasting, searing meats, and whisking into salad dressing. AND THIS IS YOUR FINISHER A drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil intensifies finished dishes, adding body plus fruity and peppery notes. Try it with pastas, soups, and even desserts. “Citrus and chocolate are great drizzled with olive oil, as are raw fruits like peaches,” Norris says. NOW, MAKE YOUR OWN FLAVORED OILS They add a light essence to a dish without overpowering it, Norris says. Start with the easy variations here. Fresh Moves With…

COCONUT-CINNAMON COFFEE FRAPPÉ Put 1¼ cups ice cubes, ¾ cup strong coffee, cooled (or cold brew), ½ cup unsweetened coconut milk, 2 teaspoons pure maple syrup, and ¼ teaspoon cinnamon in a blender, and puree until ice is pulverized and drink is frothy. Immediately pour into a tall glass, and top with 1 teaspoon unsweetened toasted coconut and 1 teaspoon shaved dark chocolate. More Creative Ways to Use Coffee MAKE IT CREAMY DREAMY Pour a shot of hot espresso over a scoop or two of vanilla ice cream to make an affogato, and enjoy immediately. FREEZE JAVA CUBES Just use your regular ice trays. Then add the cubes to drinks to give them a more robust coffee flavor.…

The moment I step onto a tennis court, I lose all nervousness, as if I’m a warrior. I tried every sport under the sun as a kid, but none spoke to me like tennis. Power play In a match, you are alone, battling to achieve your goal not only physically but mentally. It’s time just for me—not as a mom or a wife but a woman who, when she has that fuzzy little ball in her hand, can hit the crap out of it and feel rejuvenated. Rematch I hung up my racket after high school, but then I started playing seriously again about nine years ago. Before my mother passed away, whenever I wasn’t with her in the hospital, I was on the tennis court. For two days a…

What Makes Us Strong The object you see me resting my hands on, above, is a 16-kilogram kettlebell (that’s 35 pounds, for those of us not schooled in the metric system). This, along with a few sets of 20-plus-pound dumbbells, has been my go-to piece of home workout gear these past months. I like to exercise with weights, and when gyms were no longer open, I ordered some equipment. Apparently, so did everyone else, because lighter weights were pretty much sold out. I opted for the heavier ones and was pleasantly surprised by how quickly I saw and felt results. In fact, I was certain one of my cats had lost weight, because he felt so much lighter after a few weeks of lifting and swinging a weight load…

Five-minute Color Booster A color-depositing mask, like the Garnier Nutrisse Color Reviver ($8, garnierusa.com) brightens your current hue while you’re in the shower—no gloves, no mess—and adds extra shine and hydration thanks to conditioning avocado oil and vitamin E. “After you shampoo, squeeze out excess water and apply a dollop of tint. Then comb through to distribute evenly,” says Patty Slattery, a hair-color expert for Garnier. “Leave it on for five minutes or up to 10 for even more visible color.” You can repeat every two weeks. Two-second Strengthener An out-of-the-shower treatment—one you don’t even have to wet your hair for—is the swiftest fix of all. “Target damage by applying a pea-size amount of the Authentic Beauty Concept Replenish Balm [$28, ulta.com] once hair is dry,” says Mara Roszak, a…

As the weather cools, lasers at dermatologist offices are heating up. The main reason: This is an ideal time for a laser treatment. Right now, you’re less likely to get as much intense sun exposure, which is especially dangerous to skin postprocedure because of the skin’s temporarily weakened barrier, says Paul Jarrod Frank, M.D., a cosmetic dermatologist in New York. Another potential factor? Our new normal. “Now that some patients have more flexible work-from-home schedules, the downtime that comes with a laser treatment seems doable to more people,” Dr. Frank says. There’s one laser in particular that has earned its status as the office’s workhorse: Fraxel. It’s so good at evening out tone, fading scars, shrinking pores, and plumping skin that dermatologists turn to it for most of their…

Every woman deserves good sexual health and a robust sex life,” says Jessica Shepherd, M.D., an ob-gyn and a gynecologic surgeon at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas and the founder of Her Viewpoint, a social media forum for women to discuss topics like sex and menopause. “Yet in the medical field, women’s health is often put on the back burner. Even today, innovations and treatments that affect women take significantly longer to get approved than those for men do.” For Black women, the situation is worse. There are inequalities in care and treatment, Dr. Shepherd says. Black women are more likely to get conditions like fibroids and to have worse outcomes. And the medical field tends to be white and male. Black female physicians make up less…

RECOVERY SHOES THAT GO IN THE SPIN CYCLE These Oofos Oolala flip-flops have a supercushiony footbed that supports arches and reduces strain on ankles, plus their closed-cell foam makes them bacteria resistant. Wipe them down or toss them in a cold wash. ($60, oofos.com) A BUG-REPELLENT MAT Cork is naturally antimicrobial, so do all the sweaty Ashtanga you want on Corc Yoga’s sustainable Renew Mat. Its surface will help combat whatever you’ve touched or traipsed on—substances within kill various bacteria. ($175, corcyoga.com) A DEEP-CLEANING SWIG Thanks to a rechargeable UVC light built into its cap, the Larq Bottle zaps nearly 100 percent of bacteria and viruses that can lurk if you don’t rinse your water bottle thoroughly. It’s insulated too, so H20 stays cold for 24 hours. ($95 and…

I was raised in a home where cakes and cookies were loved, not feared,” says pastry chef Angela Garbacz. With that at-titude, but a dairy intolerance to contend with, Garbacz put her food science degree to use by learning how to bake confections she could indulge in. When she started to blog about the process, she found an audience clamoring for her recipes. “I realized there was a huge hole in the market,” she says. In 2015, Garbacz opened her all-women-run bakery, Goldenrod Pastries, in Lincoln, Nebraska, where she sells delectable vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free dough-nuts, cakes, pies, and cookies. “Our baked goods aren’t just for people with dietary restrictions,” Garbacz says. “Everyone can enjoy them.” Here, she shares how a little treat can be healthy. You’ve said…

By Pam O’Brien Food is a powerful tool, says Angela Odoms-Young, Ph.D., a professor of kinesiology and nutrition at the University of Illinois College of Applied Health Sciences. “A healthy diet helps support your immune system and reduces inflammation. That’s critical because inflammation and immune function play an important role in chronic conditions and infectious diseases like COVID-19.” Equally important is the role eating plays in bringing us together. “Food is community,” Odoms-Young says. “Our most significant memories include eating. Food means someone cares about you. That’s why people who don’t have good food options in their neighborhoods feel so forgotten.” At a time when we need to bridge what divides us, here are the things you can do to eat better—and feed the changes that make everyone healthier. TAKE…

THE TAKE-CHARGE STAR When Ruby Rose isn’t starring as superhero like Batwoman on TV, she’s launching into action to help others. The model, actor, champion of youth mental health, and LGBTQ advocate talks about using rest time to power up for what’s next. She’s letting her walls down. “The strongest part of me isn’t my tattoos or shaved head or being outspoken or playing a superhero or being in action films. Vulnerability—that’s true strength. I know I need to be vulnerable if I’m getting defensive. I have to take a breath and say, Hold on. What is the fear? Is it that you want to be liked? Are you worried you’ll be taken the wrong way? When I determine what the fear is, I can come to the issue with…

THE ORGANIC ENTREPRENEUR Years of modeling made Australia native Miranda Kerr a seriously sharp entrepreneur. She created the Kora Organics line of skin-care products and Love. Joy. Bliss furniture by Miranda Kerr Home. The mom of three—Flynn, 9, with actor Orlando Bloom; and Hart, 2, and Myles, 1 in October, with husband Evan Spiegel (the Snap CEO)—shares what she’s made of. Healthy mornings launch her day. “I wake up at 5:30 a.m. and have 32 ounces of filtered water with lemon, 32 ounces of celery juice, and a heavy metal detox smoothie. I’ve been doing kriya yoga meditation for years, along with yoga stretches. Then a shower and self-care with Kora products. I’m done before the kids wake up, and I’m ready for my day.” Motherhood pushes her. “Being…