Prevention

Prevention magazine gives you healthy solutions you can really live with. Every issue delivers the latest news and trends on health, food, and nutrition, family, fitness, and more!

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TIME TO PLAY!

YOUR DECEMBER TO-DO LIST • YOU’LL WANT TO CHECK THESE OFF ASAP

SEND YOUR HAIR TO REHAB • EXPERT TIPS FOR A HEALTHIER DO.

YOUR GOOD MORNING MEAL • MUNCH AND STAY FULL ’TIL LUNCH.

STRONGER SHOULDERS • If you’re slouching or a bit stiff, this exercise can help. With YTW Lifts, you move through three letter-shaped variations to strengthen the muscles between your shoulder blades, which will help improve both posture and upper-body mobility.

gifts to spark joy • Wellness picks for everyone on your list—including you!

AUTISM • No, the condition is not an epidemic—but misunderstandings about it are. Here are a few, as well as the truth about what it means to be neurodivergent in this way.

YOU’RE NEVER STUCK • At 57, Wendy Ida became a competitive bodybuilder. Now 73, she believes MINDSET IS EVERYTHING.

Should You Quit Coffee? • More than 100 million American adults drink it every day, even as a vague sense that it’s bad for us percolates in the background.

take back your SPACE • A reformed people pleaser, journalist Tamsen Fadal found the beauty in SETTING BOUNDARIES to save her energy for the things she cared most about. Read on for how she did it—and how you can too.

to nap or not to nap • You’ve heard that it can be detrimental to nighttime slumber, perpetuating insomnia—but then again, it feels so good and can recharge you for the rest of your day. As the debate rages, here’s how to decide whether taking a little midday snooze is right for you.

SNEEZING AFTER YOU EAT • If you feel as if you should order your meals with a side of tissues, here’s why.

Manage Your Blood Pressure • Here’s how to keep or bring your numbers down.

find freedom from stress • When you’ve been under extraordinary, prolonged pressure, the health consequences intensify. But even then you don’t have to be at the mercy of your emotions. Here’s how to set yourself up for a calmer existence, come what may.

I Thought It Was Bad Heartburn. It Wasn’t. • This lawyer was awoken at night by sudden attacks of severe pain in her upper abdomen.

EAT TO BEAT BLOAT • Retaining Lake Michigan? Try these foods to reduce water weight.

your dinner cheat sheet • Enjoying a delicious, nutritious meal doesn’t have to mean slogging through a sink full of dirty pots and skillets. Whip out this all-purpose baking pan to fix these crowd-pleasing recipes from the Prevention Test Kitchen.

Prevention

Stay Sharp • Fun ways to give your brain a little workout