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!

We Are 70!

PULSE

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20-Minute Meal Under $10 • Grilled Chicken With Smoky Corn Salad

SUPER SALADS • As the meal on page 12 demonstrates, the best salads are more than just lettuce. Get creative with your veggie fix and try these other yummy salad ideas.

HIP STRENGTHENER • The Monster Walk is a great way to support strong hips because it trains both flexors (front) and extensors (back) and gives you a bonus booty boost by targeting your glutes.

Your At-Home Shape-Up Routine • Are you getting a little sick of your walking route or the same workout videos? African dance routines are a fun way to get exercise.

SMOOTH, HAPPY SKIN

JOIN THE NEXT VIRTUAL WALK! • On October 3, people from around the world will walk a 5K with us on their own time, at their own pace, in their own locations. Here are the many ways you can be a part of our community!

YOU CAN DO IT!

FIND NEW ENERGY • Prevention and the Global Wellness Institute are focusing on the idea of renewal this month as part of The Wellness Moonshot: A World Free of Preventable Disease. Here’s what it can mean for you.

Natural Benefits of Garlic • Garlic has been used therapeutically for more than 5,000 years. In fact, it was used as an antiseptic during the two World Wars! Its main antimicrobial compound is allicin, produced when fresh garlic is chopped or crushed, says Sierra Goncharoff, a naturopathic doctor and a resident at the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, OR. She shares a few home uses.

Decode the Beauty Aisle

THE BEST OF WELLNESS • You don’t need to jet off on a retreat to get the health-boosting, soul-enriching benefits of a more wellness-focused life. We tried dozens of affordable products in a wide range of categories and asked: Is this really going to make a difference? Is it worth a place in our homes and yours? The result is this collection of 29 items designed to give a lift to your physical, mental, and environmental wellness.

MENTAL

ENVIRONMENTAL

PHYSICAL

Meet Your Glutes • The cushion to your sit bones is the seat of your body’s posture and power.

Muscle Cramps

6 Secrets to Better Sleep • If your sleep quality has taken a nosedive in the past several months, you’re not alone. Here’s how to get the kind of sleep you dream about—or would, if only your dreams weren’t so strange these days. More on that too!

WHAT’S WITH THE CRAZY DREAMS?

70 YEARS of the Best Health Advice • Since 1950, Prevention has been openminded about wellness—and serious about health. Here’s a look back at our legacy and the ideas that have stood the test of time. We’re thinking about the future too—what will the next several decades bring? Here’s to 70 more years of good health!

WISDOM THROUGH THE YEARS • GREAT MOMENTS AND RULES TO LIVE BY…STILL

THIS WAS A BIG DEAL! • SOME OF OUR HEALTH ADVICE HAS, SHALL WE SAY, FALLEN OUT OF FAVOR—EVEN IDEAS WE WERE REALLY INTO:

BY THE NUMBERS

PAST PREDICTIONS: WERE WE RIGHT? • OVER THE YEARS, WE’VE MADE SOME THOUGHTFUL—OFTEN HOPEFUL—GUESSES ABOUT THE FUTURE OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS. SOMETIMES WE WERE AMAZINGLY PRESCIENT; OTHERS, NOT SO MUCH.

WHAT’S NEXT IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS? • PREDICTIONS ARE NOTORIOUSLY TRICKY—STILL, WE COULDN’T HELP BUT TRY. HERE’S WHAT A FEW OF OUR ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS SEE FOR THE FUTURE.

5 Myths About Addiction • Substance abuse disorder and other addictions can be devastating, and these oft-repeated falsehoods don’t help.

Posture Fixers

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