When you look at the term bouquet garni, you immediately think of marriage, right? Wrong! This type of bouquet is actually made from various herbs and used in culinary preparations. It can be the differential to take your kitchen out of boredom and innovate at the time of seasoning. Despite the difficult name and French origin, don’t be alarmed, it ...

Those who have newborn children know that leaving the house with the baby is an arduous task, as you have to take a little bit of everything so that the walk is smooth and pleasant. This is essential so that you can enjoy moments with the little ones without having any kind of unforeseen. See a list of 10 items ...

“You have to trust yourself” and “you have to accept other people’s opinions”: two pieces of advice we hear all the time and which, if looked at closely, can seem opposites. After all, is the best way to have unshakable self-esteem or to take into account the criticisms of those around us? As you can imagine, the answer is that ...

Calm down girls! Today I’m not going to talk about diets, eating disorders or healthy eating… This is a subject for the other columns. I would like to share with you a characteristic that I have: I am a gluttonous woman! I confess that I also eat a lot, but this is not the case. I want it all! I’m ...

With the advent of social networks updated in real time by their users, the dynamics of human relationships has been modified at the same speed with which people log into their Facebook accounts. The popularization of this type of tool has made life a lot easier for those who are looking for a job, or want to sell a good, ...

To keep the house always in order, it is important to keep everything in its place. When there is no specific place for certain objects, they end up scattered around the house and then the rooms become a mess. Having a place to store every kind of belongings makes it easy to keep the house in order. Whenever you use ...

Quick and easy to make, risotto is, at the same time, a very elegant option, which makes it one of the favorite dishes of every first-time cook. The problem is often finding variations of the recipe in order to make it more interesting and, above all, to make it look like a complete meal, since not everyone is content to ...

Many people are probably familiar with the phrase “although no one can go back and make a new beginning, anyone can start now and make a new ending”, credited to Chico Xavier. This sentence pretty much sums up how attitude changes work: there is no way to change what has passed, but what lies ahead is an open field of ...

Female virginity is still a taboo, especially when it comes to breaking the hymen. A social construction, without scientific basis, permeated by achismo, machismo, religious discourses and patriarchal culture. As a result, many myths, doubts and fears arise among women. The gynecologist Dr. Vanessa Machado (CRM 119917), from Vera Cruz Hospital, and psychologist Ellen Moraes Senra (CRP 05/42764) approach the ...

During your menstrual cycle, you’ve probably come across dark menstruation. It is common to be worried and doubtful. Does the change in color indicate an intimate health problem? Calm down, some factors cause the coloration popularly known as ‘coffee grounds’. The gynecologists Dr. Mariana Rosário (CRM SP-127087), from the Albert Einstein Hospital, and Dr. Naira Scartezzini Senna (CRM 131412) clarifies ...