Vegan And Vegetarian Diets Could Reduce The Risk Of Heart Disease

Bella Breakdown As more people jump on the plant-based diet train, the growing benefits seem much more understandable. While cutting meat out of your diet is good for your cholesterol it’s plant-based diets that are great for your heart. New research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association is showing more evidence that plant-based diets are associated with a decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. A team from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) and the University of Minnesota School of Public Health analyzed data of over 12,000 men and women who participated in the...

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More Than Half Of Americans Now Own A Digital Assistant According To New Study

Bella Breakdown Since the rise of technology, people’s dependence on new tech has already increased. So news of digital assistants being owned by more than half of Americans should not come as a surprise. According to a new survey by Clutch, 48% of the survey takers in the united states owned a digital assistant, and 33% planned to buy one within the next three years. Clutch also found that 69% of voice assistant owners used their devices every day. Based on Juniper research, the number of voice assistants used worldwide could rise from 2.5 billion in 2018 to 8...

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Lana Del Rey Teases New Song After Recent Mass Shootings

Bella Breakdown When news hit of not one but two mass shootings taking place in the U.S. it seems the whole country was shaken up. With calls to action finally being done, Lana Del Rey seemed to think that just tweeting for change just wasn’t enough. Soon after the shootings, the singer posted a two-and-a-half-minute snippet of a new song on her Instagram page. Co-written with Jack Antonoff, Lana performed her new track, “Looking for America,” live in the studio with producer Antonoff. In the post, Del Rey revealed that she “came back early from Montecito with my brother...

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Casey Affleck Confronts Sexual Harassment Allegations

Bella Breakdown He may have won an Academy Award despite the sexual harassment allegations against him, but Casey Affleck says the #MeToo movement has scared him. The actor sat down with Dax Shepard for the most recent episode of Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast and reflected on the fallout of the accusations that he verbally and physically harassed two women on the set of the hoax Joaquin Phoenix documentary, “I’m Still Here.” “I can’t imagine who would not be supportive of the Me Too movement,” he said in support of the Me Too movement. Affleck is currently on the promotion...

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Marc Jacobs To Receive MTV’s First Fashion Trailblazer Award

Bella Breakdown MTV is switching things up for this year’s Video Music Awards. The music network has teamed up with the Council of Fashion Designers of America to present the very first Fashion Trailblazer Award to Marc Jacobs. Per a press release, MTV said the award was created to “honor a fashion designer who has made an indelible impact within the world of music-artist fashion.” With Jacobs’ experience styling musicians like Cher, Lady Gaga and Missy Elliot it makes since that MTV would recognize the designer for his contributions to music and fashion. “With a legacy that spans over...

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