But sometimes it’s best to just revisit one of the originals: Collagen powders offer versatile uses, a more flexible dosage, and in some cases, added ingredients to make a more robust formula. (This is why our recommendation will always be to opt for the powder format.) We’ve outline our favorite collagen supplements in all formats in this guide, but if you’re looking for powders only—you’ve come to the right place....
Lack of sleep won’t just make you grumpy, it can also impact brain function, immunity, and metabolic health (and that’s just the start of the list). Adding a sleep aid, like the best CBD oils for sleep, is an easy way to support your snooze by putting your body into a relaxed state.* If you are looking for products to help with sleep interruptions or to support relaxation and calm before bed, hemp CBD oil may be a good fit....
Looking to buy a cold tub for yourself? We rounded up our top picks, as well as the most compelling evidence that soaking in cold water may actually be beneficial to your overall health. “Used as a recovery method, the water should probably be under 10°C,” suggests cold therapy expert Mark Harper, M.D., Ph.D. “But just to get the cold buzz without quite so much discomfort, temperatures of over 10°C (and even up to 20°C) will have most of the effect with much less pain,” he adds....
Given that, it’s no surprise that vitamin D supplementation has become such a massive and important topic. Thing is, though, reaping the benefits of the sunshine vitamin in supplement form isn’t as simple as grabbing the first bottle you see and popping it haphazardly. Instead, getting your supplement routine right ensures you’re doing right by your health and your wallet. So, when is the best time to take vitamin D—and how can you get the most out of your regimen?...
While “relationships are hard” is an oft-repeated refrain, the catchphrase can make it seem like relationships are expected to be constantly full of nonstop challenges, arguments, frustrations, and roller-coaster emotions. The struggle is often romanticized in movies and gushy social media posts, but the truth is, relationships should not feel hard all the time—or even most of the time. Positive interactions might include showing affection, laughing together, sharing physical touch, and just times when you generally appreciate and like each other....
Getting started is as easy as finding the right deck and brushing up on the cards. While every card has meaning, the Star card, part of the Major Arcana, is something special. Here’s what the Star card could mean for you—whether you pull it facing upright or reversed. Her left hand represents the subconscious, with the water nourishing the earth and continuing the cycle of fertility in the lush landscape around her....
In the laundry department, the workhorse ingredient cleans washing machines and deodorizes, brightens, and softens clothes. Unlike other high-acidity vinegars, it’s white and won’t stain fabrics. And while it may smell a little funky in the bottle, when used correctly, it won’t make your delicates stink like a pickle jar. Plus, it’s safe for those with sensitive skin that tends to flare up with traditional chemical-heavy detergents and gentler on the environment than petroleum-based laundry products that can pollute waterways once washed down the drain....
In fact, research throughout the last few decades has identified that vitamin D impacts everything from fertility and mood to gut function and blood sugar regulation.* And that’s not all, either: We now know that the sunshine vitamin not only influences brain development3 but also everyday brain function4, too; it even works to protect our noggin as we age4.* As if vitamin D wasn’t impressive enough already! The importance of the sunshine micronutrient certainly doesn’t decline as we age....
When taken regularly, a vitamin D supplement can help ensure you’re getting enough of the key vitamin so your body can function at its best.* Here’s a breakdown of what to know about vitamin D supplements, the effects of vitamin D in the body, and how to make sure your routine is working for you. And while you can certainly try to add more fatty fish to your diet (which provides some vitamin D) and spend more uninterrupted time in the sun, taking a vitamin D supplement is almost always necessary to get optimal amounts D (i....
Jump over to the Puna area of the Peruvian Andes for a moment – the indigenous region of the superfood maca – and you won’t run into many cold smoothies there either. Largely barren and treeless, with intense sun, relentless fierce winds, and drastic temperature fluctuations that often drop below freezing temperatures at sunset, this is a landscape where nothing can grow … except for maca. In fact, not only does maca manage to battle the elements, it actually thrives in them....
To prevent these frays, you need to moisturize the nail beds, and that’s where a good cuticle oil comes in handy. According to Taylor, it’s important to take the time to massage in the oil until it completely absorbs. “Forgetting to massage the oil into the skin can leave an oily residue, and the nails will not reap all the health benefits,” she notes. If you’d like to soften your cuticles even further, Lin recommends slathering on a hand cream and wearing a set of gloves for at least 10 minutes....
Nevertheless, we’ve all had dreams that seemed a bit too relevant to our waking lives, raising the question, What was that dream trying to tell me? Only you can truly understand what the symbols in your dreams mean to you, but there are still some common tropes in dreams that interpreters take to have specific meanings. She adds that if you’re driving a car in your dream and get into an accident, this can mean you’re experiencing a sort of emotional or energy crash in your life....
Eating a healthy diet and exercising can keep blood sugar in check, and monitoring your beverage intake can make a difference too. While there is no magic drink that will lower your blood sugar, certain ones can help stabilize blood sugar and prevent spikes. Research published in Nutrients found that while habitual water drinking after waking up and before bedtime did not flush out blood sugar, it did help protect kidney function1....
But after breaking up with my boyfriend of five years and dealing with stress, lots of booze, and a lot less sleep, my stomach got worse. I had also developed brain fog, extreme fatigue, and an inability to concentrate on anything. Thyroid testing revealed a low T3 hormone, which didn’t put me in the category of hypothyroidism, but it was clearly wreaking havoc on my energy and mental clarity. My new doctor suggested a hormone replacement for my thyroid, but after my experience with birth control, I was wary of messing with any more hormonal treatments....
I shared this plan on social media so my friends could hold me accountable. Should I fail, I’d lose one thousand dollars, and my friends and family would decide where it goes. I get it—one mile isn’t a lot, but that was intentional. This wasn’t about the distance or the run. The mile was the easy part (it typically took me eight to 12 minutes), and carving out 15 minutes a day for health seemed like a win-win to me....
Until one Sunday, after years of conversation, repeated attempts to better compliment each other, counseling and soul searching — my husband and I looked at each other with tears in our eyes. Walking away from life as I knew it was never something I’d envisioned. I expected to feel regret and to build stronger boundaries, but instead I found my heart more open than it had ever been. And shockingly, my divorce, more than my marriage, taught me about love....
Sex, when it’s good, can be powerfully satisfying. It’s a joyful, life-affirming experience that touches all aspects of our humanity: physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental. Unfortunately, for many of us, it doesn’t happen as much as we’d like it to. Or else it’s Groundhog Day in the sheets: It happens way too often, way too predictably. By the time we’re adults, any positive sexual experiences or sensations we have can seem like “magic” because our minds have been conditioned to short-circuit, go blank, default to predictable judgments about sex and bodies, or react to the topic of sexual feelings, erotic sensations, pleasure, and our “private parts” with confusion....
On TikTok, celebrity makeup artist Katie Jane Hughes recently shared her go-to method for a look that appears to glow from within—here’s the how-to. First, you’ll want to use cream base products and start with bronzer, contouring your face as you normally would. This approach will help mimic an authentic suntan, without the sun damage. “When you do have a little bit of color on your face from the sun, it’s normally on your bare-naked skin,” Hughes says....
While the cause of browning can differ depending on the type and location of your plant, here are some general rules of (green)thumb to remember. Rebecca Bullene, the founder of Brooklyn-based plant shop Greenery Unlimited, says that this browning is a plant’s way of telling you it’s stressed. “Plants get stressed just like humans do—and like with humans, their stress is cumulative over time,” she explains. This means that the leaf browning you’re seeing may not even be an immediate reaction to your recent watering routine but instead speak to the tiny stressors your plant has been putting up with for a while....
Well, that depends on a lot of factors. Similar to traveling between different houses during the pandemic, the answers are not cut and dried. “The goal of social distancing is to get the number of contacts—direct and indirect—to the lowest possible number you can,” integrative medicine physician Aditi Nerurkar, M.D., MPH, tells mindbodygreen. Based on that information, “quaranteaming” with people you don’t normally live with defies social distancing. However, it is still less safe than living alone or with the people you’ve already been living with....
