Each house of your chart is ruled by a different sign, depending on your time, date, and location of birth. This rulership is determined by which zodiac sign the cusp, or beginning point of a house, is intersecting with on the wheel (that’s a bit advanced, so don’t worry about this one too much!). As the planets make their journey around the sun (and through our zodiac), they appear to be moving through the houses....
You may have heard the term anemia and refer to it simultaneously as iron deficiency—but the two conditions have clinical differences. Iron deficiency (ID) is defined as the decrease in the total content of iron2 in the body. Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) occurs when iron deficiency is severe enough to reduce the production of red blood cells. And while, yes, they are clinically different, iron deficiency can be a precursor to iron-deficient anemia....
Couples typically add spice to the bedroom with bendy sex positions, erotic kinks, or vibrating toys. Now, there’s growing research that CBD from hemp can potentially bring another new dimension to one’s intimate life. CBD, otherwise known as cannabidiol, is an active botanical compound found in the Cannabis sativa plant that, among other purported benefits, has been touted as a way to support your libido while promoting relaxation.* The CBD marketplace for sex products has been booming with oils, oral sprays, lotions, lubricants, capsules, and edibles to meet your desires....
To say 2020 was sobering would be an understatement. No amount of New Year’s Eve champagne could intoxicate the reality, adversity, and uncertainty that was last year. So instead of echoing the narrative of doing more with blind and relentless optimism, I want to instead home in on “leveling up” by…scaling back. Returning to basics at your own pace. Finding utility and yet novelty in what you already have. When I get home from work, all I want to do is relax....
“Our bodies have developed and adapted to live in our environment,” explains Lewis Nelson, M.D., chief of the division of medical toxicity at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. “Everything can be toxic at high doses, even things that we need to function normally, so the body has developed to maintain a normal level of compounds that may be toxic if allowed to accumulate.” You may be wondering, what are those organs, exactly, and how can you help them eliminate modern toxins?...
According to celebrity hairstylist Sophia Porter, one common fallacy when using dry shampoo is that it’s cleansing the scalp. It’s not, and relying on dry shampoo is potentially really damaging. “Dry shampoo doesn’t actually clean the hair, so maintaining a proper washing routine for your hair and scalp is important for the overall health of your hair,” Porter says. “Overdoing the dry shampoo can cause imbalances with your scalp and can also cause clogged pores and skin irritation due to continuous buildup....
According to licensed therapist Jody Kemmerer, LCSW, toxic positivity stems from wishing we were feeling something we aren’t. We aren’t comfortable with those tough feelings, “so we admonish ourselves to feel differently,” she previously explained to mbg. But if we do this all the time to avoid or deny our genuine experiences, she says, “we run the risk of invalidating our feelings.” In the past year, the phenomenon of toxic positivity has received more and more attention....
The road to healing from SIBO isn’t always a straight line, so as you work with your health care provider, avoid these five mistakes to boost your treatment success and prevent SIBO from recurring: Timing your meals is also important. The migrating motor complex (MMC) is a wave of contractions1 that starts in the stomach and goes through the small intestine, and interruptions in MMC increase the risk of SIBO2....
Medically, we refer to four phases of the menstrual cycle: menstruation, follicular phase, ovulation, and luteal phase. But we can technically divide it into just two phases: the follicular phase and the luteal phase. To better understand this process, it is important to know the following: a female baby is born with approximately one million eggs. By the time they reach reproductive age and start menstruation, they only have about 300,000 eggs left and will ovulate 400 to 600 times in a reproductive lifespan....
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Nightshades only become inflammatory when you can’t digest them. This means that it’s not so much the nightshade’s fault, but rather that your body isn’t responding well to the compounds within the food. Anytime food isn’t fully digested and absorbed, it will result in inflammation in the body. Dr. Will Cole explains: “While nightshades contain alkaloids which can trigger inflammation in some people, it’s not so much the foods fault as much as it is the person’s gut and immune system that are compromised and imbalanced....
Here’s a look into what a karmic relationship is, the common signs you might be in one, and how to know when it’s time to leave. From a spiritual POV, the idea behind karmic relationships is that the two of you made an agreement before your souls entered this lifetime, to help each other on your respective paths. “Very often,” explains relationship counselor Margaret Paul, Ph.D., “there are numerous unresolved issues from past lives....
Unlike AP flour that’s ground from wheat, banana flour is made from, well, bananas. It’s gluten-free, paleo-friendly, and made from a fruit, so it’s certainly unique. Experts share info on banana flour, where it comes from, and how to use it. Because it features green, unripe bananas, the flour is also a resistant starch, which “acts as a prebiotic to help feed the good bacteria in our gut and thus support gut health,” explains Syn....
Truth is, it’s not just a buzzy-sounding word. And you’ll want to pay attention because it might be the one thing that makes all the difference in how you experience the benefits of CBD. Think of it as a holistic whole-plant approach: Instead of isolating one ingredient or using only one part of the plant, you’ll have several components interacting with the systems in your body and each other—for potentially enhanced, wider-reaching results....
Understandably, this can feel like a personal stab to your skin care-loving heart. Don’t be so quick to toss that product, though. Cetearyl alcohol is a commonly misunderstood ingredient—and it’s not as bad as you might think. Chemically speaking, cetearyl alcohol is a fatty alcohol. It’s made of cetyl alcohol and stearyl alcohol, two fatty alcohols also used in skin care. On ingredient labels, cetearyl alcohol is sometimes listed as cetostearyl alcohol, cetyl/stearyl alcohol, or C16-18 alcohol....
But first we need to understand the goal. What do we really mean by resilience when we talk about immunity? It’s such a buzzword that I imagine many of us blow right past it, but resilience is the real key to understanding the foundation for a healthy immune system. Your immune system is one of the primary interfaces you have between the interior world of your body and the exterior world of your society and planet....
Getting to know your baseline scent is a seriously big deal. I have so many women who come to me and ask about what’s normal with their vaginal secretions and what’s normal regarding their scent. Ultimately, every woman should know what her normal is so that she can sense a change and take immediate action. By becoming an expert on your body, you can not only prevent problems but optimize your own overall well-being....
“A therapist knows how to help couples get to the real trouble [at the heart of the issue] and can teach skills or appropriate referrals to help them through it,” marriage therapist Linda Carroll M.S., LMFT, explains. Those skills include honesty, how to express emotional needs, and how to settle disagreements, for example. “Couples often come to get help with attachment injuries, growing apart, wanting more sexual connection, and needing to relate to one another differently,” licensed marriage and family therapist Lexx Brown-James, Ph....
