Have you ever seen a recipe that calls for adding dried shiitake mushrooms, simmering a Parmesan cheese rind, or throwing in a few splashes of soy or Worcestershire sauce? Those are all attempts to add some umami. “Umami is a basic taste (along with sweet, sour, bitter, and salty). Its peculiar characteristic is that it is long-lingering, mouth-filling, and leads to both appetite and satiety,” he says. “It is prominent in fermented food (soy sauce, miso, fish sauce, mature cheeses), cured ham, and a range of marine products (fish, shellfish, cephalopods, certain seaweeds)....

Here, the breakdown of what to do when you think you’re being ghosted. RELATED STORY: Ghosting In Dating: Why People Do It, How To Respond + More “First of all, breathe, because anytime you feel like you’ve been ghosted, your anxiety is off the chain wondering if they are OK or racking your brain a million ways for things you did wrong,” marriage and family therapist Patrice N. Douglas, LMFT, tells mbg....

To give us some tips on how to repot a plant, we chatted with plant experts and enthusiasts Maria Failla, founder of Bloom and Grow Radio, and Nora Schaefer, former greenhouse worker at Strange’s Florist and current plant mom to 63 houseplants. While each plant will have different needs, here are some general signs that your little buddy is outgrowing its pot: When you pull it out (gently!), a plant that’s ready to be repotted, it will have a web of roots that have grown to densely cover the sides....

A study published in the journal BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health questioned 2,825 people between ages 17 and 24 about their first sexual experience, including the nature of their relationship with the person they had their first sex with, both of their ages, and how much sexual experience their partner had. The researchers also asked about their socioeconomic status, their education level, family structure, ethnicity, and how and when they’d been taught about sex....

As with any supplement, though, reaping the maximum benefits means taking it properly. And while you probably already know that it’s important to take certain vitamins (like vitamin D!) with food that contains fat to promote optimal absorption, you might not know that there’s actually an ideal time and way to take your fish oil, too. Surprise; there is! About those omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil: These polyunsaturated fats help protect your brain, promote a healthy inflammatory response3, have well-established cardiovascular health benefits, and promote eye health4....

If your desire is interfering with your ability to focus in daily life, here are a few potential causes and how to get that sexual energy out. Lots of lifestyle factors and bodily processes are associated with increases in testosterone, such as regular exercise1, ovulation, or hitting puberty2, among many others. While testosterone is linked to libido, naturopathic doctor and sexologist Jordin Wiggins, N.D., says it’s more nuanced than that. Both estrogen and progesterone also affect libido....

Chai is made using different formulas, depending on the region where it is being consumed, but there are a number of standard ingredients: black tea, ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, fennel, clove and black pepper. When analyzing chai’s health benefits, it’s important to examine each ingredient in turn. Though they act synergistically to increase each other’s benefits, the separate botanical components have powerful health benefits on their own. It’s no secret that tea is full of antioxidants....