From button to portobello to shiitake, your home-cooking menus are about to get a serious (and affordable) upgrade with these expert-recommended mushroom grow kits. With a mushroom kit, you also won’t have to worry about the animals and pests wreaking havoc on your outdoor garden. These kits make it simple to grow mushrooms right in your own kitchen (or even inside a closet!). Mushroom kits often include everything you’ll need to get growing....

If you’re hoping that yours tells the world you have a classic style—but also care about animal livelihood—vegan leather purses are probably on your radar. Shopping for a vegan purse that will spare animals without destroying the environment? We’ve got those in the bag. Here are the pros and cons of this material, plus some of our favorite brands. And while conventional leather often needs to be treated with dangerous chemicals like formaldehyde1, vegan leather doesn’t require the preservative....

Here, functional nutrition experts weigh in on the healthiest nuts for your heart, skin health, brain functioning, and beyond. In conversation with mbg, Maya Feller, M.S., R.D., CDN, explains that nuts are loaded with plant-based forms of heart-healthy fats, including both saturated and unsaturated fats. Certain nuts, Feller says, also provide high amounts of omega-3 fatty acids (an essential fatty acid the human body does not naturally produce but needs to obtain through food sources), antioxidants (a win for your immune system2), and prebiotic fiber to not only help keep you full but to also serve as “nourishment for the beneficial bacteria in the gut....

Once the enzymes break the molecules down into smaller pieces, the bacteria swoops in to consume those molecules, leaving you with a clean carpet sans pee stain. Enzyme cleaners are wonderful to use when you have pets because they “actively eliminate odors rather than simply covering them up with fragrance like most cleaning products,” Micaela Preston, lifestyle blogger and founder of Mindful Momma, tells mbg. They’re also nontoxic, safe to use, and unlikely to cause skin or respiratory irritation1....

In short, daily meditation will have positive effects on just about every aspect of your life. Here are 9 common lifestyle changes that meditators have reported within their first year of daily practice: This means that the time you spend meditating will be refunded back to you — the time you’re not tossing and turning in bed, wishing sleep was working better. The only question is: what to do with all of that extra time?...

Yoni massage allows you time to slowly explore your body in a more sensual way. It can help people who usually feel finished after one orgasm to achieve multiple orgasms, and it’s especially beneficial for people with vaginas who have never had an orgasm. Lie on your back in a comfortable place with a pillow under your hips, your knees up, and your feet on the ground. Have your favorite massage oil handy....

It makes sense, then, that the body seems to like being naked. A cursory review of the research aligns time spent in the nude with an increased sense of self-confidence and improved health. Scientists agree that sleeping naked is a good way to start, especially for male fertility. “Out of 500 men, they found those who wore boxers during the day and were naked at night had 25 percent less damage to their sperm compared to the guys who wore tight briefs or boxer briefs,” said functional medicine expert Will Cole....