Shortly after arriving at college, she remembered brushing her teeth next to her new roommate. “What are you doing?” her roommate asked her, gesturing to the tap she’d left on as she brushed. My teacher didn’t realize what the big deal was until she looked over at her roommate’s tap and saw it was shut off. The roommate came from a dry area in California, my teacher from a water-rich town on the East Coast....
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....
“These nasty little guys are caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV-1). For context, HSV-2 is what causes the STD genital herpes outbreaks,” explains William Cole, D.C., IFMCP, functional medicine expert and mbg Collective member. If it’s any consolation to the itching and discomfort, Cole assures us that there are around 3 million cases of the herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) reported every year. And 85 percent of people will contract it by the time they’re 60—meaning you’re certainly not alone....
Good-quality sleep is one of the most important pillars of health that often gets pushed to the back burner. Letting sleep fall by the wayside can negatively affect nearly every facet of health, from cognition1 to hormones2, mood3, energy4, sex drive5, and so much more. I’ve spent decades helping patients optimize their sleep through diet, and I’ve compiled my experience into an extensive Sleep Masterclass. In it, you’ll find exactly how I use food as medicine (both what to enjoy as well as what to avoid) to support faster, deeper, and better sleep at night....
This extra light not only makes it seem like there have been full moons for a few nights in a row, but it’s also long provided farmers with more light to harvest their summer crops—hence the name “Harvest Moon.” (Not to mention this is the time of year when farmers harvest the last of their crops ahead of winter.) And along with being a significant moon for farmers of the past, this moon also has significance spiritually, with the autumn equinox representing the halfway point of the astrological year and full moons being a time of great release and transformation....
One of the best ways to understand what this looks like is by considering the idea of allyship. Many people have taken to labeling themselves an “ally” to Black people in recent weeks. We also commonly see the language in reference to supporting the LGBTQ+ community, with people referring to themselves as “allies” to queer people. Being an ally is a label. Acting in allyship is about actions—it’s about what you’re actually, tangibly doing to support the people in question....
Dreams are the result of heightened activity in our neocortex1, the outermost layer of our brain, although researchers are still understanding how different types of dreams (like lucid dreaming) activate different regions. We haven’t yet pinned down why we dream or what our dreams mean—but we do have promising theories. According to Michael J. Breus, Ph.D., board-certified sleep specialist, dreaming is all about data processing and data storage (and in that order)....
