FODMAPs tend to be short carbohydrate chains and are easily fermentable by bacteria in the small intestine. Fermentation increases gas production and draws water into the colon, which leads to distention, bloating, stomach pain, gas, and discomfort, ultimately resulting in constipation or diarrhea. While the diet typically helps 50% to 80%2 of people who follow it, there are still others who don’t get these positive results. If you’re among these people, it can be frustrating and confusing....

It makes sense: We have insurance for our cars and homes—so why not have an insurance policy for our diets and whole-body health, too?* Take a quality multivitamin regularly (we know, we know, it’s easy to forget) and you can rest easier knowing you’re providing your body with a baseline supply of the important vitamins, minerals, and other bioactives it needs to hum along smoothly.* “A quality multivitamin should include a comprehensive array of essential water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins, macrominerals, and microminerals at clinically relevant doses for daily nutritional support,”* she says....

Yet, I’m lying in yoga clothes on my carpet in the middle of my living room. The smell of sage still wafts over me and I wait until it’s time to call in for my appointment with a shamanic practitioner that evening. But after a few notable mushroom trips, explorations in lucid dreams, and forays into daily meditation, I started to become more and more curious about what else could be possible in this world....

I thought I was adapting pretty well to “the new normal,” working from home, spending more time outside, and taking my social distancing seriously. My stress level could most accurately be described as occasionally irritated and socially frustrated, but my skin was telling a more dramatic story. I started to react to my products, burn easily in the sun, and overheat and flush quickly outside. After a few weeks of this heightened sensitivity, I resolved to slow down and treat my skin, and myself, a little more delicately....

“As a neuroscientist and working mother, I’m deeply interested in how nutrients, botanicals, and bioactives with nootropic actions impact cognitive health,” says cognitive health scientist Milene Brownlow, Ph.D. And Brownlow isn’t alone—nootropics are popular with myriad demographics, from students and entrepreneurs to working professionals and, yes, mothers trying to keep up with their kids. Let’s dive into the intrinsic abilities of nootropics, the ones you might have heard of and the new ones you’ll be wanting to leverage for more brainpower starting tomorrow....

The eight-hour misconception is one that Rafael Pelayo, M.D., a professor at Stanford Medicine and the author of How To Sleep: The New Science-Based Solutions for Sleeping Through the Night, comes up against time and time again in his line of work. Another board-certified sleep specialist Michael J. Breus, Ph.D., also named it as one of the most common myths in the sleep space on a recent episode of the mindbodygreen podcast....

One of the most well-known oils for treating acne is tea tree, which has been shown to be antimicrobial and antifungal in multiple studies. Dr. Fishman points out that it needs to be diluted, and some people are allergic, so always do a patch test before putting it (and any oil—it’s just best practice) on your face. Another that’s helpful for acne is oregano oil. “Oregano oil has antibacterial and antifungal properties,” she said, “but it’s very potent and will burn your skin unless it’s diluted in a carrier oil....