To make it, you wash a few leaves of romaine, put them in a mug, pour boiling water over them, and let them sit. Ten minutes later, that mug of warm greens in your hands can supposedly make you super sleepy. It’s an intriguing, if not a little odd, bedtime ritual—but does it have any science backing it up? Here, experts spill the tea on whether or not this is a trend worth trying....
Eating a more magnesium-rich diet is a great place to start. Magnesium is present in some delicious foods like dark leafy green vegetables, legumes and nuts, wheat and other grains, and fish. Additionally, magnesium can be utilized in other forms—including as traditional supplement capsules, Epsom salts, magnesium oil, magnesium cream, and drinkable powder—that make it easy to incorporate it into your everyday routine. This versatility means you might have a friend who takes a magnesium supplement to help her sleep, a family member who’s an Epsom salt bath enthusiast, or a co-worker who swears by that powdered magnesium she drinks for post-workout muscle recovery....
Thoughts lead to feelings, feelings lead to actions, actions lead to results—and those results are what you manifested. Right? Other times, we try to think all the right thoughts so we can have the right feelings so we do the right things and get everything we ever wanted. But we don’t always get everything we ever wanted—which, for many of us, includes financial abundance. So where have we gone wrong? Well, it turns out there’s a step in the formula that we often miss....
We spoke with Samantha Radford, Ph.D., an exposure scientist and owner of Evidence-Based Mommy, and Lindsay Dahl, a clean living expert, to break down what you need to know about how to decode labels on the hunt for your nontoxic sleep space. VOCs, flame retardants, and phthalates all have subtle but potentially serious long-term effects on our health, and according to Radford, they primarily affect the endocrine (hormone) system2. “Flame retardants have been nicknamed ’the new lead’ given how toxic they are to the brain, hormone system, and organs like the liver,” adds Dahl....
But flipping over the package revealed that this seemingly innocent cookie had 26 grams of total carbs. What gives? Here, we asked some nutrition experts for their thoughts on net carbs, whether it ever makes sense to count them (as opposed to total carbs), and what might be more important to focus your attention on while sticking to a low-carb diet. So, depending on who you ask, you might get a slightly different definition on how net carbs are actually calculated....
Looking for a youthful glow? Let’s dive into how ceramides can help and the science behind adding phytoceramides to your beauty and supplement routine.* If you think of the skin barrier as “bricks and mortar,” ceramides are part of the mortar holding it all together—50%, in fact2. They play a huge role in keeping your skin moisturized, glowing, and youthful.* That is, of course, until they don’t. If you want to get to the root of wrinkles and dry skin, look to the loss of ceramides....
Once you begin to explore inside-out skin care, you’ll come across one question: What foods should I be consuming that encourage healthy, youthful-looking skin? Here, we dive into what causes crepey skin and which foods can help you encourage healthy skin aging from the inside (and maintain a balanced diet in general). Let’s get into it. This paper is where the term “crepey” skin comes from, as the loose, subtly wrinkled skin has a similar appearance....
