Considering 29% of U.S. adults1 are vitamin D deficient (and another 41% are insufficient), we’d all be smart to achieve and maintain optimal vitamin D levels so we can reap the rewards of these unexpected perks: In a 2018 randomized controlled trial (RCT), this vitamin D3 glycemic control phenomenon was found to be especially beneficial in individuals with vitamin D deficiency.* Translation? Your vitamin D status has a direct (and profound!...

There may be circumstances in high-risk pregnancies where your doctor advises against sexual activity to prevent contracting (like you do when you orgasm), but that’s rare, says board-certified OB-GYN Christine Sterling, M.D. Talk to your doctor if you have any known pregnancy complications. But unless you have vaginal bleeding, your water broke, you have placenta previa (when the placenta covers the opening in your cervix), or if you’re at significant risk for preterm labor, OB-GYN Shieva Ghofrany, M....

Silence. Total, deafening silence. What do we agree on? Music and food. One thing we loved to do together was cook. I miss that—planning the meals, goofing off at the grocery store, setting up the kitchen, chopping, and sautéing, music blasting with the windows open wide letting the Southern California sun stream in. Talking, laughing and loving. I’m comforted by those uncomplicated memories and have tucked them away inside a special place in my heart....

Overall, the amount of time you should wait between eating and working out will vary based on what you ate, how much you ate, and what type of workout you plan to do. However, there are a few general guidelines to follow: “Meals should be consumed one to four hours prior to your workout, while snacks can be incorporated anywhere from 30 minutes to one hour before exercising,” registered dietitian Maggie Michalczyk, R....

But it’s often difficult to discern just how many veggies you should be eating each day to meet your nutritional needs and charge your body with all the great benefits we’ve been told about for years. To set the record straight, we determined once and for all what the ideal serving of veggies per day looks like and why you may want to maintain some healthy variety in your choices. As dietitian and mbg’s vice president of scientific affairs Ashley Jordan Ferira, Ph....

“Most people have engaged in some sort of virtual sex without realizing it,” board-certified sexologist Jessica Cline, MSW, LCSW, tells mbg. Some people assume virtual sex only refers to having sex on Zoom or interacting with cam girls, she notes, but “the first paid phone sex line was established about 40 years ago. I think it’s helpful to put that into context as a way to normalize fostering sexual connection and pleasure when in-person [sex] isn’t available....

To help you and your family get more of those delicious, restorative Zzz’s, we spoke to Purple’s sleep expert, certified pediatric sleep professional and founder of Tiny Transitions Courtney Zentz, to find out why exactly kids resist sleep and how we can set them up for sleep success. One of the most common reasons younger kids resist sleep is overtiredness. To prevent this, parents need to get a hold on the right awake windows for the baby, infant, or toddler....