In the year 2022, it feels like everyone and their stressed-out mother has at least tried CBD. You can now find the plant-derived hemp compound in grocery stores, pharmacies, and even coffee shops, under a variety of brand names. CBDistillery is one of the largest of the bunch, with a reported 2 million+ customers and nearly 60 products in its repertoire. To help take some of the guesswork out of the hemp CBD buying experience, I took their most popular products for a test run....

Here’s why it’s important to lather up your prep surface and how to do so safely. Oil repels water, preventing moisture-loving bacteria and germs from settling into the grooves on your board. So even if you don’t cook all that much, oiling is still a good habit to get into. To further drive home why oiling is so essential, Tarek Alame and Tiffany Yu, the co-founders of California-based cutting board company Sonder LA, compare a dry board to dry hands: “The more often you wash your hands, the dryer they get....

Since collagen is the body’s most abundant protein and found in connective tissues, joints, and skin, we’d say it’s a pretty big deal.* But what exactly does collagen supplementation do for your mane? After all, hair is made of the protein keratin—not collagen. Well, we tapped some top experts to get the scoop on collagen and hair health including what collagen does for the hair, what to look for in a hair supplement, and whether it can, in fact, help with hair growth....

He was livid because I didn’t want to have my location tracked. The same happened with refusing to hand my passwords over. It was a matter of personal space—I’d been using computers since I was 2, and my protective Singaporean parents had never asked for passwords. Why should 26-year-old me suddenly have to hand them over to someone? Except it was never enough. They were simply part of him widening his net of control and abuse....

“Nutritional psychiatry is how we can modify inflammation in the brain nutritionally,” he tells me on this episode of the mindbodygreen podcast. “With that, we want the food categories with the most nutrients for brain health.” And, sadly to say, those food categories don’t usually include sweets. His list is as follows: “Seafood, greens, nuts, and beans, and a little dark chocolate.” Sounds simple, yes? These five foods are the basis of an optimal mental health diet, says Ramsey, and contain the gut-healthy, brain-healthy nutrients we need to reduce brain inflammation....

My answer was always the same: “I’ve lived in big cities all my life and never met anyone there. Plus, I’m sure if there’s someone I’m meant to meet, we’ll find each other.” After meeting him, I realized how much work work it took to allow myself to open to the opportunity of finding my soul mate. Had I met him even just six months prior, I would’ve been a different person....

But rest assured, there are many things you can do at home to hydrate thirsty skin around the mouth and prevent it from coming back again and again. To follow, the 101 on dry skin around the mouth and when you should see a derm. “The skin around the mouth is thinner and therefore more prone to redness or irritation than the rest of the face,” medical esthetician and founder of JTAV Clinical Skincare Joie Tavernise tells mbg....