I sometimes use coffee and caffeine interchangeably because coffee accounts for most of the caffeine intake among most Western people (while tea is more prevalent among Eastern countries). Let’s face it, next to a glass of wine, Americans love their coffee. But in terms of weight gain, coffee is not so simple. Here’s what you need to know about your drink of choice: Some studies even show drinking three or four cups of coffee a day could reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes4 by 25 percent compared to consuming no coffee or less than two cups daily....

All of the Enneagram types are driven by their own distinct motivations, leading them to have different priorities in a relationship. “Most couples probably have at least a surface-level understanding of their differences and similarities before discovering the Enneagram, but the Enneagram offers a common language to discuss these tendencies,” Stephanie Barron Hall, certified Enneagram coach and author of The Enneagram in Love: A Roadmap for Building and Strengthening Romantic Relationships, tells mbg....

There’s this pervasive notion in the beauty industry that touching your face is an absolute evil, as it’s a recipe for clogged pores and bacteria. It’s a valid concern, sure, but completely flipping the script and ignoring your skin is not the answer. So I’m going to give some advice that might be a bit jarring to the average beauty fan: Touch your face! Feel your skin! You may encounter some noteworthy skin care benefits, especially if you do it strategically, like with a relaxing face-tapping technique....

Let’s have “the talk” about how to navigate this precarious situation. For you to know you’re truly in love with them, it’s important to figure out if it’s simply platonic love or the beginnings of a beautiful love story. That includes thinking through all of the possibilities that can happen. After you’ve honestly interrogated your feelings, the reflections will leave you well equipped to figure out what to do next. Licensed marriage and family therapist Farah Zerehi, LMFT, tells mbg the best way to process these feelings is confiding in someone you trust or journaling about it so you can gain a better perspective....

But, if you’re interested in taking a fish oil supplement, it’s understandable to have questions about dosage. So we asked the experts: how much fish oil should you really be taking? Here’s what you need to know. While there is an established daily requirement for carbs, protein, fat, fiber, water, vitamins, minerals, and even ALA (which comes from plant sources), there is no official daily recommended intake3 from the National Academies for EPA or DHA....

The word alone is enough to instill procrastination in even the most motivated gym-goer. Yet even in the face of plenty of excuses, the treadmill and its cohorts usually come out victorious, roping us in for yet another long bout of steady movement in the name of “burning calories.” Luckily, research has given us a multitude of legitimate excuses to finally escape the clutches of steady-state cardio. Read on to discover why dropping this form of cardio might just be one of the best decisions you can make for your waistline and hormonal health....

That’s how I remember thinking about the best sex I’d ever had, in that moment. I’ve had a complicated relationship with sex for as long as I can remember—as I’m sure most of us probably do. I grew up in a very conservative, religious environment where any mention of sexuality was forbidden. I was sexually assaulted when I was 12 and consequently had all of my sexual agency taken from me....