So when collagen supplements exploded in the market, I raised an eyebrow. As did many people, I might add. Well, with research comes changing opinions. There’s robust research that points to many benefits of collagen supplements,* and it’s time to put to rest the myth that they’re ineffective. Now that being said—not all collagen supplements are created equal. You can absolutely find a less-than-stellar formula, which can affect the efficacy (perhaps why the myth keeps persisting)....

Canning allows for home cooks to “put up” shelf-stable food during the growing season so they can avoid paying a premium for food that gets shipped into the grocery store from far away. If you are shifting into more mindful living and looking to make choices that take both the environment and your household budget into consideration, then canning food is a great solution for you. And it doesn’t have to be intimidating!...

Here, we dive into what adult acne is, what makes it different, how you can tend to it naturally—and why it’s very closely related to your hormones. What causes acne? Now that’s a hard question to answer, most derms note. See, there is a genetic link with acne2—meaning, you are more likely to have it if someone in your family did or does—but what actually triggers an individual to develop the condition remain somewhat a mystery: Some people are affected more by diet, others respond to external aggressors like an irritating face product; some breakout from stress, others lifestyle habits are to blame....

The oil is heated because it is thought to help open the cuticle and let the oil penetrate deeper. “The idea with heat is that it breaks down the bonds and helps coat it better,” says board-certified dermatologist Doris Day, M.D. “I get the theory behind it, but there isn’t data to prove it. But it’s been done for a long period of time, and we haven’t really seen damage from it, but it really does depend on the technique to it....

It became very upsetting that every time I made myself a smoothie I could never give her a sip since I used only nut-based milks. Emma would look so sad, and she was too young for me to explain why I couldn’t give her a sip of my smoothie. It got to the point that I actually had to hide from her while I was drinking my smoothies because it felt mean to drink it in front of her and not give her a sip when she badly wanted one....

But how long sex “lasts” for women is a complicated question because it’s mixing together a lot of assumptions about what acts are involved in a sexual encounter, how important orgasms are, and how women’s orgasms actually work. That said, there is no average amount of time a woman “lasts” in bed. While people with penises usually can only have one orgasm (coinciding with ejaculation) per sexual session, people with vulvas have a much shorter refractory period (aka recovery time between orgasms) and can thus have multiple orgasms in a single sexual session....

True self-love includes sexual satisfaction, and sometimes that means masturbation. Here’s how often women should masturbate and why it’s worth considering an ongoing self-pleasure practice. If your current regimen feels good to you, keep at it. It’s also not necessary to masturbate if it’s not pleasurable to you or if you only feel like it every once in a while. The numbers vary, but in general, regular masturbation among women is common: You can also consider cycle-syncing your self-pleasure to capitalize on your body’s natural endocrine ebbs and flows....