Here, the 11 best (and research-backed) tips to help you get longer and stronger nails: This is why most natural or clean-leaning experts would tell you to avoid them, says Nadine Abramcyk, co-founder of clean salon tenoverten, as formaldehyde is a potentially dangerous ingredient. Now there are plenty of plant-based options that use ingredients like vitamin E, olive oil, garlic, and tea tree to feed the nail nutrients, rather than superficially strengthening it....

Maybe you’ve heard it’s a myth that birth control can negatively affect your future fertility. But while it’s true there are no studies showing that it directly interferes with conception, we also don’t have extensive research on the long-term impact of birth control on women’s health. In fact, there’s a lot we don’t know about fertility in general, let alone the intricacies that may come with using hormonal birth control for a decade or longer!...

“It’s the same way you go to the gym,” she said on the mindbodygreen podcast back in 2020. “If you want to get your muscles and your body to be stronger, you have to alternate between periods of intense activity and recovery. And the same thing holds true for the skin barrier and the microbiome: They need days to recover.” Essentially, skin cycling entails rolling through your active ingredients at night to prevent irritation....

So, what exactly are the benefits of avocados? Here’s a look at what the fruit (yep, it’s a fruit!) can do for your gut, skin, and overall health. Beta-sitosterol is a phytosterol that is similar in structure to cholesterol and leads to lower levels of cholesterol in the body via the hepatobiliary system (through excretion). Avocados contain wonderfully healthy fats: monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). Both MUFAs and PUFAs work to lower LDL levels (bad cholesterol)2 in the blood....

So, what exactly are the benefits of avocados? Here’s a look at what the fruit (yep, it’s a fruit!) can do for your gut, skin, and overall health. Beta-sitosterol is a phytosterol that is similar in structure to cholesterol and leads to lower levels of cholesterol in the body via the hepatobiliary system (through excretion). Avocados contain wonderfully healthy fats: monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). Both MUFAs and PUFAs work to lower LDL levels (bad cholesterol)2 in the blood....

When you look at the perfect storm that we face beginning in our 40s and 50s—disappearing fertility, hormonal changes, children leaving the nest, aging or dying parents—it’s no wonder that our relationships and our sex drive get put on the back burner and begin to wilt. After a while, we feel as if we have completely lost our sexual being, which is a depressing conclusion to come to, and one that I sought to challenge....

The first recorded use of the Aussie oil was in the 1920s, when it was revered as a germ fighter1. In fact, Australian soldiers were supposedly encouraged to keep the oil in their military kits during World War II as an antibiotic. It quickly spread to the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, and other European countries, and these days there are massive plantations across Western Australia, Queensland, and New South Wales growing the product on a large scale....