But it’s not about detoxing or cleansing the liver itself—scientifically, that’s not really a thing. It’s more about supporting what your liver does naturally and helping to protect and rejuvenate it from inevitable environmental stressors. While liver cleanses are typically advertised as short-term solutions in the form of pricey juice cleanses or intense detoxification diets, we believe that a truly effective and sustainable liver detox involves the implementation of strategic nutrition and lifestyle shifts (e....

As they get older, Sherman notes, this independence can also translate into a need for more space than others have. However, as Beurkens adds, while they may “struggle with some adjustment issues when they get old enough to enter school and engage with peers, that mostly depends on the opportunities they’ve had as younger children to be around other kids.” She adds that research hasn’t shown the self-absorbed only-child stereotype to be true....

Research on precrastination1 confirms the drawbacks of being the proverbial early bird: Back in 2014, psychologist David Rosenbaum, Ph.D., and his colleagues had college students carry one of a pair of buckets to the end of a walkway, asking them to choose whichever bucket seemed easier. Instead of choosing the bucket closer to the end, most of them chose the one closer to the starting point. That meant they carried the bucket for a longer distance, when it would’ve been easier to complete the task by waiting to grab the bucket closer to the end....

Each organ works to eliminate excess waste that’s produced by natural metabolic processes, otherwise known as toxins. Here’s a guide on how to support each of your detox organs with specific nutrients from food. It reigns over all toxins of the body by cleaning and filtering every ounce of blood and metabolizing all chemical substances, even the good kinds. Bitter foods and foods that promote the body’s production of internal antioxidants, especially glutathione, are best for liver detoxification....

Here, everything you need to know about using pomegranate oil in skin care. The oil is often cold-pressed from the seeds and then used in oils, serums, or creams. You may also look for pomegranate skin oil, which is oil made from the skin of the fruit, pomegranate extract, which takes certain components (like specific antioxidants) from the pomegranate, or pomegranate essential oil, which should always be mixed with a carrier oil....

And while it’s fine to keep your plant in its plastic home for the time being, you won’t want to leave it there forever. The reason being that unless your plant was propagated and grown locally, it’s likely been sitting in that pot for a while. Especially if comes from a large nursery (Costa Farms, Rocket Farms, and Altman Plants are some big names in the U.S.), there’s a chance that quite a bit of time has passed since it was packaged, shipped, stocked on new shelves, and sold to you....

But how healthy is sunflower oil, and does it deserve a spot in your pantry? Turns out, it’s not a simple yes or no. Sunflower oil is available in a variety of forms—with different fatty acid profiles and levels of refinement—and these come with different benefits and drawbacks. Here’s everything you need to know to make an informed choice. There are three main types of sunflower oil available for home cooking that contain varying proportions of oleic acid (a type of monounsaturated fatty acid, or MUFA) and linoleic acid (an omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid, or PUFA)....