“If you have light exposure at night too close to bedtime it’s almost like your brain is seeing a sunrise at a time when it should be seeing a sunset,” says Daniel Rifkin, M.D., the medical director of Sleep Medicine Centers of Western New York. When this happens, it can throw off our body’s circadian rhythm and suppress sleep-promoting hormones like melatonin, Nerina Ramlakhan, Ph.D., physiologist, sleep expert, and author of The Little Book of Sleep: The Art of Natural Sleep, explains....

To help you achieve the latter, here are five expert-backed habits to start in 2023. While some of these may take a few weeks (or months) to take full effect, patience is a small price to pay for brighter, softer skin in the long run: One easy solution: Practice skin cycling. This term was coined by board-certified dermatologist Whitney Bowe, M.D., FAAD, a few years back. Think of it like a weekly schedule for your skin care products....

One of the best ways to support the optimal functioning of your gut is through a well-researched, targeted probiotic supplement, but how do you actually know if it’s working?* There are a few telltale signs to look out for—let’s dive in. Other microbial bugs are unfavorable and can negatively impact your health, making you feel sick and sluggish, amongst other things. How you feel comes down to the overall balance of these microscopic critters....

I do this because I’ve repeatedly seen what studies show: Intermittent fasting (IF) has been shown to aid in weight loss, lower inflammation, improve gut health, and reduce their risk for cancer and other diseases. If only finding the right plan proved to be easy for everyone! Frustrated by the information overload, he modeled one of his co-workers, who did one 24-hour fast weekly. In other words, this co-worker ate normally six days a week, then completely fasted one day....

If metabolic wellness is so elusive, what are we all doing wrong? And how can we take action to reset our metabolism and upgrade our whole-body health? Here, we’ve outlined seven healthy habits you can incorporate into your everyday routine to give your metabolism the reboot it needs to support you—today and well down the road. An individual’s basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the number of calories an individual needs to carry out basic physiological functions (again: breathing, digestion, blood circulation, etc....

In The French Beauty Solution Mathilde Thomas, co-founder of cult French beauty brand Caudelie, gives away everything that makes the French so … French when it comes to beauty and skin care. Sure, they make it look easy and natural, but here are nine “secrets” French women use to keep them looking—and feeling—beautiful, straight from a French woman. Delicious, sure, but wine also has remarkable health and anti-aging benefits. Full of the antioxidant resveratrol and polyphenols, red wine is anti-inflammatory, can slow the growth of bacteria that causes acne, fights free radicals and helps with heart health, meaning your circulation (and subsequent glow) is improved....

Common cold viruses infect the nose, throat, larynx, and sinuses, causing sore throat, hoarseness, cough, achiness, and congestion but lack the severe symptoms of fever and extreme exhaustion that you get with the “flu,” or influenza. You can “catch” a cold through respiratory droplets in the air but also from touching contaminated surfaces, where they can live for up to three hours outside the human body. We tend to catch more colds in the fall and winter months, when the virus is more contagious and replicates more easily....