Sleeping on your side is one of the most common sleeping positions. Even so, it often gets a bad rap, due to the aches and pains the position can cause if you have the wrong mattress. With the right mattress, however, research suggests sleeping on your side may help alleviate snoring and mild sleep apnea1. Plus, lying on your left side specifically may ease heartburn2. It’s not all physical, either. Neuroscientists say sleeping on your side may have brain health benefits, too....

The study, published in the journal Sex Roles, involved 146 undergraduate students of varying ethnicities in same- or mixed-gender pairs. The students were all assigned both a self-disclosure task, where the goal of the conversation was to facilitate sharing and listening between friends, and a negotiation task, where friends had to make a decision together and make a case for their point of view. The conversations were all video-recorded and analyzed to see if there were any key differences between how men and women tended to communicate—and there sure were....

Do you opt for the salmon filet? Or do you nix the counter altogether and get some tinned fish to taste test? If you find yourself getting a little overwhelmed when it comes to choosing a healthy fish, you’ve come to the right place. According to registered dietitian and mbg Collective member Jess Cording, M.S., R.D., CDN, finding a balance between the different types of fish you’re eating (e.g., higher fat fish vs....

This diet, which first hit the scene in 2016, experienced a surge in popularity when news broke that Adele, Pippa Middleton, and other celebrities purportedly follow the plan to lose weight and boost energy with foods like kale, red wine, dark chocolate, and matcha—and it’s only been gaining steam. In fact, Google just announced that the Sirtfood Diet was the seventh-most searched for diet in 2019. Because fasting and intense caloric restriction is really hard (and often, not advisable), Goggins and Matten developed their dietary plan—focused on eating loads of “sirtfoods”—as an easier way to stimulate the body’s sirtuin genes (sometimes referred to as “skinny genes”) and thus ramp up weight loss and promote overall health....

The spiritual Law of Karma governs the first energy center. On the physical plane, every action you perform results in a corresponding reaction. To maximize the possibility that your actions generate evolutionary reactions, you can use your body as a choice determining instrument. Consider the possibilities in front of you and listen to signals from your body. These sensations generating from the root chakra are either comfortable or uncomfortable. Your body evaluates every possible decision in terms of its likelihood to meet your needs for safety or increase the level of threat you experience....

Theta brain waves happen during a drowsy yet still awake period. Here’s what you need to know about theta waves, including their relationship with sleep, and how you can tap into them to achieve your goals. “Theta waves have a frequency of 4-8 Hz. and are activated when we are being insightful or creative. It’s often referred to as the healing wave,” Leaf adds. Theta waves are very prevalent in children, says Ilene S....

But as a doctor, viewing the tangible evidence of healthy digestion gives me great pleasure. Sometimes it’s associated with diarrhea that is from either an infectious cause (such as salmonella) or a medical one, such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohn’s, or ulcerative colitis, and can be thin because the stool hasn’t spent enough time in the colon to bulk itself up. Other times, thin poop occurs because you’re actually constipated and there isn’t enough fiber and water to bulk up the stool....