Studies show that IF promotes ketosis and thereby increases fat burn, boosts cognitive functioning1, reduces inflammation1, and may even boost longevity. But while all of these perks are awesome, there’s still one thing we’re a little confused about: What actually breaks a fast? While some articles say you must stick to straight water (and nothing else) during your fasting period to yield the benefits above, others say that coffee, tea, MCT oil, and even bone broth are all just fine—so what’s the actual deal?...

While leaky gut is not a widely recognized medical condition yet, more research is starting to emerge to support the idea that you can manage your digestive woes by changing your diet and lifestyle. Here’s a quick biology lesson: The walls of the intestines are supposed to be permeable to a degree. This is how the nutrients from the food we eat make it into the body, while other parts of food we can’t use continue through the intestines and eventually leave as waste....

That’s a phrase you may have heard before, but not everyone realizes just how wide that spectrum actually goes. The sexuality spectrum is so vast that you may find one sexuality falling within another—like the way graysexuality falls within the asexuality spectrum. But what does that even mean? Here’s everything you need to know about graysexuality and what it means to identify as graysexual. Queen says graysexuality “challenges the automatic primacy of sex, in relationships as well as outside of them....

Clinical studies have found that, when administered correctly, hemp-derived CBD can help ease stress and promote life pleasure1.* Hemp-derived CBD delivers this sense of calm with a negligible amount of THC—the psychoactive compound in some cannabis strains.* These trace levels of THC in hemp (< 0.3% by U.S. law) mean that it should not make you feel high. But unless you’ve tried hemp CBD yourself, it might be hard to imagine what it does feel like....

However, you can take part in eco-friendly slugging by using botanicals rich in fatty acids. One example is sea buckthorn oil—a natural oil that comes from tiny orange berries. Here’s why we love it for slugging, color correcting, and more. In more recent years, sea buckthorn oil has gained popularity for its skin-softening properties, though it’s also been used topically for centuries. The fatty acid properties are similar to other botanical oils, but its nutrient profile is particularly rich....

But in committed love relationships, “cheating” isn’t always about a sexual encounter, secret flirtation, or online erotic event. Fundamentally, it’s about breaching trust. It’s one person making a unilateral decision to cultivate nonsexual intimacy with someone other than their primary romantic partner in a way that weakens or undermines the relationship. Many see this type of connection as having an erotic component to it. Though there often can be an underlying romantic or erotic energy in emotional cheating, it can also occur without the element of romance or eroticism present....

So if you’ve been dissatisfied with most mainstream porn you’ve come across, ethical porn might be the answer. Here’s what makes ethical porn different and where to find it. There is a mutual understanding among everyone on the film set—everyone knows and feels comfortable with what’s happening. “Ethical porn validates the needs, boundaries, and curiosities of the performers," sex therapist Kamil Lewis, AMFT, tells mbg. It also often shows more realistic depictions of sex, including people with diverse body types, queer relationships, and real female pleasure....