Whether you’re a marathoner or you just go for runs once in a while, vegans have limited protein options and endless simple carb options—which can present quite a few challenges, as eating the wrong foods can really throw you off. “Generally speaking I think most endurance athletes tend to be very caught up in the carb cycle, which is particularly difficult to break out of if you’re a vegan or vegetarian simply because by eliminating animal fats and proteins, there tends to be a large void in the diet that is easily filled with carbs and sugars,” Seamus tells mbg....

If your desire is interfering with your ability to focus in daily life, here are a few potential causes and how to get that sexual energy out. Lots of lifestyle factors and bodily processes are associated with increases in testosterone, such as regular exercise1, ovulation, or hitting puberty2, among many others. While testosterone is linked to libido, naturopathic doctor and sexologist Jordin Wiggins, N.D., says it’s more nuanced than that. Both estrogen and progesterone also affect libido....

If your desire is interfering with your ability to focus in daily life, here are a few potential causes and how to get that sexual energy out. Lots of lifestyle factors and bodily processes are associated with increases in testosterone, such as regular exercise1, ovulation, or hitting puberty2, among many others. While testosterone is linked to libido, naturopathic doctor and sexologist Jordin Wiggins, N.D., says it’s more nuanced than that. Both estrogen and progesterone also affect libido....

The only problem? No one finds true and lasting happiness while trying to be the “chill person.” In a social-media-saturated world, so full to the brim of dating apps, we are trying to not get attached when we’re on the apps to find attachment in the first place. The hard truth of it: I only started having healthy relationships once I became vulnerable with partners. Learning to open up was difficult....

If you’ve watched Netflix’s You, there’s a chance you may have started to second-guess yourself recently. The series chronicles a young bookstore manager with unsavory tendencies (to say the least), and with the release of the show’s second season, it has stirred some fascinating questions about why we fall for psychopaths. So, to get to the bottom of the You phenomena, we turned to psychologist Perpetua Neo, DClinPsy, for insight on how psychopaths manage to suck us in....

In relationships, self-sabotage is when you’re actively trying to ruin your own relationship or make it fall apart, whether consciously or subconsciously. Stirring up relationship drama can also be a way to keep your partner interested, Dancel tells mbg: “Individuals may not feel that they can get better, so they settle for any attention, affection, and connection, negative or positive.” On the other side of the spectrum, some individuals might fear commitment due to what the relationship will mean for their independence, leading them to self-sabotage the relationship in order to keep their distance and maintain a sense of freedom....

In relationships, self-sabotage is when you’re actively trying to ruin your own relationship or make it fall apart, whether consciously or subconsciously. Stirring up relationship drama can also be a way to keep your partner interested, Dancel tells mbg: “Individuals may not feel that they can get better, so they settle for any attention, affection, and connection, negative or positive.” On the other side of the spectrum, some individuals might fear commitment due to what the relationship will mean for their independence, leading them to self-sabotage the relationship in order to keep their distance and maintain a sense of freedom....