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Here, functional nutrition experts weigh in on the healthiest nuts for your heart, skin health, brain functioning, and beyond. In conversation with mbg, Maya Feller, M.S., R.D., CDN, explains that nuts are loaded with plant-based forms of heart-healthy fats, including both saturated and unsaturated fats. Certain nuts, Feller says, also provide high amounts of omega-3 fatty acids (an essential fatty acid the human body does not naturally produce but needs to obtain through food sources), antioxidants (a win for your immune system2), and prebiotic fiber to not only help keep you full but to also serve as “nourishment for the beneficial bacteria in the gut....

So, we spoke to experts to find out about all the benefits you can expect from this ingredient—a few might even surprise you: “Avocado oil is primarily processed for cosmetics because it can rapidly absorb into the skin,” says Muhga Eltigani, founder of NaturAll Club. “Fresh avocados are extremely rich in nutrients and vitamins but can’t be absorbed as easily. When you use cold-pressed virgin avocado oil, it maintains all of the fruit’s vitamins and nutrients other than vitamins B and C, as they are water-soluble and thus lost in the extraction process....

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....

Too much masculine, and we get aggression and domination. Too much feminine, and we get disempowerment and stagnation. “Everyone has both the feminine and the masculine qualities—it’s not about what sex you are,” explains intuitive counselor and sacred space designer Elana Kilkenny. She adds that the place where these two sit in balance is a sweet spot that we should strive for in our day-to-day life. “The energy of the feminine embodies the nurturer, the healer, the compassionate peacemaker, while the masculine energy is focused on doing and achieving,” says spiritual author of The Self-Love Experiment Shannon Kaiser....

Emotional abuse can look like a lot of things, but according to relationship therapist Ken Page, LCSW, it can be defined as anything devaluing, demeaning, or neglectful to another person’s feelings or experiences, “which leaves them feeling less-than, ashamed, incapable, and not valuable.” And as psychiatrist Anna Yusim, M.D., previously explained to mbg, emotional abuse often goes hand in hand with verbal abuse, which encompasses the use of words in an attempt to control, manipulate, or harm another....

Although toxic relationships are certainly draining and dissatisfying, oftentimes there’s something about the dynamic that’s difficult to leave behind. So you keep putting energy into maintaining the relationship despite the fact that it’s taking a toll on your life. I should note that “letting go” of a toxic relationship doesn’t necessarily mean ending it; it means releasing yourself from the grip the toxic dynamic of the relationship has on you. And that gesture of release can start with certain choices you make....