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Unfortunately, when we look inside many sustainable bottles, we find something not-so-friendly: liquid plastics. And while it may be easy to immediately demonize this increasingly talked-about ingredient, we can’t be so quick to judge. To follow, a bit more information on what liquid plastics are and what you can do to contribute to a plastic-free future—or at least something close. In ingredient lists, some types of liquid plastics may end in -cone or -siloxane....

If it’s time for you to get a new mattress (and recycle your old one!), read on for our expert-guided recommendations of the most comfortable mattresses on the market. And because you’ve come to mindbodygreen, you know that our list will focus on quality picks that prioritize nontoxic materials and sustainable business practices above all. The Avocado Green Mattress is a hybrid mattress that combines supportive coils, GOLS-certified organic latex, and GOTS-certified organic wool and cotton....

So what’s the verdict on this integrative treatment, and does it warrant the fanfare? We investigated. It is not the only way to support NAD+ levels in the body, of course. It is also possible to increase NAD+ levels through oral supplementation of one of its precursors, such as niacin (vitamin B3), nicotinamide, and nicotinamide riboside (NR), the last option being a direct precursor2, and has been shown to be the most effective at supporting your natural levels of NAD+....

Enter, the narcissistic mother. This is what a narcissistic mother is essentially about. While a healthy amount of self-love is important so we respect and care for ourselves—and also show others how we should be treated—the narcissistic mother is all about her. She believes she is entitled to that, and she is incredibly self-absorbed. It’s one rule for her and another rule for everyone else. Whether she is a grandiose narcissist who needs to be the loudest or shine the brightest or the vulnerable kind who has to compete about who’s suffered the most, she lacks empathy for everyone except herself....

The neem tree produces small white flowers and a yellow-green fruit, and literally every part of the tree has been used for medicine and therapeutic treatments. The neem tree has so many medicinal uses (it contains more than 100 pharmacologically active substances), in fact, that in India, it’s been called “the village pharmacy.” It’s no surprise, then, that neem oil has been used for hundreds of years in traditional Indian medicine and ayurveda1....

But a wellness routine is only beneficial if it’s just that: a routine. If you find yourself struggling to find the motivation or resources to make it happen, chances are you’ll have a pretty hard time sticking to your goals—that’s where bone broth comes in. Don’t believe us? Here’s what Whole30 co-founder and CEO Melissa Urban says: That’s why we teamed up with Kettle & Fire to help you sort through the clutter and figure out how to find a bone broth that’s not just a short-term experiment but a long-term staple in your everyday routine....

The eight-hour misconception is one that Rafael Pelayo, M.D., a professor at Stanford Medicine and the author of How To Sleep: The New Science-Based Solutions for Sleeping Through the Night, comes up against time and time again in his line of work. Another board-certified sleep specialist Michael J. Breus, Ph.D., also named it as one of the most common myths in the sleep space on a recent episode of the mindbodygreen podcast....