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The best vegan meal delivery services make avoiding animal byproducts—including meat, fish, eggs, and dairy—a breeze by delivering either premade entrées or meal kits directly to your door. Whether you struggle with getting enough vegan protein or simply can’t find any other creative ways to prep your tofu, these services will help you uncover the best of plant-based eating. “A vegan diet has a stricter definition, which means that it is 100% plant-based; no animal flesh, dairy products, eggs, or honey,” explains dietitian Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN....

Research1 has shown a connection between lack of sleep during pregnancy and complications such as increased pain during labor, preterm birth, and low birth weight. So if you’re preparing for pregnancy (and planning the best approach to your nutrition, physical fitness, and sleep), now is a good time to evaluate your mattress, too. Below are a few of the best mattresses for pregnancy that will keep you snoozing comfortably, before and after the baby has arrived....

To learn more about the best treadmills for walking, we tapped sports and lifestyle chiropractor Sarah Sponaugle. Below, find our picks for the nine best treadmills for walking, along with Sponaugle’s advice on how to choose one, the benefits of owning a treadmill, and what to consider as you shop. We can’t recommend one treadmill that’s best for everyone, but we can help you navigate the many options. If you’re wondering how to choose a treadmill for walking versus running, here are some factors to consider: Horsepower: As we mentioned, some compact treadmills only have the horsepower to support walking and jogging....

In fact, olives pack such a healthy punch that working more of them into your diet is one of those no-brainer health-boosters nobody should miss out on. With all the varieties there are to choose from—roughly 500 or so—there is an olive to suit virtually every taste. Better yet, those delicious polyphenols help cut oxidative stress in the brain and can help boost memory. In other words, olives are also a great way to feed your head....

When it comes to the former, experts recommend a French press or pour-over method since you can easily find vessels made completely of glass or stainless steel, an impossible task in the other forms of coffee creation. These methods also allow the most benefits regarding the latter: “The stainless-steel mesh filter on a French press and the basic open pour-over method allows the coffee’s natural oils to pass, which not only improves flavor but also preserves cancer-fighting polyphenols,” explains bestselling author Dave Asprey, who revolutionized the coffee world with his invention of Bulletproof lattes, which are spiked with fat for even more health benefits....

For example, the Lovers card, despite its name, doesn’t necessarily mean smooth sailing. Here’s everything you need to know about this card, including what it means for relationships, your professional life, and the challenges that could lie ahead for you. Blaire Porter and Britt June with tarot company Threads of Fate add, “The Lovers card represents relationships and choice—and though not exclusively, it is typically about romantic relationships.” When we pull this card, it indicates we may feel like external circumstances and relationships give us value....

In 2022, there are two partial solar eclipses—meaning the Sun won’t be entirely shrouded. The first is in Taurus on April 30, then six months later, a second one arrives in Scorpio on October 25. These will affect the way we “do” money. While they are bound to bring new developments in decentralized finance and cryptocurrency, there could be crackdowns and regulations to contend with. The global economy overall may experience surprising shifts as we figure out how to support world citizens during the ongoing pandemic....

So let’s go all the way back to chemistry class: pH is a scale used to specify the acidity or basicity of any solution. And whether you realize it or not, your skin’s pH (and the pH of your skin care) has a huge effect on the skin’s functionality itself. Here’s everything you need to know. The range, here, is important. The pH of the skin varies slightly for men and women—men usually having more acidic skin....

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....

Here, we explain how to do a vegan keto diet (which goes a step beyond the mostly plant-based keto 2.0 diet), the potential benefits and risks, and who may want to try it. “A vegan keto diet follows the same principles [as keto] but without any animal-derived products, like meat and dairy,” says cardiologist and plant-based diet proponent Joel Kahn, M.D. The ideal macronutrient breakdown (i.e., percentage of your daily calories coming from fat, protein, and carbs) for a keto diet typically looks something like this: Some experts have expressed concern that—depending on how it’s formulated—a traditional keto diet may be too high in animal-based saturated fats and low in heart- and gut-friendly fiber....

When your digestion is unbalanced for an extended period of time, toxins known as ama start to build up in your system. When ama, which is a result of poor agni, accumulates, you start to feel a whole legion of side effects, including indigestion, sluggishness, bloating and gas, and more. Only when we are digesting efficiently can we feel energized and ready to take on the day. You’ll notice that they’re about much more than what you eat; you could have the healthiest foods in the world, but if you eat them in a stressed-out state, you’ll reduce the effectiveness of your digestion and lose some of their benefits....

Specifically, vitamin B3 plays an important role in digestion, mental health, heart health, the nervous system, maintaining healthy skin, making a variety of hormones, and acting as a precursor to the coenzyme nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+). Here, learn all about vitamin B3, its different forms and health benefits, signs of deficiency, common food sources, and when to consider a supplement. Of these, nicotinic acid and nicotinamide are the main forms of vitamin B3 or niacin—they’re both widely available from the same food sources and sold as dietary supplements....

Shortly after arriving at college, she remembered brushing her teeth next to her new roommate. “What are you doing?” her roommate asked her, gesturing to the tap she’d left on as she brushed. My teacher didn’t realize what the big deal was until she looked over at her roommate’s tap and saw it was shut off. The roommate came from a dry area in California, my teacher from a water-rich town on the East Coast....

Devon’s first book, Earth Women, is coming soon. To learn more, join the mailing list, and receive updates, head to www.devonbarrowwriting.com.

While slow fashion doesn’t have a hard-and-fast definition, it refers to a more nuanced, mindful way of shopping that prioritizes people and the planet. It could mean shopping secondhand, buying less, prioritizing natural fabrics, or some combination of all these things, depending on the consumer. “Slow fashion is about really understanding what your needs are and finding the best product to address those needs,” Shivam Punjya, the founder and creative director of behno, an ethical handbag line, tells mbg....

Here, mbg’s resident astrologists, the AstroTwins, break down Ophiuchus, what it is, and what it definitely isn’t. But is powerful Ophiuchus an astrological sign, like Leo, Gemini, or Taurus? But according to the AstroTwins, people are still confusing signs and constellations, and a slight panic ensues every time that original post resurfaces. “The zodiac that we use for modern ‘Tropical’ horoscopes is based on our view of the sky from the earth, divided into 12 pieces, and oriented by the four seasons,” the twins note....

People who practice relationship anarchy, sometimes abbreviated as RA, are beholden to themselves and only themselves when it comes to choosing who they conduct sexual or romantic relationships with and how they do it. Relationship anarchists look to form relationships with people that are based entirely on needs, wants, and desires rather than on socially mandated labels and expectations. Some central tenets of relationship anarchy are freedom, communication, and nonhierarchy....

This movement through the astrological ages is a backward motion, so it goes from Pisces to Aquarius. Nobody is certain when or if the official shift from Pisces to Aquarius occurred—and it’s thought to be a lengthy transition—but many agree that it happened over the last few decades and we are, in fact, living in the Aquarian age. As we move deeper into the Age of Aquarius, the values that humanity has organized around must change to reflect the current astrological age....

With so much change in our lives from day to day, consistency in all forms can be hard to come by—and that’s especially true for our diets. In fact, research shows that many of us aren’t consuming the recommended daily amount of multiple important (actually essential) vitamins and minerals1. That’s where a daily multivitamin comes in. Despite some of the back-and-forth out there about the value of multivitamins, the science is clear: For most Americans, supplementation is necessary3 if they want to consistently achieve the recommended amount of necessary micronutrients....