When you’re posting a picture of yourself to social media, you always want to choose the best angle, most flattering lighting, and photo option in which you look the fittest . . . right? Four fitness influencers took to social media to do just the opposite. Why? To prove a major point about the idea…
After having two children, I felt like I needed a more reliable form of birth control once my second stopped nursing. Charting my cycle proved to be previously ineffective since I was following it before getting pregnant with number two (love you, Devon!). I had also been experiencing annoying night sweats. Ten days out of…
Since puberty, I have suffered from intense symptoms of PMS. In my 20s, I was finally given a diagnosis of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), an intense and debilitating form of PMS. One of the unbearable symptoms of this fun disorder is very sore and very tender breasts. When I say sore and tender, what I…
Periods suck. They’re painful, achy, messy, and inconvenient. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s just acknowledge that they exist and we need to move forward and be proactive. Related Stories:5 Reasons to Try Thinx If You Hate Pads Let’s focus on the pain part – many of us suffer from intense amounts of…
My sister, Holly (left), and I (right) as kids, at the beach with our mom in 1997 It was hard to believe that, at just 25 years old, I needed to see a breast-cancer specialist. As I waited on the exam table, all I could think about was my mom’s battle with breast cancer and…
Dietitian Julie Upton, MS, RD, of Appetite For Health, sheds light on the nutrient that nine out of 10 women don’t get enough of: choline. You’ve probably never heard of choline before, but this little-known nutrient is as important as calcium, vitamin C, and other vitamins and minerals. In fact, some 94 percent of women…
While it may seem like there is a bandit removing all the As, Bs, and Os from signs across the globe, it’s actually a blood donation campaign. In an effort to encourage people to donate blood, Missing Type is calling on corporations to remove the blood type letters from their signs and emphasize the dwindling…
Fu Yuanhui is a swimmer from Hangzhou, China who previously competed in the 2012 Olympics in London, and is currently representing her nation in this year’s games. She also happens to have her period. This didn’t seem too remarkable when Yuanhui recently acknowledged it in an interview, however, the internet has since come together to…
You get plenty of sleep and you’re not catching a cold, yet lately you feel run-down, have crazy headaches, and can’t focus at work. It may have something to do with how much iron you’re getting in your diet. An adult woman should aim for 18 milligrams of iron a day, and if you’re not…
After Playboy model Dani Mathers made headlines for body shaming a fellow gym-goer in the locker room, the fitness community had plenty to say about the ethics of snapping photos at the gym. While Mathers has since apologized, lost her gym membership, and become implicated in a subsequent lawsuit, the damage of her mean-spirited Snapchat…
