Makeup sponges are essential in any makeup kit, but it's also important to keep them clean to avoid breakouts and the spreading of germs. Here are two methods to ensure that your sponge is squeaky clean:

There are plenty of weight loss plans out there that say weight loss involves just watching what to eat. But not all of them explain why you should make the choices that you make, so it's unlikely it will help you in the long run. As Darya Rose, the creator of Summer Tomato, explains:

Get up. Go to work. Sit in traffic. Drive home. Sit in traffic. Go to sleep. Lather, rinse, and repeat. For most, this is a daily routine. While we always manage to find the time to work more, sleep less, and ignore our health, we never seem to make the effort to schedule time for pure, unadulterated silliness.

A healthy body leads to a healthy pregnancy, and a healthy pregnancy can lead to a healthy post-pregnancy body. Your baby's well-being is probably at the top of your list, but staying in shape should follow closely behind. As you determine the best workout routine for yourself before, during and after pregnancy, keep this in mind:

New research claims that a diet high in salt can increase one's risk of developing gastric cancer based on how it reacts with a bacterial infection that occurs in the gut.

The study published in Infection and Immunity involving gerbils found that those infected with CagA-positive strains of H. pylori and fed a high-salt diet developed severe gastric inflammation and a higher rate of cancer when compared to gerbils fed a regular diet.  Gerbils infected with CagA-negative strains did not develop cancer, regardless of diet.

Ever pushes your body a little too hard after a workout to only feel dizzy right after. While your first intinct would be to just sit down and catch your breath, here's why you should try to walk it off instead.