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Will An Emotional Affair Kill Your Relationship?

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January 14, 2019 at 08:00PM Here’s how to know if you’re emotionally cheating—and how to make amends. Continue Reading… Author Jessa Zimmerman | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue Infidelity, dishonesty, cheating, secrecy, affairs—these are all words that describe potential death blows to your relationship. While you may be clear that a sexual affair is a true threat to your partnership that needs to be addressed if you’re going to save it, you may be less sure about the damage caused by an emotional affair or whether that’s as big a violation as a sexual one. The short answer is: Yes, it’s an affair. And no, it doesn’t have to be the end of your relationship. An emotional affair doesn’t involve sexual contact, but it can be devastating nonetheless. It’s typically defined as a relationship with someone with whom you have emotional intimacy, sexual attraction, and secrecy or dishonesty about it with your partner. While it doesn’t bring some of the pain that comes from a sexual interaction with a third person, it still brings the pain of dishonesty and lack of care for the feelings of the resolute partner. As hard as it is to recover from the effects of sexual infidelity, an emotional affair still confronts you with the harsh realities that one of you was willing to indulge their own desires at the expense the other’s trust and intimacy. Emotional affairs often start by accident, sliding down the slippery slope of friendship and attraction. What begins

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Am I Doing This Right? How To Make Sure Probiotic Supplements Get To Your Gut

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January 13, 2019 at 11:00PM Read on to find out what happens to a probiotic after you ingest it. Continue Reading… Author | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue By now, you might be aware that the human microbiome—which is totally unique from person to person—is the collection of living organisms in the body, including trillions of beneficial bacteria that help you digest food, support your immune system, regulate your mood, and more. You might also know that maintaining a balanced microbiome—crowding out the bad bacteria with the good—is ideal and that supplementing with probiotics is one way to help that process along. But do you know what actually happens to a probiotic after you ingest it? That’s an equally important piece since it could mean the difference between an effective probiotic and, potentially, a useless one. Getting to the gut. The thing to keep in mind is that probiotics are live organisms, and they’re pretty fragile. In capsule form, probiotics need to survive not just the manufacturing process but also the transit through our digestive tract to establish a presence in the lower gut—the small intestine or the colon—where hopefully, they’ll stick around and repopulate. But here’s where it gets tricky. Right after swallowing, any bacteria we ingest is exposed to digestive enzymes in our saliva before reaching the stomach. Once in the stomach, the bacteria have to face very strong acids containing pepsin, the powerful enzyme that further breaks down and digests our food. The bad news

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