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Below, we set the record straight on exactly where McCarthy stands on dieting and weight lossand how, naturally, shes made her point of view funny along the way.

In response to Streisands Ozempic question, McCarthy posted a video with the caption: @Barbarastreisand fan club members only. She said her takeaway from the singers comments were that: Barbara Streisand knows I exist. She reached out to me and she thought I looked good. I win the day.

You may recall that The Little Mermaid Star was honored in Peoples 2023 Beautiful Issue. And while she, of course, had to make a joke about the acknowledgment (Did my mom and my dad have the two main votes?), she shared that, in all seriousness, her glow comes from contentment. Somewhere in my 30s, I was like Im okay with who I am, she told People. And if someone wasnt thrilled with that, thats okay too. At some point, I was like, Theyre not all going to like you. You have to learn that the hard way, but its a good [lesson].

Its not necessarily anyones business what a scale reads when McCarthy steps on it, but she has shared that her weight has fluctuated since she moved to Los Angeles in the 90s. Her lifestyle changed significantly after she joined the improv troupe The Groundlings. I stopped walking and ate shitty food. I was in good shape, then suddenly I gained 25 pounds, she told Rolling Stone in 2017.

Since then, shes been every size in the world, she told Us Weekly in 2013. Parts of my 20s, I was in great shape, but I didnt appreciate it. If I was a six or an eight, I thought, Why arent I a two or a four? Now I feel like I have two great kids and the dreamiest husband on the planet, and everything else is just a work in progress.

After securing her role as Sookie St. James in Gilmore Girls in the early 2000s, McCarthy went on a doctor-advised all-liquid diet, which led her to lose 70 pounds. Id never do that again, she told People in 2011. I felt starved and crazy half the time.

When I go shopping, most of the time Im disappointed, she told Redbook in 2014. Two Oscars ago, I couldnt find anybody to do a dress for me. I asked five or six designersvery high-level ones who make lots of dresses for peopleand they all said no.

After too many of those experiences, McCarthy took matters into her own hands. She has designed clothes for Lane Bryant and launched her own Melissa McCarthy Seven7 line in 2015, which is no longer in production.

Seventy percent of women in the United States are a size 14 or above, and thats technically plus-size, so youre taking your biggest category of people and telling them, Youre not really worthy. I find that very strange, she told Refinery29 in 2015. I just think, if youre going to make womens clothing, make womens clothing.

In 2019, she told WSJ magazine that she was working on a more accessible label, but no news has come of it since.

I do think I worried about weight too soon, when it was only little-kid weight, she told Rolling Stone. I thought I battled weight throughout high school, but I look back at pictures of me as a cheerleader, doing sprints, lifting weights, doing gymnastics, playing tennis, and while I wasnt reed-thin like some girls ... I was a size six the entire time. So what on Earth was I freaking out about?

In 2016, McCarthy shared an image of a mirror with a warning label on Instagram. The label read: Reflections in this mirror may be distorted by societally constructed ideas of beauty.

In her caption, she wrote: We have to stop categorizing and judging women based on their bodies. We are teaching young girls to strive for unattainable perfection instead of feeling healthy and happy in their own skin.

Headlines exploded over McCarthys 50-pound weight loss in 2015 which happened in tandem with her action-packed role in Spy. Ironically, she said the weight left when she stopped obsessing over it. I truly stopped worrying about it, she told Life & Style. I think theres something to kinda loosening up and not being so nervous and rigid about it that, bizarrely, has worked.

Even then, she cautioned the public not to get too... excited about the change. I have [lost weight], but Ill be back again," she told Refinery29 in 2016. Ill be up, Ill be down, probably for the rest of my life. The thing is, if that is the most interesting thing about me, I need to go have a lavender farm in Minnesota and give this up. There has to be something more.

McCarthy has been open about the egregious questions shes received on her physical appearance over the yearsand the double standard that exists when it comes to men in Hollywood and their looks. There are so many more intriguing things about women than their butt or their this or their that. It cant be the first question every time, or a question at all, she told Refinery 29. Its like, Can you imagine them asking some of these guys I work with, How do you keep your butt looking so good? It would be like, What the f*ck are you talking about? Why are you asking about the shape of my butt?

In a 2018 interview with AARP, she shared a similar sentiment. No ones asking a man, how do you keep your legs in shape? Which Ive been asked, she recalled.

In fact, she doesnt want it to define anyone. I just find it dumb and boring. I really do, she told AARP. I think every time we categorize peopleby weight, by race, by genderwe put them in boxes and its not a good thing for the world.

Kayla Blanton is a freelance writer-editor who covers health, nutrition, and lifestyle topics for various publications including Prevention, Everyday Health, SELF, People, and more. Shes always open to conversations about fueling up with flavorful dishes, busting beauty standards, and finding new, gentle ways to care for our bodies. She earned a bachelors degree in journalism from Ohio University with specializations in women, gender, and sexuality studies and public health, and is a born-and-raised midwesterner living in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband and two spoiled kitties.

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Rebel Wilson "never thought" she could lose weight. The 44-year-old actress famously shed 77 pounds in 2020 following a course of intense diet and exercise but admitted that once she did manage to go on a health kick, she regretted not doing it sooner. She told Britain's OK! Magazine: "I never thought I could do it. Then in 2020, when I just really focused and did it, I felt sadness, because Im like, 'Im 40. Why did I not do it 10, 20 years ago?' I felt like this sadness, that Id hidden away from people and from relationships." The 'Pitch Perfect' actress has been looking back on her life so far as part of her memoir 'Rebel Rising' and noted that now was the right time to do it because she can truly reflect on her journey to Hollywood stardom rather than writing what she thinks would be a "boring book" about her body transformation. She said: "In 2020, I did this experiment called the year of health. And I lost a lot of weight. That garnered more attention than any movie Id ever done. Then I got an offer to write a book about it. It was going to be my year of health but when I got into thinking about my relationship with food and emotional eating I thought, Well, theres so many things about my life and past that go into this. And its boring to write a book about, Yeah, I exercise for two-and-a-half hours a day and drink eight glasses of water The 'Senior Year' star recalled not being able to "stand up" for herself at times when she was younger and would turn to food as a comfort as she ended up in a vicious cycle of "trashing" her own body. She said: "Being born a girl where I came from in Australia, I didnt stand up for myself sometimes. Or I was told to just shut up and be a good girl. Then, because I didnt feel that I was any good, I was feeding myself food that wasnt good. And it was like this whole cycle of like, 'Oh well, Ill just trash my own body.'"

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Ozempic is no laughing matter for the comedian. Handler revealed her "anti-aging doctor" prescribed her the medication without realizing what the drug was.

"I didn't even know I was on it," she said during the Jan. 25, 2023 episode ofCall Her Daddy. "She said, 'If you ever want to drop five pounds,this is good.'"

But while she tried the drug, Handler noted that she didn't like how it made her feel.

"I came back from a vacation and I injected myself with it," she recalled. "I went to lunch with a girlfriend a few days later, and she was like, 'I'm not really eating anything. I'm so nauseous, I'm on Ozempic.' And I was like, 'I'm kind of nauseous too.' But I had just come back from Spain and was jet-lagged."

Ultimately, Handler stopped using the drugbecause it wasn't medically necessary for her, adding thatshe gave away the remaining doses to friends.

"I've injected about four or five of my friends with Ozempic, because I realized I didn't want to use it because it was silly," she said. "It's for heavy people. I have people coming over to my house, and I'm like, 'OK, I can see you at 1, I can see you at 2.'"

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90 Day Fianc: Happily Ever After? star Big Ed Brown recently talked about why he is on a weight loss journey and if it has anything to do with getting a revenge body after his split from Liz Woods. Big Ed is a former photographer from San Diego. He was in a relationship with Rose Vega from the Philippines and became a worldwide meme when she dumped him. Big Ed and Lizs relationship wasnt any better, though. They broke up more than a dozen times but still wanted to get married. However, Big Ed himself called off their wedding.

Big Ed Brown from 90 Day Fianc looks different now after dropping several pounds and revealing the reason behind the change.

Big Ed recently did an interview with @stefsrockshow where he was asked about spending a lot of time in the gym recently.

The host wanted to know if Big Ed had always been a gym person or if there was a certain motivation behind it. Big Ed replied, You know what? There really is. He said that he sees himself on TV and his friends joke about him letting himself go. He tells them, The camera adds 10 pounds, but they jokingly ask him, How many cameras are on you? Big Ed then said that he had health concerns.

Big Ed said that he is single now and is more concerned about his health than anything else. He is focusing on himself now that he doesnt have to worry about his relationship with Liz. Both Liz and Big Ed had gained weight when they were together. While an unhealthy lifestyle could have been the culprit, Liz mentioned that she was also on antidepressants at the time. She lost a lot of weight once she went off her medication and started doing cardio instead. Big Ed, on the other hand, has lost 19 pounds so far.

Big Ed has a tendency to go on a weight loss spree whenever he gets heartbroken.

Big Ed was married to a woman named Sandra Heckman. She divorced him after only two years of being married when she found out he had cheated on her with another woman. Big Ed was the reason for his own divorce, but he claimed he was the one hurting. He couldnt eat or sleep, and was hard on himself. Big Ed lost 35 pounds by then, and eventually started posting his videos from the gym when Rose left him. He had lost 25 pounds after his first-ever breakup with Liz on 90 Day: The Single Life.

Big Ed is currently single, but he might be planning to mingle with someone once he heads to Thailand for his vacation this year. He wants to lose weight before the trip and is already showing great progress. He could be searching for his next girlfriend who would be ready to date him after all the 90 Day Fianc: Happily Ever After? drama. Liz has moved on with her new boyfriend, Jayson, and Big Ed is also looking to make sure he looks fit and healthy the next time he is on-screen without his ex.

90 Day Fianc: Happily Ever After? airs Sundays at 8 p.m. EDT on TLC.

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90 Day Fianc: Happily Ever After? is one of the many spinoff shows to TLCs 90 Day Fianc. Happily Ever After? provides viewers with a follow-up to some of the most popular couples from the original show. The companion series reveals if lovers ended up staying in their marriage and explores any major life events or issues they may be facing.

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ROCHESTER, Minn. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy promotes relatively rapid weight loss, reduces obesity-related health issues and improves eligibility for kidney transplantation for patients with advanced chronic kidney disease and obesity, according to new research from Mayo Clinic.

Patients with advanced chronic kidney failure and severe obesity often are not considered for kidney transplantation, but according to a study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, sleeve gastrectomy can improve high-risk patients meeting the criteria for transplantation. The findings also show that the surgical weight-loss procedure reduced cardiovascular risks, including diabetes and hypertension.

"In earlier research, we found that conservative weight-loss approaches do not adequately result in significant weight loss in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease," says Aleksandra Kukla, M.D., a Mayo Clinic transplant nephrologist and the study's first author. "These new findings support the value of surgical gastrectomy for patients with advanced chronic kidney failure, stage 4-5D, to improve general health and access to kidney transplantation."

The retrospective study involved 104 patients with advanced chronic kidney failure and obesity who were treated at Mayo Clinic between 2020 and 2023. Fifty-four underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, the most frequently performed surgical weight-loss procedure in patients seeking kidney transplant, and 50 patients opted for a nonsurgical weight-loss approach.

Undergoing sleeve gastrectomy reduced the time for patients to be added to waiting lists for kidney transplantation. It also improved the likelihood of receiving a transplant, with 37% of those who underwent sleeve gastrectomy receiving a transplant within 18 months, versus 10% in the nonsurgical cohort.

The risk of postsurgical complications was low, and the rate of hospitalizations and infections for patients who underwent sleeve gastrectomy was similar to the nonsurgical cohort.

Effective therapy for obesity among patients with advanced chronic kidney disease is understudied, in part because high body mass index (BMI) is often considered beneficial in patients receiving kidney dialysis. "Treatment of obesity in this population has been limited to nonsurgical options in the past," says Tayyab Diwan, M.D., a Mayo Clinic transplant surgeon and co-author of the study.

More research is needed on the optimal timing of the surgery for kidney transplant candidates, Dr. Diwan says.

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About Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science educates and trains more than 4,000 students, residents and fellows each year in biomedical education. As part of the nonprofit Mayo Clinic academic medical center, the college is supported by Mayo Clinic's world-class clinical expertise, a commitment to academic excellence, and unparalleled research capabilities. The college has five schools: Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences and Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development.

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In 2023, prescription drug spending grew 13.6% compared with 2022 and semaglutide was the highest selling drug due to a recent increase of weight-loss classifications.

Expenditures for semaglutide doubled last year, making it the new top-selling drug in the US, replacing adalimumab, which treats autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease, wrote the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in a press release.1 Adding to the weight-loss category, spending on the diabetes drug tirzepatide grew an astounding 373% even though its approval for weight loss came late in 2023.

Drugs like semaglutide and tirzepatide were originally classified as diabetes medications but have since been approved for weight-loss indications. According to researchers, the evolution of weight-loss medications is following a continuous trend of increased spending beyond 2023.

In 2024, they predict US prescription drug spending to increase another 10% to 12%. And while weight-loss drugs led the charge by the end of 2023, demand for endocrine and cancer drugs continues to fuel spending.2

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In 2023, Novo Nordisk saw combined sales of $21.1 billion from its drugs Wegovy, Ozempic, and Rybelsus. | image credit: K KStock / stock.adobe.com

Whether patients are using these drugs for weight-loss or diabetes management, in 2023, Novo Nordisk saw combined sales of $21.1 billion from its drugs Wegovy, Ozempic, and Rybelsus. This accounts for an 89% revenue increase for the Danish drug manufacturer from these 3 drugs alone, according to a Pew Research study.3

Furthermore, 71% of worldwide semaglutide sales came from the US, a country where almost 75% of adults over 20 are considered obese (42%) or overweight (31%).3

For now, the public has modest expectations for the impact drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy will have on obesity in the United States. Only 16% of those familiar with these drugs think they will do a great deal or quite a bit to reduce obesity, while 35% think they will do some and 33% expect they will do not much or nothing at all to reduce obesity in the US, wrote Tyson and Kikuchi regarding another Pew Research study.4

Between the mixed-use of drugs like semaglutide and tirzepatide for either weight-loss or diabetes, and the countrys modest sentiment supporting their use for weight-loss, what exactly Americans are using these drugs to treat is a bit uncertain.

Just 12% of those familiar with these drugs say they are good options for people who want to lose weight butdonothave a weight-related health condition. A far larger share (62%) say these drugs are not good options for people without a weight-related health condition, while 26% arent sure, continued Tyson and Kikuchi.4

These statistics show that the recent rise of semaglutide sales could be further enforced by increased marketing and public attention. Beverly Tchang, MD, endocrinologist, and assistant professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York Presbyterian Hospital, recently expressed her concerns about weight-loss drugs in an Everyday Health article addressing a semaglutide shortage.

I worry more that people who do not have obesity or diabetes are buying semaglutide at its out-of-pocket cost to get skinnier, likely stirred on by TikTok videos or Variety articles. Patients with diabetes and patients with obesity both deserve treatment, and the shortage of semaglutide in general affects both populations, she said.5

But regardless of their preferred uses, the rise in semaglutide and tirzepatide sales have manufacturers ready to roll out a larger inventory of their weight-loss drugs and researchers are certain of their continued increase.2

Several new drugs that will influence spending are expected to be approved in 2024, wrote the authors.2 Because of their uses among diabetics, overweight individuals, and healthy individuals trying to lose weight, it is not nave to predict that weight-loss medications will occupy future lists of newly accepted medications.

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If you grew up during the '90s or 2000s, you may remember this period as overwhelmingly concerned with weight loss. In particular, people wanted to reduce or eliminate fat from their diets. As a result, food manufacturers began creating "healthified" versions of snacks that had fewer calories and, consequentially, less flavor. Ice cream became frozen yogurt, chips were baked rather than fried, and cookies and crackers became SnackWell's. This was a line of allegedly "better-for-you" snacking cookies launched by food manufacturing giant Nabisco in 1992. The product lineup featured several sweet and savory treats, including cheese crackers and devil's food cookie cakes.

SnackWell's stood out for offering fat-free treatsat a time when consuming calories from fat was demonized.The brand's premise was that it allowed you to have your cake and eat it, too all without breaking your low-fat diet. As a result,SnackWell's flew off the shelves and quickly became a household staple. Did they taste great? No. But they purportedly helped people lose weight.

There was just one infamous problem, though: People didn't lose weight. This is likely due to a few factors. For one, SnackWell's products may have contained low or zero fat, but they still had plenty of carbs, which we now know canhalt weight loss just as much as fat-based calories. Additionally, because people ate more than SnackWell's suggested serving size, a phenomenon began that would come to be known as The SnackWell Effect.

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The incorrect premise behind fat-free dieting was simple: Don't eat fat, and nothing you eat will turn into fat. Although SnackWell's touted its products as being low-fat, it called much less attention to the rest of its nutrition facts. SnackWell's were higher in carbohydrates and sugar than many other snacking options. If you weren't around at the time, then this probably sounds like an ineffective dieting choice. Back in the '90s and 2000s, however,fat was far more reviled than carbs, so diets of the time starkly contrasted more modern options likethe Keto diet, which opts for high-fat, low-carb foods. Even so, SnackWell's high carb count wasn't enough to send the brand into eternal infamy.

Because folks figured they were enjoying a "healthified" snack instead of the real deal, they often ate more than the suggested serving size. In reality, a lot of low-calorie options don't actually satiate consumers, and eating too much of anything even fat-free snacks can cause weight gain. So, at the height of SnackWell's popularity, not only were people not losing weight, but in some cases, they were gaining it. After consumers saw that SnackWell's wasn't the key to weight loss, the brand fizzled out over the decades and officially shut down in 2022.

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Laz Alonso, who plays Mother's Milk (M.M.) on Amazon Prime Video's hit superhero series The Boys, opened up on his weight loss journey ahead of Season 4.

Following his work in films like Fast & Furious and Avatar, Alonso brings a sense of level-headedness to his character in The Boys while adding to the intensity seen by his team in the fight against Vought International.

Fans will see M.M. in a unique situation in Season 4 as the titular boys stand against their leader, Karl Urban's Billy Butcher, although it also comes with an exciting change for Alonso's look on-screen.

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New trailers for Amazon Prime Video's The Boys confirmed Laz Alonso's return to the series as Marvin T. Milk, better known to fans as Mother's Milk.

He showed up once more in the most recent trailer for Season 4 released on May 3 as a part of the CCXP convention in Mexico City, although he looks noticeably thinner than he did in the first three seasons.

A fan congratulated Alonso on the weight loss on an Instagram post, with Alonso jokingly replying that he got "carried away" because he had eaten "too much pizza:"

Fan: "My man, lost some serious weight, looking good papito!"

Alonso: "had to trim it down fam! Got carried away too much pizza"

He also shared info on a DNA test from a company called BioSynergy in another post, letting his fans know how the test helped him see what he needed to be putting in his body to stay healthy:

"What I loved about this DNA test is that it told me exactly what vitamins I needed, what supplements I needed, and what I didnt need."

Alonso explained how putting things in his body that he did not need only "[put his] body under unnecessary stress:"

"Anything that you put in your body that your body doesnt need, your body is just gonna excrete, but it just puts your body under unnecessary stress, having to filter out stuff that you didnt need in the first place."

This test helped to revolutionize the way he looked at staying healthy as he only takes in "what [his] body is deficient in" now:

"The DNA test was something that literally revolutionized the way that I look at supplementation and being healthy because Im only putting in my body what my body is deficient in."

Seeing Laz Alonso work so diligently towards better health is unquestionably commendable, especially considering fans' reactions to his new look in Season 4.

The big question moving forward for him will be his complicated relationship with Billy Butcher, who will be gunning harder than ever for Vought and their powerful sponsored heroes.

M.M.'s presence in The Boys Season 4's marketing campaign has been limited. However, audiences expect him to work closely with Hughie (Jack Quaid) and Starlight (Erin Moriarty) to get revenge for Vought's crimes against humanity.

Additionally, rumors have already teased even more superheroes for The Boys to fight, giving the group all they can handle with the world's safety in the balance.

The Boys Season 4 arrives with a three-episode premiere on June 13.

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Julia Fox is known for her daring style choices, which will soon be documented on her upcoming E! series OMG Fashun! But she's also open with her followers about her health, which can include bouts of weight loss.

She's previously spoken up about losing weight while dating Kanye "Ye" West due to their busy schedules.

"It just wasn't sustainable," she told the New York Times in 2021. "I lost like 15 pounds in that month."

But that isn't the only time Julia has shared details about her wellbeing. Here's everything she's revealed about her weight loss over the years.

Julia and Kanye made headlines in 2021 during their fast and furious romance. But it wasn't all Carbone and Birkin bags. I tried my best to make it work. I already had a jam-packed life, the Uncut Gems actress told The New York Times in 2022.

How do I fit this really big personality into this already full life?" she added. "It just wasn't sustainable. I lost, like, 15 pounds in that month.

Julia gave birth to her son, Valentino, in January 2021. And afterwards, she lost weight while balancing working and being a single mom.

In 2022, Julia even told her TikTok followers that she thought she had a tape worm, because she couldnt explain why she was losing weight so quickly.

"My weight loss was 1 trillion percent unintentional," she said. "After I had my son, I was just rapidly dropping all this weight...it just happened because I'm a single mom and I chase a toddler all day."

"I did not lose weight to fit into sample sizes just so we r all clear," she added in the caption.

Julia also hasn't used Ozempic, a medication for people with type 2 diabetes thats used off-label for weight loss.

All these people are coming for me saying that I take the weight loss things... people are saying that I'm taking Ozempic, or whatever it's called, she said in a March 2023 episode of her Forbidden Fruits podcast. I'm not and I never haveI would never do that. There are diabetics that need it.

During the episode, she assured her fans that she simply "works hard" for her body.

But Julia has been open about having plastic surgery in the past. In 2023, she shared that she's used Botox and once got liposuction, which she said she might do again.

Im, like, saggylike, things are not sitting the way they used to, she told Elle. But its like, I am not gonna do a damn thing about it.

Julia has also shared that she was struggling with her mental health when she lost weight. In recent years, she was really stressed out and not eating properly, she told the New Yorker in 2023.

"I would eat maybe one time a day and it would be a sheet cake," she said. "I was on my feet from 7 a.m. till whatever. I was just burning everything off and losing weight so rapidly."

Ultimately, Julia leaned into it, telling the publication she wanted to look "grotesque."

The losing of the weight, the eyebrows, the clothes, all the things I didI think I was going for grotesque, she said. "I wanted to look a certain way where the girls would appreciate it and the men would despise it."

I was, like, Oh, great, [men] hate meand I love it, she added. The more they hated me, the more fun it was to keep doing it. It was amazing to see how they reacted when I just wasnt giving them their visual stimulus, or whatever. I mean, they lashed out. They, like, took it personally.

During the interview (which was published in September 2023), Julia said that she's currently gaining weight.

"Anytime I try to go on a diet, or lose weight, or gain weight, Ive never been able to," she explained.

Korin Miller is a freelance writer specializing in general wellness, sexual health and relationships, and lifestyle trends, with work appearing in Mens Health, Womens Health, Self, Glamour, and more. She has a masters degree from American University, lives by the beach, and hopes to own a teacup pig and taco truck one day.

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