I have a confession that is going to sound deeply immature for a health writer: I have always found flatulence hilarious. Like, clinically hilarious. My partner...
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My mother is 72 and has started forgetting names. Not in the dramatic, movie-style way — more like pausing mid-sentence, reaching for a word that used to come...
Last month, my friend Carla texted me a screenshot of her blood glucose readings from her phone. Not because I'm her doctor (I am spectacularly unqualified to b...
Last month, I downloaded a popular sleep tracking app. Five days later, it sent me a personalized email recommending a $90 mattress topper "based on your sleep ...
When my neighbor Karen told me she'd been scammed out of $12,000, the first thing I noticed wasn't the money. It was her hands. They were shaking. Not dramatic...
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Last September, I went in for my annual physical. Everything came back normal. Blood pressure: fine. Cholesterol: fine. Blood sugar: fine. My doctor said I was ...
If you follow weight loss drug news even casually — and at this point, who does not — you probably saw the headlines this week: Novo Nordisk has dropped its...
I used to take seven supplements every morning. Seven. Vitamin D, vitamin C, a B-complex, fish oil, magnesium, zinc, and a multivitamin "just to cover the bases...
I have a confession: until about four months ago, my idea of "meal prep" was buying a rotisserie chicken from Costco and eating it over three days with whatever...
I have spent the last five years writing about health. Proper nutrition. Exercise routines. Sleep optimization. The whole time, I was sitting in a $40 IKEA chai...
I have a confession that might get my nutrition nerd card revoked: I used to think dietitians ate bland, cheerless food. Steamed broccoli and plain chicken brea...
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Disclaimer: This article describes a personal experiment and is not medical advice. Hydration needs vary significantly based on body weight, activity level, cli...
I've always been skeptical of therapy. Not because I thought mental health wasn't real — I just figured I wasn't "broken enough" to need it. My life was fine....
My doctor told me my blood pressure was 145/92. Stage 2 hypertension. I was 34 years old, not overweight, and thought I was healthy. She recommended medication....
In December, my gym raised its monthly fee to $65. I was already going only twice a week — running on a treadmill for 30 minutes and doing some half-hearted c...
Two years ago, I was the person who thought "gut health" was just another wellness buzzword invented to sell overpriced kombucha. Then I started having weird sy...
For three years I averaged about five hours of broken sleep per night. I tried melatonin (made me groggy), sleep apps (annoying), and even a weighted blanket (t...
I used to think I was just "not a good sleeper." The kind of person who scrolls until 1 AM, wakes up at 3 AM for no reason, then drags through the day on caffei...
Three months ago, my doctor looked at my bloodwork and said something I wasn't expecting: "Whatever you're doing, keep doing it." My fasting glucose had dropped...