Health and Wellness
In the age of Instagrammable smoothies and TikTok therapy hacks, wellness has become less about health and more about branding. What was once a personal journey toward balance and self-care has been repackaged into a marketable aesthetic — one that thrives on curated feeds, affiliate links and aspirational lifestyles. Social...
The era of kale chips, waist trainers and detox teas may be drawing its final breath — replaced by a once-obscure injectable medication called Ozempic. Celebrities and social media influencers alike have helped catapult Ozempic and similar glucagon-likepeptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists into the cultural spotlight. Originally developed for diabetes management, these...
Many people become vegans for different reasons, but one such reason that is always brought up is the health benefits of such a diet. Removing animal products from your everyday meals can be a huge leap for some people. To justify such willpower and switch over to plant-based foods, most...
As the years have gone by, I have noticed a significant number of people I have met were often low on energy and very sluggish. It’s an observation that seemed to extend to both young and old people alike, with only a few outliers that I can think of. With...
Processed foods have been around for centuries, such as olive oil and cheese for example. However when food became produced on a massive scale, especially in modern day, they have become widely prevalent, especially in the United States and could pose health risks to a large majority of people. It’s...
The harm that drinking can do in the short term is well known. It can prohibit proper thinking and make it difficult to make good judgment calls. The damage that alcohol can do to the human body is not as immediate as for the mind, but it can be just...
Roughly 47 million Americans take prescription medication for mental health treatment. This number has steadily increased over the past decade–a clear indication of not only a mental health crisis but a dependency on pharmaceutical solutions. Many are aware that the American public is overmedicated, but it is often framed as...
As we get older, we begin to trade the excess energy we had as kids and teenagers for more expendable income and autonomy. Everyone goes through this trade off, but particularly those who have to work to keep a roof over their heads and keep themselves fed. As we make...
When talking about people’s well-being, it’s important to acknowledge that our mental state is just as crucial to happiness as our physical state. The world can be cruel and unforgiving at times and the pressure can be very detrimental to our thoughts and health. It can sometimes feel inescapable, but...
If we want to rest and rejuvenate in ways that are sustainable to us, we have to start carving time out of everyday to rest instead of waiting for days off from work. Especially for someone who works multiple jobs, rest days might be hard to find as additional jobs...
If you’ve ever been around babies, you know how quickly they grow. Sometimes, toddlers are known to go down for a nap and wake up visibly taller. That’s completely normal for young healthy kids. What doesn’t get taught to us though, is that our bodies never truly stop growing, and...
There has always been a push by the people and our government to make our food healthier, and it seems that this recent idea for a ban is based on that goal. This time around, the ban is for something that many of us have likely discarded as being harmless...
