Health and Wellness

Nowadays there are so many horror stories of college students having to stay up late to study for a test or finish a project or even staying up all night to finish work related to their studies. But exactly how detrimental is this? How much sleep are students missing out...

With the modern technological age, new innovations are being pumped out with no end in sight and virtual reality is one such innovation. Virtual reality, or VR for short, is a widely used form of gaming, with it being able to provide many methods for entertainment and immersion previously impossible....

Imagine this. You’re down $50. There’s an array of colorful liquids in your fridge. Your stomach is already growling. And it’s only day one. But, hey, anything for a detox, right? Wrong. The truth is, despite the raves from friends and all those Instagram ads, juice cleanses aren’t necessarily super...

It feels like every day now when there’s a new health trend being pushed by influencers that people blindly follow and with this blind trust, deception is easy to achieve. These online influencers may push a certain lifestyle, but do they truly believe in what they say or are there...

In classrooms across America, lunchtime trays reflect more than dietary guidelines — they reflect institutional power. Public health initiatives in schools, framed as educational interventions, often serve as tools for surveillance and behavior conditioning under the guise of wellness. Federal policies like the “Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act” position nutrition as...

To echo the late Rick James—Caffeine is one helluva drug. That’s why everyone goes to brands like Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks. Ain’t nothing like that morning coffee run to boost your energy. Now there have been criticisms over the years about Coffee. How bitter it tastes. The ethical concerns of...

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...

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