This isn't about being a cynic. It’s about being a skeptic.
There is an Instagram Reel circulating right now. You have probably seen it. Someone holds up a cotton t-shirt and tells you the pesticides soaked into that shirt are poisoning your skin. They then pivot to their organic cotton brand,…
My dad grew up in rural America. He ate bologna sandwiches, drank well water, and smoked Marlboros until the mid-70s. The idea that invisible waves bouncing off his cordless phone were going to give him brain cancer would have made…
If you spend any time on wellness social media, you have probably seen someone holding a jar of what looks like motor oil, telling you it cured their brain fog, fixed their testosterone, and gave them the energy of a…
Here’s something your phone doesn’t want you to know: stress is real, it actually does damage your body, and the people selling you a $60 adaptogen powder to fix it are making it worse. Cortisol is the hormone your body…
Back when I was a kid, the big kitchen fear was cholesterol. Doctors told your parents to ditch the butter, lard, and animal fat, and the food industry was happy to oblige. Crisco had already been in the game since…
Look up. Go ahead. I’ll wait. See that white line trailing behind that jet? That, according to a growing corner of the internet, is the government slowly poisoning you. Spraying you with aluminum, barium, and whatever else is trending in…
Back in the day, beer was simple. Barley, water, hops, yeast. You drank it at a barbecue and you didn’t think about it for another second. Now you’re standing in the beer aisle for ten minutes trying to figure out…
There’s a jar of honey at your local grocery store with a green USDA Organic seal on the label. It costs about 40% more than the honey next to it. You grab it, because you’re trying to do the right…
Pick up almost any bottle, can, or carton in your kitchen right now and there is a good chance you will find citric acid in the ingredients list. Pasta sauce, soda, energy drinks, vitamins, canned tomatoes, salad dressing. Most people…
There is a word making the rounds on social media right now: epigenetics. If you have spent any time in wellness spaces online, you have probably seen it attached to something that sounds deeply alarming. A trauma-informed life coach telling…