Your Body Has a Story to Tell

Walk through the supplement aisle, scroll through skincare products, look at a wellness program, or read the package of the newest “healthy” food and you will see the same reassuring phrases everywhere. Clinically proven. Doctor recommended. Science-backed. Research shows. Clinically studied. Those words sound authoritative because they create the impression that somebody has already…

Health misinformation rarely looks ridiculous when you first see it. It usually looks convincing. A headline says researchers have made a shocking discovery, a social media post quotes a doctor, or someone shares a study that supposedly proves what we’ve all been told about a food, medication, herb, supplement, or disease is wrong. Some…

Imagine eating a hamburger for dinner and going about your evening feeling completely normal. Several hours later, you wake covered in hives, your stomach is cramping, or you suddenly feel faint. You have eaten beef your entire life without a problem, so dinner may be the last thing you suspect. The explanation could trace…