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Why Digestive Enzymes Don’t Help You Lose Weight

A popular supplement brand, Physician’s Choice, might be paying young influencers (who don't even know how to pronounce "digestive" properly) to spread misinformation about...
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Harmful Health Belief: Be the Boss of Your Body

This post is part of a series about changing health beliefs. To learn more, read: Changing Your Harmful Health Beliefs. Hate to read? Watch...
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Change Your Harmful Health Beliefs

Hate reading? Check out my vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTqhLE-5Yp8 Our society holds an unknown amount of harmful health beliefs. Everyone from your Aunt Helen to your doctor to...

Four Ways to Pump up Your Iron Intake

I don't think you guys understand how hard it is to pull myself away from nonstop video game playing (I'm on summer break after...

Why It’s Not Your Fault You’re Overweight

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past couple years, you most definitely have heard of Nicole Arbour and her infamous "Dear...

UTI Cure: The Cheap Alternative That Works!

Nothing ruins a good time like a friendly visit from the Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Fairy.  Anyone who has ever experienced a UTI, knows...

Absorb More Vitamins With Tasty Fat

Many horrible trends came from the 80's such as leg-warmers, fluorescent everything, those weird little plastic round discs you'd loop your shirt through (yes...

The Healthy Culprit of Constipation

It's time for another post about your poop health folks! Who are we kidding here, I know my poop posts are your favorite bedtime...

Spot Fad Diet Products in Seven Steps

Back in 2014, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a new law-enforcement initiative that will allow them to seriously crack-down on all the fad...

Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Acne

Acne, zits, pimples, blackheads, whiteheads... It doesn't matter what you call them, they're all horrible, amirite? They always show up on your doorstep like...