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The Return of Snake Oil January 31, 2025
In a Massachusetts cellar in 1873, Lydia Pinkham first brewed the elixir that would make her famous. The dirt-brown liquid, made from herbs including black cohosh and pleurisy root, contained somewhere between 18 and 22 percent alcohol—meant as a pre...
The Work of Creatine December 10, 2024
I recently wrote a print feature for Men's Health about creatine's remarkable transformation from controversial supplement to mainstream wellness product, focusing particularly on its current momentum as a cognitive enhancer. That piece tracks how cr...
Dust to Dust May 07, 2024
When my first novel was released in 2017, I found myself depleted and exhausted. For an introverted writer, going on a book tour was a shock to the system. For the first time, I was speaking in public, fielding questions about writing, trying to put ...
Are Greens Powders Actually Good For You? January 11, 2024
Even if you don’t spend hours scrolling TikTok like the rest of us, you have almost certainly encountered Bloom Nutrition. The company, founded in 2019 by Mari Llwellyn and her husband Greg Lavecchia, is known for its powdered greens products that pr...
