Wellness Industry Myth-Busting

When GLP-1 medications first arrived, the pitch was simple: slow down your stomach, so you eat less and lose weight. That was supposed to be all that happened. Nobody expected this drug class to end up touching addiction, kidney disease, and even brain health along the way. Some of what researchers have found is genuinely exciting. Some of it turned out to be a letdown. Here is an honest look at both. Let's start with the wins that have real evidence behind them. Sleep apnea

Annie drunk at the vet You are standing in a barn at 6am, wrapping legs, hauling hay, running on coffee and sheer determination, and somewhere between classes you found a reel that told you to get your cortisol checked, your DUTCH test done, your vitamin D optimized, your hormones mapped, and your adrenal function evaluated. The reel had 400,000 likes and a very pretty graphic. The woman in it had a medical title that sounded official. Here is what she did not tell you: mos

Abby the cat embracing napping as her preferred wellness strategy I remember that saying from my days at the Air Force Academy. It's an homage to not working harder than you have to, and there are tons of wellness influencers out there on every social media platform telling you what you have to do to live longer. Here's a great study that actually answers the question, and it's a lot easier than you think. BLUF: An extra 5 minutes of sleep, 2 minutes of at least moderate

The prescription is the easy part There is a decent chance you have seen the ads. Hers. Ro. Found. Noom. Some version of a clean website, a smiling woman, a promise of GLP-1 medications delivered to your door in a few days after a quick online questionnaire. Maybe you have clicked on one. Maybe you have wondered if it was too good to be true. Maybe you signed up. I am not here to shame anyone for that. The healthcare system has failed a lot of people for a long time, and wh