Posts Tagged ‘health fads’

We kid you not. Olive oil shots are a hot thing on social media and in the milieu of lifestyle health influencers. Writing in Glamour, Catharine Malzahn declares “I tried olive oil shots for a week – and the effects were immediate.” If you read carefully, though, it seems that the immediate effect was on […]

Let’s start with a few basics. Expensive bunk is not a substitute for actual healthcare. And glucose monitoring (in the absence of diabetes) is no substitute for obesity medicine. Not even close. Unfortunately right now, the latest DIY fashion for ineffectively dealing with obesity is self-monitoring – for its own sake. Not for the sake […]

It’s here again – a familiar spike in magical thinking about health and wellness. Our new president has installed an evangelist for raw milk, vaccine cynicism, and psychedelics to lead his department of health and human services. Because MAHA rhymes with MAGA so nicely, it is completely unsurprising. But it’s unsurprising for a more fundamental […]

Do you know precisely what those peaches, blueberries, and oatmeal are going to do to your blood sugar? Should you? Questions along these lines are sweeping the the landscape of wellness trends. So maybe continuous glucose monitors will surpass the the juicing fad that peaked back in 2016. A Vast OTC Market Abbott and Dexcom […]