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Author: Caitlin Dow

What you should know about GERD
  • Gut Health

What you should know about GERD

  • Posted on December 3, 2020December 3, 2020
  • by Caitlin Dow

Most people will feel the “burn” of heartburn at some point. But if you have gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, it’s more than an occasional discomfort. “While most people think…

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Should you change your diet, take a supplement, or buy a special pillow to ease reflux?
  • Gut Health

Should you change your diet, take a supplement, or buy a special pillow to ease reflux?

  • Posted on December 3, 2020December 3, 2020
  • by Caitlin Dow

“There’s this thought that everybody with reflux needs to avoid coffee, chocolate, fatty foods, and all of the trigger foods on the lists that you find online,” says Carolyn Newberry,…

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Can medication help control GERD?
  • Gut Health

Can medication help control GERD?

  • Posted on December 3, 2020December 3, 2020
  • by Caitlin Dow

“Unfortunately, we don’t have any FDA-approved medications that work on the valve,” says Scott Gabbard, a gastroenterologist at the Cleveland Clinic. Gabbard is referring to a valve called the lower-esophageal…

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Should you lift weights while losing weight to keep your bones strong?
  • Exercise for Health

Should you lift weights while losing weight to keep your bones strong?

  • Posted on November 25, 2020
  • by Caitlin Dow

When you lose weight, you may also lose bone. And that can spell trouble, especially for older adults, whose bones become more fragile with age. Solution: “Exercise can minimize weight-loss-induced…

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Can foam rolling ease muscle soreness?
  • Exercise for Health

Can foam rolling ease muscle soreness?

  • Posted on November 13, 2020November 13, 2020
  • by Caitlin Dow

We’ve all been there. We embark on a new workout routine and end up stiff, sore, and out of commission for days. You can blame micro tears in the muscle…

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Can exercise treat chronic low-back pain?
  • Exercise for Health

Can exercise treat chronic low-back pain?

  • Posted on October 23, 2020October 23, 2020
  • by Caitlin Dow

“People often think of low-back pain as not that serious,” says Roger Chou, director of the Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center at Oregon Health & Science University. “Maybe it hurts,…

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Should you stretch before a workout?
  • Exercise for Health

Should you stretch before a workout?

  • Posted on October 8, 2020
  • by Caitlin Dow

For generations, athletes of all ages and abilities were taught the gospel of stretching before they exercise to boost performance and prevent injuries. “Then in the late 1990s and early…

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How companies can slice and dice data to help sell products
  • Supplements

How companies can slice and dice data to help sell products

  • Posted on September 24, 2020September 25, 2020
  • by Caitlin Dow

What to do if your study didn’t pan out as you had hoped? Get creative, of course! While anyone can do shoddy science, supplement companies are notorious for funding studies…

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What does it mean for a supplement to be “Clinically Proven”?
  • Supplements

What does it mean for a supplement to be “Clinically Proven”?

  • Posted on September 24, 2020
  • by Caitlin Dow

Not much. Here’s how manufacturers can use the claim to sell us supplements we don’t need. “Clinically proven,” says the ad for Longevity by Nature’s Telos95 Telomere Health Support. Take…

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Keep your eyes peeled for these marketing tactics
  • Supplements

Keep your eyes peeled for these marketing tactics

  • Posted on September 3, 2020
  • by Caitlin Dow

Supplement companies use advertising techniques that may fly under your radar. Here are two examples to watch out for. Advertorials Glance at the ad (above) from Zebra CBD (which sells…

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