“Drinking a lot of water has long been a staple of weight-loss programs, in part because doing so makes you feel fuller,” wrote the Washington Post in 2020. “We have…
Author: Caitlin Dow
Wondering why it’s so hard to eat a diet that’s good for you and for the planet? Because we have a food system designed to boost profits at our—and the…
One out of every two American women will experience the pain, burning, and urgency of a urinary tract infection at least once in her lifetime. The cranberry industry wants you…
“Try to stick to small, frequent meals throughout the day,” a dietitian told the Eat This, Not That website in September. “I think that’s very important to speed up the…
“Somehow during lockdown I managed to lose weight instead of gain it,” wrote freelance journalist Dana McMahan on Today.com in September 2020. “How on earth did that happen? I stumbled…
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…
“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,…
“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…
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…
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…