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How Often Should You Actually Poop?
With a decent amount of certainty, I would wager that you’ve heard some version of the great poop debate. You know the one. Someone insists that pooping every morning is the only sign of a properly functioning digestive system. Someone else casually announces that once or twice a week works perfectly fine for them. A…
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Do You Need a Full Gym Routine to Get Stronger?
So one day you decide you want to get a little stronger, because healthy lifestyles are trending again. Hey, it should be simple enough, right? Until you open Instagram, TikTok or YouTube and suddenly someone is explaining their six-day gym split, another person is tracking twelve different exercises in an app, there’s others recommending movie-length…
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Does Magnesium Actually Help Leg Cramps?
Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night because your calf has suddenly decided that tonight you are its arch nemesis? Inevitably, you will complain about it to someone- a friend, family member or coworker and get presented with the usual recommendations of: “Drink more water. Are you low on electrolytes?”“Maybe try…
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Can Switching to E-Cigarettes Actually Help You Quit Smoking?
Imagine your friend walks up to you one day and tells you their plans to quit smoking are in full swing, and it’s going really well! Because now they’re vaping. At first you think: Wow, amazing! But then, at the same time… what? How does that make sense? Isn’t that basically just switching the habit…
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Is Walking Actually Enough Exercise?
Picture this situation: You’ve been sitting on your couch scrolling on your phone for a few hours and come across a video telling you how we’re all couch potatoes. The claim is that just standing up and walking around your living room for a few laps is already your daily exercise done. Quick and easy,…
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Do You REALLY Need those 10,000 Steps A Day?
If you’ve ever caught yourself looking at your step count and wondering why the number is still “too low” and if you weren’t as active as you should’ve been that day, you’re not the only one. Somewhere along the way, the number 10,000 became the mythical line dividing what we consider a good or a…