Hi Reader, I tend to wait til the last minute to do everything – I’m the one panic ordering things on next-day Prime because I thought I had all kinds of time before whatever holiday or school event is happening, and then all of a sudden… I didn’t. If you’re already fully ready for back-to-school, I applaud you. Truly. I am in awe of your planning prowess. Those of you who are more like me, we still have time! And the time is now. Because you don’t want it to be 2 days before school and still...

Hi Reader, I saw a video this week about the "sardine fast." (Seriously, how do people come up with this stuff?) If you haven't heard of it, people are eating nothing but sardines for a few days because it's supposedly going to "reset their body's chemistry." Reset what chemistry exactly? I'm not entirely sure, and they're definitely not either. Then I talked to a friend who told me she'd decided to try it. She made it until lunchtime. 😅 And I'm not making fun of her – it just reminded me of...

Hi Reader, Is your kid’s diet just as bad as if they’re smoking cigarettes? I’ve seen some posts over the past few months claiming that ultra-processed foods are “the new cigarettes” or that they “have more in common than you’d think.” Posts like this make me so angry because they grab attention, but they are not particularly helpful. We know cigarettes directly cause disease. But ultra-processed foods aren’t automatically bad for you – it’s more nuanced. What are ultra-processed foods?...