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2 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | Adrienne Matei
‘Welcome to the hypernormalization club. I’m so sorry that you’re here.’ Illustration: Glenn Harvey/GuardianIn January, the comedian Ashley Bez posted an Instagram video of herself, trying to describe a heavy mood in the air. “How come everything feels all … ?” she says, trailing off and grimacing exaggeratedly into the camera. Digital anthropologist Rahaf Harfoush saw the video, and got it immediately. “Welcome to the hypernormalization club,” Harfoush said in a response video.
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3 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | Adrienne Matei
Creatine has long been popular among athletes. Olympians tout it, fitness influencers experiment with it, and Patrick Schwarzenegger’s gym bro character in The White Lotus added it to his famous shake. It’s primarily considered a fitness supplement, but doctors are increasingly curious about its potential longevity and mental health benefits. But is creatine really useful, and are there any downsides? Here’s what experts say. What is creatine?
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1 month ago | 
theglobeandmail.com | Deborah Wang |Adrienne Matei |Josh Greenblatt |Andrew Sardone
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Adrienne Matei
Katie Lundgreen Urness’s struggles with disordered eating began when she was just 11. A gymnast, she put a lot of value in being petite. Urness, 28, who lives in Utah, remembers longing for candy as a child but “feeling like I couldn’t eat a single Skittle”. After nearly a decade of struggling, she sought medical help and was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa.
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Mar 8, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | Adrienne Matei |Philippa Perry |Rachel Porter |Ellie Bury |Savannah Ayoade-Greaves |Chris Godfrey
Danny Dyer talks about his journey from national joke to national treasure. Fuelled by social media misinformation, anti-vax activism has accelerated – but why are some in the movement becoming disillusioned? And Philippa Perry advises a reader who is ‘struggling to feel like I matter in any area of my life’
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Mar 7, 2025 | 
msn.com | Adrienne Matei
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Mar 7, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | Adrienne Matei
The popular new Netflix show Apple Cider Vinegar isn’t about the titular vinegar – it’s about the influencer Belle Gibson claiming she cured brain cancer by adopoting a whole food diet. Yet apple cider vinegar is a fitting symbol for society’s obsession with miracle health cures. For millennia, healers, herbalists and wellness enthusiasts of all stripes have sworn by apple cider vinegar’s supposed benefits.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
msn.com | Adrienne Matei
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | Adrienne Matei
When Nikki Hill Johnson’s first daughter was born in 2012, Johnson didn’t hesitate to take her to the doctor for routine infant immunizations. Soon after the birth, South Carolina-based Johnson, now 42, joined a fitness- and nutrition-oriented multilevel marketing company (MLM). There, she encountered a colleague who made her question the safety of vaccines. “I remember someone in the community talking about their child who had been ‘vaccine injured’,” Johnson recalls.
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Feb 24, 2025 | 
msn.com | Adrienne Matei
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