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Water Pills for Weight Loss? Get Potassium Wrong and It Can Turn Toxic
If you clicked into this post, you are probably interested in puffiness or swelling. Lately, potassium supplements keep coming up as water pills for puffiness in social media ads. When slim, good-looking influencers say they take it and saw results on their swelling, it is only natural to get curious. Among the many things that…
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Dry Eye Syndrome: What to Do When Artificial Tears Aren’t Enough
Winter arrives with a biting wind, and the moment you step into the office, a wave of warm air from the heater greets you. Your body finally warms up — but your eyes start screaming. At 2 p.m., sitting right under the heater vent and staring down your monitor, your eyes feel bone-dry, and just…
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Blood Sugar Supplements: A Pharmacist Explains the Most Effective Ways to Lower Blood Sugar
Your fasting blood sugar was 106 this morning. Did you reassure yourself by thinking, “It’s not diabetes yet, so I can manage it”? As a practicing pharmacist, I’ll start with an uncomfortable truth. That number is not merely a warning. It is the clearest evidence that your pancreas has already lost more than half its…
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Berberine: What You Need to Know Before Choosing a Supplement
In recent years, the pharmaceutical, dietary supplement, and health food markets have become flooded with unverified information and distorted claims. As a healthcare professional, I believe we have a responsibility to identify reliable information and provide consumers with clear, accurate facts so they can make better-informed choices. Recently, ‘berberine’ has become incredibly popular among people…
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Prebiotic Soda Is Making Your Gut Worse While Selling You “Gut Health”
Hi, I’m a pharmacist and a family-first mom.Give me 3 minutes, and I’ll show you the one label check that could finally calm your gut. Ever switched from regular soda to prebiotic soda because you thought it would be better for your gut, only to end up more bloated and gassy? Prebiotic soda has become…
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Heavy Metals in Collagen? How to Choose a Safer Vegan Collagen Supplement
Did you know collagen may contain heavy metals? Collagen peptide supplements are often marketed with claims about clean ingredients, high absorption, and improved skin elasticity. But there are other things you should really check before choosing a product. You need to know where the collagen comes from, how much of the key ingredient it actually contains,…
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How to Reduce IBS Symptoms: The ‘Healthy’ Foods Making It Worse
Pharmacist Mom’s Key Takeaways Ever taken a probiotic that’s supposed to be good for your gut, but ended up bloated and gassy instead? It may not have been the right product for you, especially if you have a sensitive gut or live with IBS. Before my family takes anything, I always check two things. 1….
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Saccharomyces boulardii: A Yeast for Sensitive Guts
You thought it was a probiotic bacterium — turns out it’s a yeast. From why it survives antibiotics to what the IBS research really shows, in plain words. Hi, I’m the Mom Pharmacist. If you have a sensitive stomach or live with IBS, you’ve probably heard the name Saccharomyces boulardii at least once. The name may sound…
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younglong sensitive review: For anyone whose stomach hurts every time they take a probiotic
Hi, I’m a pharmacist and a family-first mom. Today I’m reviewing a product I recommended in an earlier post, now that I’ve actually been taking it. I’ll break it down honestly, the way I look at everything: through a pharmacist’s eyes, and a mom’s. Here’s a confession: I know better than most how good probiotics…
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Still Bloated on a Low-FODMAP Diet? Your Probiotic Could Be Messing Up Your Gut.
You’re still bloated even though you’re doing everything “right.” The problem might be sitting in your supplement cabinet. Give me 3 minutes, and I’ll show you the one label check that could finally calm your gut. I’m a pharmacist and a family-first mom. The low-FODMAP and IBS space is packed with overhyped supplements, pretty labels,…