Scarlett Saitta is an osteopathic medical student.
For a long time, I was close-minded to the idea of vitamin supplementation as a meaningful part of mental health treatment. Like many in medicine, I saw it as misguided at best and more a part of wellness culture than real science. However, over time, I realized how often we mistake “That makes sense to me” for “That’s objectively true,” as we are prone to fall prey to our mental …
I grew up in Pickens, South Carolina—a small, poor Appalachian town burdened by health struggles.
In school, I saw food insecurity long before I had the vocabulary for it. Classmates ate honey buns and chips for breakfast, and lunch trays held processed food, pre-packaged meat, and syrupy fruit. For many, it was their only meal of the day.
Years later, while shadowing physicians in nursing homes and hospitals, I began to hear …
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