Unlock Your Health Potential
Introduction For years, I thought of healthy eating as a complete project or nothing. I’m Faizan Ahmed, and every attempt to ‘cleanse’ my diet revolved around the same story: three weeks of serious commitment, a week in which I ate something I’d banned, and then quietly returned exactly where I started. What ultimately worked was … Read more
5 Things That Finally Warmed Up My Cold Hands and Feet It was a Tuesday in February and I was writing an email at my desk when I realized that my fingers had almost turned white. It’s not just the cold. White, with a slight blue colour on his head, as if the blood had … Read more
Introduction I was in my mid-twenties, craving caffeine, skipping good meals, and subsisting on food that came in seed-colored packaging. I felt constantly tired, my skin looked dull and I caught all the colds and microscopic germs that were coming within five feet of me. I used to think that’s what adult life is like. … Read more
Why I Stopped Assuming One Was Automatically Healthier For years, I automatically bought green tea every time I went to the grocery store, mostly because I thought it was just healthy tea. My dad, on the other hand, for as long as I can remember, has been drinking the same strong black tea every morning, … Read more
Introduction For about a year I was the one who took large amounts of protein powder and was a little worried that the protein powder might run out. I’m Faizan Ahmed, and even though I knew him well, I had convinced myself that the goal of protein was to rely on standing at the kitchen … Read more
Introduction For years I worked hard and thought that was enough. I’m Faizan Ahmed, and despite writing about health, I spent much of my fitness routine on gym stories, not something I actually confirmed. I’d have a protein shake right after my last set, skip rest day because he’d feel guilty, and wonder why I … Read more
5 Things I Wish I’d Known Before My First Sip The bottle had been sitting in my kitchen cupboard for almost two months before I worked up the nerve to actually drink it. A friend at the gym had been raving about his morning apple cider vinegar shot for weeks — clearer skin, a flatter … Read more
Introduction Last year there were about 10 weeks where most nights I couldn’t make out what I was eating, I could only tell if there was a packet of cookies lying around. I was gathering a few personal things along with a bunch of work deadlines, and my nights had quietly become an automatic loop … Read more
Introduction For years, my breakfast was either nothing — just a coffee on the way — or whatever it was: with a white toast jam, a cake taken from a store near the station, or a cup of cereal while standing at the kitchen counter looking at the phone. Most days until 10:30 a.m., I … Read more
Introduction My father-in-law has had a glass of tomato juice with breakfast every single morning for as long as I’ve known him — probably longer. I always assumed it was just one of those old-fashioned habits people pick up decades ago and never question, maybe something left over from a hangover cure he’d used in … Read more