ALL HEALTHY LIVING ARTICLES
The Universe Threw Me Under the Bus
The Universe Threw Me Under the BusFact-Checked on September 4, 2025
After a Lifetime With MS, Blindsided by a Cancer Diagnosis
After a Lifetime With MS, Blindsided by a Cancer DiagnosisFact-Checked on August 5, 2025
A New Nursing Assistant Reminds Me of My Younger Self
A New Nursing Assistant Reminds Me of My Younger SelfFact-Checked on July 17, 2025
A Bout of COVID and Pneumonia Turn My World Upside Down
A Bout of COVID and Pneumonia Turn My World Upside DownFact-Checked on May 22, 2025
I Lost 60 Pounds With Intermittent Fasting — Here’s What It Taught Me About Weight Loss
I Lost 60 Pounds With Intermittent Fasting — Here’s What It Taught Me About Weight LossMedically Reviewed by Kara Andrew, RDN, LDN | April 28, 2025
The Loneliness of MS Speech Problems
The Loneliness of MS Speech ProblemsFact-Checked on April 2, 2025
How I’m Integrating New Healthy Habits Into My Established Routine
How I’m Integrating New Healthy Habits Into My Established RoutineFact-Checked on February 11, 2025
October Heat Triggers a Surprise MS Pseudoexacerbation
October Heat Triggers a Surprise MS PseudoexacerbationFact-Checked on January 9, 2025
Accepting What I Can and Cannot Do
Accepting What I Can and Cannot DoFact-Checked on December 16, 2024
How I Learned to Be a Better Support Group Leader
How I Learned to Be a Better Support Group LeaderFact-Checked on November 14, 2024
The Little Things That Keep Me Grounded
The Little Things That Keep Me GroundedFact-Checked on October 17, 2024
What Would an MS Do-Over Look Like?
What Would an MS Do-Over Look Like?Fact-Checked on October 4, 2024
Exploring New Horizons With IBD Clinical Trials
Exploring New Horizons With IBD Clinical TrialsMedically Reviewed by Ira Daniel Breite, MD | June 20, 2024
When I Lose Control, It Can Feel Devastating
When I Lose Control, It Can Feel DevastatingFact-Checked on June 12, 2024
Healthy Carrot Cake–Inspired Recipes for People With IBD
Healthy Carrot Cake–Inspired Recipes for People With IBDFact-Checked on June 5, 2024
Mastering Life Beyond the Gut: A Crohn's Advocate's Journey Through Extra-Intestinal Manifestations
Mastering Life Beyond the Gut: A Crohn's Advocate's Journey Through Extra-Intestinal ManifestationsFact-Checked on May 7, 2024
Shining a Spotlight on Living With Hemophilia
Shining a Spotlight on Living With HemophiliaFact-Checked on April 17, 2024
I Tried the Quantum Q6 Edge 3 Stretto for My Multiple Sclerosis, and Here Is What Happened
I Tried the Quantum Q6 Edge 3 Stretto for My Multiple Sclerosis, and Here Is What HappenedFact-Checked on April 4, 2024
How My Endometriosis Diagnosis Helped Me Find My Voice
How My Endometriosis Diagnosis Helped Me Find My VoiceFact-Checked on March 29, 2024
Breaking the Silence: My Journey With Colorectal Cancer Awareness
Breaking the Silence: My Journey With Colorectal Cancer AwarenessFact-Checked on March 18, 2024
The Reality of ‘High-Functioning’ Mental Illness: No One Is ‘Too Healthy’ to Need Help
The Reality of ‘High-Functioning’ Mental Illness: No One Is ‘Too Healthy’ to Need HelpMedically Reviewed by Seth Gillihan, PhD | March 15, 2024
5 Surprising Facts About GERD
5 Surprising Facts About GERDMedically Reviewed by Lynn Grieger, RDN, CDCES | March 13, 2024
As a Breast Cancer Survivor, I Can Finally Relate to Barbie
As a Breast Cancer Survivor, I Can Finally Relate to BarbieFact-Checked on March 13, 2024
What It’s Like to Watch Progressive MS Progress
What It’s Like to Watch Progressive MS ProgressFact-Checked on March 11, 2024
Empowering Wellness: A Holistic Approach to Self-Care for People With IBD
Empowering Wellness: A Holistic Approach to Self-Care for People With IBDFact-Checked on January 26, 2024
Healthy Baking Swaps for People With IBD
Healthy Baking Swaps for People With IBD Medically Reviewed by Lynn Grieger, RDN, CDCES | January 16, 2024
Grateful, Thankful, Blessed, and Living With MS
Grateful, Thankful, Blessed, and Living With MSFact-Checked on December 22, 2023
Is It Normal to Feel Defeated After an MS ‘Bad Day’?
Is It Normal to Feel Defeated After an MS ‘Bad Day’?Fact-Checked on December 21, 2023
What to Do if Your Depression Isn’t Getting Better
What to Do if Your Depression Isn’t Getting BetterFact-Checked on December 14, 2023
The Importance of Managing Mental Health During the Winter Months
The Importance of Managing Mental Health During the Winter MonthsFact-Checked on December 14, 2023
I’m So Tired of Living With Progressive MS
I’m So Tired of Living With Progressive MSFact-Checked on December 1, 2023
How to Avoid a Cold or Flu When You’ve Got a Chronic Illness
How to Avoid a Cold or Flu When You’ve Got a Chronic IllnessFact-Checked on November 27, 2023
I Got Botox and My Mood Improved — Science Suggests Why
I Got Botox and My Mood Improved — Science Suggests WhyMedically Reviewed by Justin Laube, MD | November 14, 2023
I Tried Ketamine Therapy for My Depression. Here’s What I Learned.
I Tried Ketamine Therapy for My Depression. Here’s What I Learned.Medically Reviewed by Justin Laube, MD | November 10, 2023
Dancing My Way to Raise Funds for Metastatic Breast Cancer
Dancing My Way to Raise Funds for Metastatic Breast CancerFact-Checked on October 30, 2023
Expert Tips Help Me Work Around MS Obstacles
Expert Tips Help Me Work Around MS ObstaclesFact-Checked on October 23, 2023
The Fear of Passing On My Crohn’s Disease
The Fear of Passing On My Crohn’s DiseaseFact-Checked on October 19, 2023
Hispanic Diet and IBD: Finding Balance Between Nutrition and Tradition
Hispanic Diet and IBD: Finding Balance Between Nutrition and TraditionFact-Checked on October 13, 2023
5 IBD-Friendly Ways to Enjoy Apple Season
5 IBD-Friendly Ways to Enjoy Apple SeasonMedically Reviewed by Lynn Grieger, RDN, CDCES | October 5, 2023
A Night Out With MS: Complicated, but Not Impossible
A Night Out With MS: Complicated, but Not ImpossibleFact-Checked on September 21, 2023
Cultivating IBD Support In the Hispanic Community
Cultivating IBD Support In the Hispanic CommunityFact-Checked on September 15, 2023
At My Stage of Life and MS, I Embrace the Indoors
At My Stage of Life and MS, I Embrace the IndoorsFact-Checked on August 24, 2023
Why Is Treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Eating Disorders So Challenging?
Why Is Treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Eating Disorders So Challenging?Fact-Checked on August 14, 2023
How to Navigate Travel as a Blood Clot Survivor
How to Navigate Travel as a Blood Clot SurvivorFact-Checked on August 7, 2023
Is It Safe to Have a Baby After Breast Cancer?
Is It Safe to Have a Baby After Breast Cancer?Medically Reviewed by Ryland J. Gore, MD, MPH | August 1, 2023
Depression Made Me Fat, but Ozempic Made Me Depressed
Depression Made Me Fat, but Ozempic Made Me DepressedFact-Checked on July 27, 2023
Caregivers: For Best Results, Train Them and Set Expectations
Caregivers: For Best Results, Train Them and Set ExpectationsFact-Checked on July 19, 2023
A Day in the Life of Someone With Crohn’s Disease
A Day in the Life of Someone With Crohn’s DiseaseFact-Checked on July 8, 2023
The Importance of Hydration in Multiple Sclerosis
The Importance of Hydration in Multiple SclerosisFact-Checked on June 30, 2023
To Reimagine Mental Illness, I Had to Reimagine My Mother
To Reimagine Mental Illness, I Had to Reimagine My MotherFact-Checked on June 13, 2023
Young Latina With MS Finds Community via Social Media
Young Latina With MS Finds Community via Social MediaFact-Checked on June 6, 2023
An Unlikely Friendship Blossoms Into a Caregiving Relationship
An Unlikely Friendship Blossoms Into a Caregiving RelationshipFact-Checked on June 2, 2023
How a Dietitian Can Help People With IBD
How a Dietitian Can Help People With IBDFact-Checked on May 26, 2023
Are the Headlines About How AI Is Changing the World Stressing You Out?
Are the Headlines About How AI Is Changing the World Stressing You Out?Fact-Checked on May 5, 2023
The Future of IBD Is Now: Looking Down the Pipeline at Patient Care and Treatment Options
The Future of IBD Is Now: Looking Down the Pipeline at Patient Care and Treatment OptionsFact-Checked on May 1, 2023
Trigeminal Neuralgia Is a Real Pain in My Face
Trigeminal Neuralgia Is a Real Pain in My FaceFact-Checked on April 25, 2023
The MS Warrior in Me Is Getting Tired
The MS Warrior in Me Is Getting TiredFact-Checked on April 19, 2023
Is Mental Illness for White People?
Is Mental Illness for White People?Fact-Checked on April 15, 2023
5 Things I’ve Learned About IBD Over the Years
5 Things I’ve Learned About IBD Over the YearsFact-Checked on March 31, 2023
Without MS, What Would My Life Have Been Like?
Without MS, What Would My Life Have Been Like?Fact-Checked on March 24, 2023
5 Ways to Incorporate More Fermented Foods Into Your Diet
5 Ways to Incorporate More Fermented Foods Into Your DietMedically Reviewed by Lynn Grieger, RDN, CDCES | March 20, 2023
A Good Death: A Father, a Daughter, an End-of-Life Decision
A Good Death: A Father, a Daughter, an End-of-Life DecisionFact-Checked on March 16, 2023
6 Ways I’m Managing Endometriosis Pain at Home
6 Ways I’m Managing Endometriosis Pain at HomeFact-Checked on February 28, 2023
I’m Tired of Coming Up With Plan B to Accommodate MS
I’m Tired of Coming Up With Plan B to Accommodate MSFact-Checked on February 28, 2023
Why You Feel Like You’re Always Running Out of Time — and How Not To
Why You Feel Like You’re Always Running Out of Time — and How Not ToFact-Checked on February 23, 2023
My Struggle to Overcome My Sweet Tooth
My Struggle to Overcome My Sweet ToothFact-Checked on February 17, 2023
How to Jump-Start Your Digestion After You Quit Nicotine
How to Jump-Start Your Digestion After You Quit NicotineMedically Reviewed by Ira Daniel Breite, MD | February 16, 2023
The Imposed Isolation of a Life With MS
The Imposed Isolation of a Life With MSFact-Checked on January 31, 2023
‘Why Am I So Emotionally Invested in My Sports Team?’
‘Why Am I So Emotionally Invested in My Sports Team?’Fact-Checked on January 27, 2023
Multiple Sclerosis and Its Many Oddities
Multiple Sclerosis and Its Many OdditiesFact-Checked on January 12, 2023
Choosing a Colonoscopy Prep
Choosing a Colonoscopy PrepMedically Reviewed by Ira Daniel Breite, MD | January 9, 2023
Navigating a Holiday Visit When You’ve Got IBD
Navigating a Holiday Visit When You’ve Got IBDFact-Checked on December 19, 2022
5 IBD-Friendly Ways to Use Pumpkin Puree This Fall
5 IBD-Friendly Ways to Use Pumpkin Puree This FallMedically Reviewed by Lynn Grieger, RDN, CDCES | December 15, 2022
‘Why Last Year’s Wins Are Helping Me Write This New Year’s Resolutions’
‘Why Last Year’s Wins Are Helping Me Write This New Year’s Resolutions’Fact-Checked on December 13, 2022
MS Has Given Me Time, and I Try to Use It Wisely
MS Has Given Me Time, and I Try to Use It WiselyFact-Checked on December 13, 2022
5 Common Myths About Nutrition and IBD
5 Common Myths About Nutrition and IBDMedically Reviewed by Lynn Grieger, RDN, CDCES | December 8, 2022
How to Spot IBD Misinformation Online
How to Spot IBD Misinformation OnlineFact-Checked on December 2, 2022
Returning to Dance With Chronic Pain and Invisible Disability
Returning to Dance With Chronic Pain and Invisible DisabilityFact-Checked on December 1, 2022
6 Things Not to Say to People With MS — and Why
6 Things Not to Say to People With MS — and WhyFact-Checked on November 18, 2022
Enjoying the Outdoors While Living With IBD
Enjoying the Outdoors While Living With IBDFact-Checked on November 3, 2022
Dysarthria: When MS Makes It Hard to Speak
Dysarthria: When MS Makes It Hard to SpeakFact-Checked on October 20, 2022
4 Ways Pumpkin Benefits Your Gut Health
4 Ways Pumpkin Benefits Your Gut HealthMedically Reviewed by Ira Daniel Breite, MD | October 17, 2022
5 IBD-Friendly Treats to Enjoy This Halloween
5 IBD-Friendly Treats to Enjoy This HalloweenMedically Reviewed by Lynn Grieger, RDN, CDCES | October 13, 2022
What I Wish I Knew Before Getting a Life-Threatening Blood Clot
What I Wish I Knew Before Getting a Life-Threatening Blood ClotFact-Checked on October 13, 2022
Questions You Should Ask Your GI When You're Diagnosed With Crohn's
Questions You Should Ask Your GI When You're Diagnosed With Crohn'sMedically Reviewed by Ira Daniel Breite, MD | September 22, 2022
When Arachnophobia and MS Intersect
When Arachnophobia and MS IntersectFact-Checked on September 19, 2022
Resources for New Moms Living With IBD
Resources for New Moms Living With IBDFact-Checked on September 16, 2022
“Chronic Migraine Is a Day by Day Struggle”
“Chronic Migraine Is a Day by Day Struggle”Fact-Checked on September 2, 2022
The Descent Into Dementia Is an Unknown Journey
The Descent Into Dementia Is an Unknown JourneyFact-Checked on September 1, 2022
8 Ways to Ease and Relieve Travel-Related Joint Pain
8 Ways to Ease and Relieve Travel-Related Joint PainFact-Checked on August 31, 2022
What It’s Like to Breastfeed When You Have an IBD
What It’s Like to Breastfeed When You Have an IBDFact-Checked on August 10, 2022
An Overly Powerful Wheelchair Has Me Questioning My Judgment
An Overly Powerful Wheelchair Has Me Questioning My JudgmentFact-Checked on July 13, 2022
Do People With MS Become Natural Problem Solvers?
Do People With MS Become Natural Problem Solvers?Fact-Checked on June 30, 2022
7 Tips for Traveling With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
7 Tips for Traveling With Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseFact-Checked on June 21, 2022