Ayush Patel

Latest Jul 13, 2025 4 min

The Single Most Important Thing You Can Do For Your Health? It's Free.

Morning sunlight is free, takes minutes, and is one of the most reliable ways to set your circadian rhythm for better sleep, mood, and energy.

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About

I write about health when the marketing is louder than the evidence.

I am Ayush Patel. These essays dig into food environments, metabolic drugs, consumer testing kits, and everyday protocols. The goal is practical clarity: what the research actually supports, what policy is already doing, and what is worth changing in daily life.

Expect skepticism without cynicism. Tools can help people. Systems still shape the defaults. Both deserve honest scrutiny.

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Skeptical takes on food, drugs, sleep, and the systems that shape them.

4 essays

  1. 6 min

    In Our Food: A Look at Artificial Dyes

    Artificial food dyes add color, not nutrition. Here's what the evidence, policy, and label-reading habits actually say for parents.
  2. 5 min

    Popular Health Testing Kits Could Have a Major Flaw

    Consumer epigenetic age kits are noisy, inconsistently calibrated, and often sold next to the supplements they justify. Treat the number as a curiosity, not a diagnosis.
  3. 5 min

    Are We Drugging the Fish Instead of Cleaning the Tank?

    GLP-1 drugs help many people—but treating a metabolic crisis mainly with weekly injections leaves the dirty tank untouched.