I’m a psychiatrist, a mother, and an increasingly anxious wellness enthusiast. And I have a confession: some of the worst anxiety I’ve experienced came not from my clinical work or child-rearing responsibilities, but from reading too many articles about what might be harming my health.

It started innocently. I was drawn to functional medicine — a field that looks for the root causes of illness and treats the body as an interconnected system. As a physician, it felt like a refreshing shift. Finally, someone was connecting gut health to brain health, and caring about nutrition, hormones, and inflammation. I found it exciting. Empowering. Evidence-based.

Then it became overwhelming.

I installed three different water filters in my house. I avoided certain fruits after reading about their im

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