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Should You Take a Food Sensitivity Test? Here's What Health Experts Have to Say Jenny Teeman © Provided by Real Simple Getty Images With all the health and diet content filling up your social media feeds, you may have noticed ads for at-home food sensitivity tests like Everlywell or Pinnertest, which claim to help identify underlying food intolerances in individuals. Dig deeper and you'll find testimonials from people who learned that almonds were causing their stomach pains or dairy was creating their skin issues. But are these test kits legitimate—and should you try one...

iStock People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have had unique burdens during the pandemic. “COVID-19 has been devastating to the autism community, as well as the greater intellectual and developmental disability community,” says Christopher Banks, the president of the Autism Society of America. “We’ve seen service interruptions, failure of the education system to provide services, isolation, and we've even seen higher death rates.” Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability associated with social, communication, and behavioral challenges. In fact, people with d...

AskMen Notifications You have no notifications © GettyImages Love Someone That’s Battling an Eating Disorder? Be a Recovery Ally for Them Shares You never realize how much food plays into relationships — date night at a trendy new downtown restaurant, online cooking classes, chocolates on Valentine’s Day — until you start dating someone with an eating disorder. Suddenly, those moments that might otherwise be joyful and exciting are riddled with stress and anxiety. And as their partner, you may be left scratching your head as to how you can support them without overstepping. Accordin...

Yulia Reznikov/Getty Images For years, researchers have suspected that the typical Western diet plays a leading role in the high rates of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) observed in industrialized countries around the world. But what exactly about the Western diet — high in fat, animal protein, and sugar, and low in vegetables, legumes, whole grains, and fruit — is to blame? While fat and animal protein have traditionally been considered the prime suspects, a growing number of studies now point to sugar as a leading culprit.  Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, researchers found a positive ass...