Want a New You in the New Year? Try Committing to the Bit. - The New York Times

You know those wellness drinks that advertise active cultures for gut health, adaptogens, ashwagandha, L-theanine with 25mg of full-spectrum CBD, with added charcoal? I admire them. Not because of how they taste (fine) or what they do (nothing), but because of the ridiculous ingredients on the labels. They’re thrilling, the way a stranger looking you dead in the eye and handing you a multivitamin at a rave is thrilling, and they’re just sitting there at your corner store, right next to the eggs and butter. It’s a little odd, and embarrassing, and — this is important — funny how compelled I am to spend $6.99 to drink a cold brew with added collagen and something called Brain Octane Oil. It is because of this that one day, in 2019, convinced my body simply had too many oxidants coursing through it, I started sending pictures of my wellness drinks to two friends in a group text, apropos of nothing. “When did the theme of this text group become this,” went one response; “LMAO,” another. On

You know those wellness drinks that advertise active cultures for gut health, adaptogens, ashwagandha, L-theanine with 25mg of full-spectrum CBD, with added charcoal? I admire them. Not because of how they taste (fine) or what they do (nothing), but because of the ridiculous ingredients on the labels. They’re thrilling, the way a stranger looking you dead in the eye and handing you a multivitamin at a rave is thrilling, and they’re just sitting there at your corner store, right next to the eggs and butter. It’s a little odd, and embarrassing, and — this is important — funny how compelled I am