I once counted the supplements a patient brought to her appointment. Twelve. Twelve different bottles, representing a monthly spend I estimated at over SGD 400. Some were duplicating each other. Two were interacting in ways that weren’t helpful. One was for a specific deficiency that her blood tests had never confirmed she had. She had been prescribed almost none of them by a physician. She had assembled the collection from […]

The question comes up in at least one consultation a week. Usually from a patient who has read an article, watched a documentary, or has a friend who has had “amazing results.” They’re wondering whether intermittent fasting is something they should be doing. They’re 45, 49, 53. They’re interested in metabolic health and they’ve heard that time-restricted eating might help. My answer is always the same: it depends, and the […]

It’s 3:17am and a patient I’ll see tomorrow has texted me — not urgently, just a message she’ll expect me to read in the morning. But the reason I know it’s 3:17am is because I’m awake. Not from the notification. From the thing that woke me before it arrived. I know this pattern well. I’ve lived it. I’ve studied it. And the number of women over 40 who are experiencing […]