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Ryan Brennan

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Ryan Brennan is a content specialist working with McClatchy Media’s Trend Hunter and national content specialists team. You can also find his work published on other McClatchy-owned websites, such as the Miami Herald, Life & Style, Woman’s World and Mod Moms Club.

Ryan launched his freelance writing career in 2012 before transitioning to full-time writing in 2019. As a freelancer, Ryan working closely with SEO marketing companies, where he specialized in local SEO content for clients in the health and wellness industry, including physical therapists, dentists, medical billing companies, doctors and more.

Prior to pursuing writing full-time, Ryan served as General Manager of DavidBartonGym and previously held a management role at Bath & Body Works.

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This Electric Toothbrush Removed 15x More Plaque Than Manual Brushing

If you’ve spent the last decade getting serious about what you eat, how you train, and which supplements actually have data behind them, there’s a piece of your daily routine that probably hasn’t kept up: the toothbrush in your bathroom. An electric toothbrush is one of the more well-studied upgrades you can make to a […]

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ARU's Sonic Toothbrush Will Have Your Entire Family Brushing Better

If you’ve ever stood outside the bathroom door wondering whether your eight-year-old is actually brushing — or whether your toddler’s 30-second swipe counts — you already know the problem with manual toothbrushes. They rely entirely on the person holding them, and in a household with kids spanning toddlers to tweens, that’s a lot of variable […]

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ARU Toothpaste Makes the Case for a Shorter (and Cleaner) Ingredient List

You’ve stopped buying mass-market cookware. You read labels at the grocery store, and you’ve thinned out the under-sink collection of cleaners that don’t earn their place. The thing you’re still using twice a day, often without a second glance, is your toothpaste. ARU toothpaste makes the case that a category most people don’t think about […]

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This Electric Toothbrush Is the Buy-It-Once Upgrade Your Smile Deserves

If you still rely on a manual toothbrush, you are in the majority. A 2025 YouGov survey found that 64% of Americans brush with a manual, while only 31% have moved to powered models. For a daily ritual that shapes long-term oral health, that gap matters, and it is where the case for upgrading to […]

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ARU Toothpaste Treats Your Smile With the Same Scrutiny You Apply to Serums

You’ve spent years getting picky about what goes on your skin — the actives, the percentages, the ingredients you skip. Your toothpaste, which is touching the most visible part of your face twice a day, has probably escaped that scrutiny. ARU toothpaste is what happens when the clean-ingredient ethos finally reaches the oral care aisle, […]

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ARU Toothpaste's SLS-Free Alternative to Combat Canker Sore Irritation

You’ve vetted your supplements, scrutinized your skincare, and probably banished most of the seed oils from your kitchen. But the toothpaste you’re using twice a day, every day, has somehow escaped the same scrutiny. ARU toothpaste is part of a new generation of oral care built for people who actually read the back of the […]

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ARU's Electric Toothbrush Is the Evidence-Backed Upgrade You've Been Missing

Many people spend $40 on a serum and 20 minutes layering it correctly, but only $4 on a manual toothbrush and 30 seconds using it. The result? The skin around your mouth gets more attention than what’s inside it. If your skincare regimen is dialed in but your toothbrush is still the freebie from your […]

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ARU Toothpaste Offers Shorter Ingredient Lists and Family-Friendly Choices

When you’re the person who reads every food label, vets the cookware in the kitchen, and picks out kids toothpaste for the bathroom drawer, the moment you flip over your own tube of toothpaste tends to be deflating. There are 15 to 20+ ingredients on most conventional tubes, with names you can’t pronounce, doing things […]

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Cost-Per-Wear Labels Could Replace Fast Fashion's Cheap Upfront Price

That price tag on a $20 sweater might not tell the whole story. New research suggests that when shoppers see a garment’s cost per wear, they reach for the pricier, longer-lasting option more often. The findings could reshape how people buy clothes and how brands market them. The study was conducted by Dr. Lisa Eckmann […]

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The Skirt Flip From 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' Is Officially Back

In the 1985 film Girls Just Want to Have Fun, there is a scene where Lynne (Helen Hunt) asks Janey (Sarah Jessica Parker) to shield her on the bus so she can flip her Catholic school skirt into a sequined miniskirt. Forty years later that quick change is back in style. Reversible clothing is making […]

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What Is Cost Per Wear? Why This Money-Saving Formula Is Going Mainstream

You know the feeling. A top catches your eye, the price is low enough that it barely registers as a decision, and you buy it. Two wears later it is at the back of a drawer. Meanwhile the jacket you splurged on three years ago is still in heavy rotation. Cost per wear is the […]

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‘Antinutrient’ Found In Beans and Whole Grains May Help Protect Your Gut

Maybe you have ordered an at-home microbiome test and waited on a report full of unfamiliar bacteria names. Maybe you are just watching friends compare their results. Either way, the gut has become something people study rather than ignore. That attention raises a fair question about which foods and compounds genuinely help. The latest contender […]

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A Guide on Building Your Own Capsule Wardrobe: How to Spend Less on Clothes

Most of us are not short on clothes. In fact, a 2026 report from Vestiaire Collection, shared by British Vogue, found that 72 percent of people own more than 100 items and 47 percent own more than 200. And yet one in three of us still feel like we have nothing to wear in the […]

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How Reliable Are Gut Microbiome Tests? 1 Geneticist Says ‘Buyer Beware’

If you have ever sent off an at-home gut microbiome test and wondered whether the results were real, you are not alone. A study published February 26, 2026, in the Nature journal Communications Biology suggests a lot of that skepticism is warranted. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University […]

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Quitting Ozempic Triggers a Gut Chain Reaction, so What Happens Next?

Maybe the cost of Ozempic finally got to you. Maybe the nausea never really went away, or you hit your goal weight and figured it was time to discontinue use. Whatever pushed you toward your last dose, one question tends to follow close behind: what happens now? Going off Ozempic isn’t as simple as just […]

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Why Ozempic Is Being Tied to Stomach Paralysis Concerns, Per Researchers

Your stomach is built to move. A healthy one contracts in steady waves, pushing food into your small intestine within minutes of a meal. The upper section relaxes to hold what you’ve eaten while the lower muscles squeeze it along. The whole thing runs on muscle and nerve signals firing in sync. Ozempic changes the […]

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Is Fibermaxxing Safe? Yes, but Here's What Dietitians Want You to Avoid

Most people are getting fibermaxxing wrong — and they don’t even know it. The trend has taken over wellness social media for good reason. Fiber genuinely works. It supports digestion, feeds beneficial gut bacteria, regulates blood sugar, and lowers cholesterol. Plus, most Americans fall well short of the recommended daily intake, so the impulse to […]

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Clean Beauty Made Us Question Serums and Now We’re Questioning Cookware

Clean beauty taught people to question what they put on their skin. Now that same thinking is moving from the bathroom counter to the kitchen cabinet. For years, beauty shoppers have been trained to look past pretty packaging and ask harder questions: What’s in this product? Is it safe? Is it better for the environment? […]

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Is Your Nonstick Pan Safe? What Parents Need to Know About Teflon Flu

A nonstick pan can feel harmless because it is so familiar. It makes eggs easier, isn’t as hard to clean and makes weeknight meals less stressful. But in homes with children, people with asthma or pets, how that pan is used matters. The risk is not normal low-heat cooking. The danger starts when nonstick cookware […]

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Is Nonstick Cookware Toxic? Honest Answers to Common Safety Questions

Trying to buy non-toxic nonstick cookware can feel weirdly stressful. Every box promises something different: PFAS-free, PTFE-free, ceramic, toxin-free, nonstick. The problem? Most shoppers are comparing labels without knowing what the labels actually mean. And the truth is, cookware is rarely all-or-nothing. The best non-toxic nonstick cookware usually comes from understanding which materials work best […]

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Does Silicone Have Microplastics? Here’s What Scientists Are Saying

Microplastics have become a growing concern in everyday kitchens, pushing many consumers to swap plastic containers and traditional nonstick cookware for “cleaner” alternatives like glass, stainless steel and silicone. Silicone, in particular, has exploded in popularity because it’s flexible, reusable and generally considered more stable than plastic. But as more people build lower-tox kitchens, one […]

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