by Ryan Schwantes | Oct 20, 2025 | Addiction, Health & Fitness, Resources, Ryan Schwantes
The Antidepressant Myth: A “Miracle” Built on Marketing, Money, and Misleading Science Recently, I wrote an article breaking down the efficacy of antidepressants versus placebo — and how the supposed benefits often don’t hold up under closer scientific scrutiny. If...
by Ryan Schwantes | Oct 7, 2025 | Addiction, Health & Fitness, Resources, Ryan Schwantes
Antidepressant Efficacy: An Interactive Review - Efficacy Data -> Goal: Compare -> Viz: Stacked Bar Chart -> Interaction: Tooltips -> Justification: Clearly illustrates the small contribution of the drug's specific effect compared to placebo/common factors. ->...
by Ryan Schwantes | Sep 30, 2025 | Addiction, Health & Fitness, Ryan Schwantes
Discover The Freedom Model Coaching: A New Way to Move Beyond Addiction For decades, people have been told that addiction is a lifelong disease, that recovery requires surrender, or that the only path forward is endless treatment or support group meetings. But what if...
by Ryan Schwantes | Sep 29, 2025 | Addiction, Health & Fitness
I previously wrote an article titled Marijuana: A scheduling Nightmare, where I talked about the confusion and absurdities surrounding the listing of cannabis as a schedule I drug, which is what the Federal government classifies cannabis as. Then in December of 2018,...
by Ryan Schwantes | Apr 3, 2019 | Health & Fitness, Ryan Schwantes
When most people think of Kettlebell Training, they think of ballistic exercises because that’s primarily what kettlebells are primarily used for. (Interesting little tidbit – Ballistic comes from the Greek word ballein , which literally means “to...
by Ryan Schwantes | Oct 24, 2018 | Health & Fitness, Nutrition
Supplements are just that, “supplements”. They are not “substitutes” or “replacements”. It’s always a better idea to get vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients from food as they are a natural source rather than getting them from something man-made. This is because...