Judging by the ads Instagram is constantly showing me, you’d think I’m falling apart.

The deluge of sponsored posts in my feed suggests I need to take supplements to balance my hormones, get a device to monitor my blood glucose, consult an app to supercharge my metabolism, use red-light therapy to lose weight and smear on cream to eliminate my wrinkles.

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