Health by Hanna is an evidence-based women's health platform for women who are quietly exhausted by the current state of the conversation — and would like some proper writing about their bodies, please.
Good health is not just something you measure. It is something you live.Brand belief
Women are largely offered two options in health content. On one side: pink wellness, cycle-syncing, and an alarming number of adaptogens. On the other: "your labs are normal, have you tried yoga." The enormous, actually-interesting space between those extremes is where most women's lived experience of their bodies takes place. It is also, somehow, the space no one was writing into.
So I started writing the site I wanted to read at 3am when I couldn't sleep and the internet's idea of helpful was another graphic about cortisol. Evidence-based, unfrilled, occasionally funny, a bit tired of bro-science, and very tired of the gender data gap — but ultimately here to make things clearer, not louder.
Peer-reviewed research, with honest limits — not whatever a wellness influencer said on Tuesday.
Yes, they count. No, they are not personally responsible for your mood, your marriage, or your mortgage.
Muscle and bone are how a body ages well. "Toning" is a marketing word. We won't be using it much.
Most medical reference ranges were built on men. That's a problem — and worth being a bit cross about.
If your doctor says "your labs are normal" and you still feel unwell, you are not imagining things.
If the study was done on 23-year-old men in a university gym, it might not tell you very much about you.
Roughly: women in their late twenties through mid forties, who are interested in their health without wanting to make it their entire personality. Who want to feel stronger, think more clearly, and live with more energy in their own bodies — without a supplement subscription, a 17-step morning routine, or another chart ranking their cortisol against a 22-year-old man's. If that sounds like you, you are extremely welcome here.
One essay, once a week. Evidence-based women's health with an opinion and a functioning sense of humour.
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