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By Erica Chen, DMD, MS, RD & Alexis Lyons, DDS — co-founders of Notes From Our Group Chat This guide covers everything Americans need to know about getting a VAT refund in Europe — from what qualifies to how not to miss your window at the airport. We have done the Europe trip enough times to know what we wish someone had told us before our first one. The VAT refund is at the top of that list — not because it's complicated, but because most Americans have no idea it exists, an

This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon. If you purchase through them, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Shop all the book recommendations on our Beacons — everything's grouped by age, so you can jump straight to your kid's section. https://beacons.ai/notesfromourgroupchat Every summer, the same thing happens. School lets out, the days get longer, and somewhere around week three someone mentions the "summer slide" and suddenly you're Googlin

If you've stood at the front of a sports tournament cooler trying to decide between water, Gatorade, and the Prime your kid is begging for — this one's for you. Electrolyte drinks are everywhere right now. They're in the gas station, the soccer carpool, the lunchbox. And as a registered dietitian (and a mom), I get asked about them constantly. So let's actually break it down. Electrolyte drinks aren't poison. But they're also not a daily drink for most kids — and the sodium m

Creatine is having a moment — and if you're a woman, chances are someone has told you it's the thing you've been missing. So should you be taking it?? My answer: it depends. So here's the full picture, claim by claim — what the research supports, where it's still emerging, and where the science isn't quite where the marketing is yet. TL;DR Creatine is safe for most people and one of the most researched supplements out there — but safe doesn't automatically mean worth it for y

The gram-per-pound rule is gym culture dressed up as science. A registered dietitian breaks down what the evidence actually says about protein for women — and how to calculate your real number in 30 seconds.