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by Wunmi Bakare for Health Union At the end of each year, many people reflect on their personal accomplishments - reviewing wins, losses, successes, and failures - intently taking a closer look at their real life. In the last decade, we've had to qualify the term 'real life' because of the social media smokescreens and illusions. If we're totally honest, it's the modern-day version of a magic trick. The line between real and virtual depictions of reality has blurred. Two iden

by Wunmi Bakare for Health Union My name is Wunmi and I'm a foodie! Carbs, snacks, and sugary drinks are the way to my heart. I mean the heart wants what it wants and I need someone to look at me the way I look at food. As you can already tell, my nutritional habits living with sickle cell disease were awful. Just as much as SCD was my muse, it was also the source of all blame. In the morning, I'd swear I couldn't keep my meds down without a can of Sprite. At lunch, I'd ask