Written by Cathy — Founder, Vibrance Way | 17 September 2026 · 9 min read · Fact-checked against primary sources, peer-reviewed research only I split a thumbnail opening a can of chickpeas. Not dramatically — just a clean horizontal crack straight across the free edge, the kind that used to take a screwdriver and bad judgment to cause. Two weeks later the same nail peeled into three thin layers, like wet cardboard. I hadn't changed my dish soap. I hadn't changed anything, ex