Alyssa Bereznak
GQ Wellness & Grooming Director
Alyssa Bereznak is GQ’s Wellness & Grooming Director. She previously worked as a Senior Features Editor at the L.A. Times, where she launched the publication’s wellness section, and as a podcaster and Senior Staff Writer at The Ringer, where she reported, hosted, and produced two investigative podcasts: Boom/Bust: The Rise and Fall of HQ Trivia, and This Blew Up. She lives in L.A.
Wellness
9 Products That Changed My Life in February
GQ’s Wellness and Grooming Director shares the most life-improving products she tried this February, including high-phenolic olive oil and an odor-eliminating hand wash.
Wellness
6 Expert Habits to Keep Your Mind Sharp From Neuroscientist Dr. Majid Fotuhi
The Johns Hopkins professor recommends some tips you may know—and a few that might surprise you—to keep your brain firing on all cylinders.
Wellness
12 Products That Changed My Life This January
GQ’s Wellness and Grooming Director shares the most life-improving products she tried this January, including delicious raw gut nuts and a heavenly natural deodorant.
Wellness
The 19 Products That Changed My Life This Year
GQ’s Wellness and Grooming Director shares the most life-improving products she tried in 2025, including a sleek eye mask and headphones that’ll stay put.
Wellness
The Real-Life Diet of Orville Peck, Who Drank an ‘Unimaginable Amount’ of Egg Whites to Prepare for Street Fighter
On the heels of his latest musical release, Appaloosa, Peck discusses his masochistic love of leg day and what he learned from two Ayahuasca trips.
Wellness
A Huel Fan’s Reaction to the Recent Exposé on Lead in Protein Powder
“Based on California’s Prop 65, I've been exposed to at least 1,600% more lead than is ideal,” says a man who ate a lot of the protein powder.
Culture
Charlie Hunnam on His Dance With Death for the New Season of Monster
How does a charming actor with a Method-like tendency to disappear into his characters play a deviant killer like Ed Gein? With total commitment—even when Ryan Murphy hands you an accordion and tells you to play a polka. Charlie Hunnam on getting to the dark side and back for the latest season of Monster.
Grooming
GQ Editors Reveal Their Favorite Colognes and Fragrances
From the upbeat Le Sel d'Issey to Frederic Malle's extravagant Portrait of a Lady, here are the colognes and perfumes that our staffers are wearing.