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Weightlifting’s Brain Benefits Surprise. So If You Lift, You Don’t Have To Be A Meat-Head After All!

Filed Under: Exercise

Weightlifting’s Brain Benefits Surprise. So If You Lift, You Don’t Have To Be A Meat-Head After All!
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The Amazing Biochemistry Of Muscle & Exercise Strikes Again!:
Most of us were raised to believe quicksand and sharks in swimming pools would be daily hazards in adult life.

Similarly, we were also raised to think that we’re born with a certain number of brain-cells and do nothing but lose them thereafter.

That may be true for “Florida Man”, but it’s not so for everyone else.

Dr. Sandrine Thuret showed us all a few years ago that we can grow new brain cells, with cardio and especially running.

The only downside to her results was that it appeared weight-lifting exercise didn’t help.

A team from IU looks like they might have a little light at the end of that tunnel…

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Protein Vs. Longevity: Japanese Team Finds The Fountain Of Youth By Refining Gym-Rat Bro-Science

Filed Under: Aging

Protein Vs. Longevity: Japanese Team Finds The Fountain Of Youth By Refining Gym-Rat Bro-Science
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Get Your Debate-Team Helmets On! This Time? Protein Calcs!:
In the constant race we all run to either lose weight or keep it off, many of us find the key is diet.

For a number of reasons it’s been the biggest subject in the health & wellness space, since well forever really.

If you’ve veered anywhere near the gym-bros of the exercise crowd, you’d know that among the strange elixirs they drink like BCAAs and grape juice with creatine, they also focus a lot on protein.

Not only have recent studies shown that protein & creatine are really the only two things you need to build muscle, besides exercise,

But changing the amount of protein in your diet might have even more benefits than the swole gains, yo…

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Metformin & Muscles: Diabetes Drug Pulls A Few Tricks Out Of Its Hat With Some Mysterious Health Benefits

Filed Under: Sex, Meds, Rock n Roll

Metformin & Muscles: Diabetes Drug Pulls A Few Tricks Out Of Its Hat With Some Mysterious Health Benefits
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A 50 Year-Old Drug Is Looking Like Anti-Aging Magic:
What do billionaires have in common with the rest of us?

No, not replacing all humans with robots to increase profit margins to infinity and beyond, silly!

They love money, and they do whatever they can to live as long as possible.

You can bet everything from The Shake-Weight, to blood transfusions, to Bryan Johnson’s exhaustive “Blueprint” and the suspended-animation of The 2045 Project has crossed their desks at one point or another.

When they’re not airlifting hypercars onto mega-yachts, they’re trying crazy health hacks.

Strangely enough, the basis for their new favorite looks like it might be even better than before…

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The Dietary Plutonium Of Ultra-Processed Food Might Steal Your Mind & Accelerate Cognitive-Decline

Filed Under: Nutrition

The Dietary Plutonium Of Ultra-Processed Food Might Steal Your Mind & Accelerate Cognitive-Decline
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UPF Junk Food Gives A Whole New Meaning To, “I Don’t Mind”:
Swanson may have had only good intentions when they wanted to make Thanksgiving dinner accessible to all in 1953.

But ever since that first set of turkey & sides were put into an aluminum tray, things have gotten steadily worse.

Because not only have obesity rates gone up a lot since then, but the rate of people consuming ultra-processed foods today is also increasing.

Worst of all, is that !SCIENCE! is finding that UPFs don’t just make you fat, like they did to the Amazon tribesmen who got “gifts” shipped-in from Nestle.

UPFs are like dietary plutonium. Not only are the after-effects weird, they look like they’re occurring in some of the worst ways…

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Look At This Photograph And Fight Off The Deadly Ravages Of Dementia w/ The Awesome Biochem Of Olive Oil

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Look At This Photograph And Fight Off The Deadly Ravages Of Dementia w/ The Awesome Biochem Of Olive Oil
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A Little Bit Of The Right Dietary Chemistry Goes A Long Way:
The increase in UPF consumption is a worrying stat.

It seems to indicate that for many people, food is still seen as some vague substance that’s only there to fill you up.

But what that increase also suggests is that many people don’t care what their food is made of.

Now contrast that with what a lot of research and specific plans like Intermittent-Fasting will tell you.

Food isn’t just fullness. It’s a biochemistry equation that you eat.

And Harvard researchers are finding out another healthy-eating staple seems to make a much bigger difference than just fancy flavor and a full stomach…

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Lower The Bar

Filed Under: Thinking Out Loud

Lower The Bar
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What’s Really Holding Back Your Results?:
Every once in awhile I get asked how to achieve weight-loss results.

Unfortunately, I get the feeling that many people are held up by something almost invisible.

Whether it’s bad habits, a lack of experience, or even just good-ole’ fear of the unknown.

When I get a chance to talk to them, I share whatever I can. Many times it seems like a bit too much.

But one of the ideas I keep coming back to has parallels to their questions and the answers I give.

Because I’m usually reminded of a few parts of my own journey.

Once upon a time, I got a little bit too chubby…

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Your Brain Health Vs. Time. The Wisdom Of Cats, Parents, & Matadors Confirmed In The Magic Of Naps

Filed Under: Aging

Your Brain Health Vs. Time. The Wisdom Of Cats, Parents, & Matadors Confirmed In The Magic Of Naps
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Grandmas & Pre-K Teachers Were Onto Something All Along!:
I guess as long was we all recognize Gary Vaynerchuck as the Fifth Horseman Of The Apocalypse, we’re all going to get along great here.

Because as any non-Elon tech bro can tell you, it is possible to push yourself too hard and burnout is a real thing.

On the other side of the world, they seem to have a bit less caffeine and some older, odder daily traditions called Siesta.

Maybe it was just socialism or recovery from the hottest part of the day in southern Europe. Like a thirst-quencher Sangria for mind & body.

But it was lost on the “Coffee-Achieving” West, until just recently.

And a team from London and Uruguay is finding out there’s a lot more to naps than anyone outside Portugal, Italy, Greece, or Spain might imagine…

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Red Bull Just Might Give You Wings! Energy Drink Amino Acid May Slow Aging And Extend Your Lifespan

Filed Under: Aging

Red Bull Just Might Give You Wings! Energy Drink Amino Acid May Slow Aging And Extend Your Lifespan
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Looks Like Taurine Make You STRONG LIKE BULL!:
Humanity has done some pretty stupid stuff in the past.

Whether it’s trying to use “Pyramid Power” to keep houseplants alive without water,

Giving LSD to animals, or teaching rats to understand backwards-Japanese.

We’ve certainly tried a lot of stupid stuff, some in the spirit of evolution, some that seemed destined to win a Darwin Award.

But the quest for The Fountain Of Youth is one of our smarter pursuits.

And Science has helped a lot, finding out great stuff about Ultra-Processed Foods, Sugar, and Intermittent-Fasting.

But a Columbia team might be onto another simple patch that almost anyone could do as time marches on…
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