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Pocket Full Of Kryptonite. How Ultra-Processed Foods Impact Your Health In Weird Ways. Especially For Men.

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Pocket Full Of Kryptonite. How Ultra-Processed Foods Impact Your Health In Weird Ways. Especially For Men.
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Tiny Biohazards Are All Around Us, Just Like The Matrix:

So, Kurt Vonnegut came up with this wild idea for something that could freeze all water on earth beyond thawing, called Ice-9.

And in a weird way, it seems like Microplastics are becoming something like an Ice-9.

They’re another pervasive pollutant you just can’t get rid of.

Unfortunately, the party doesn’t stop there.

Because not only are we finding out Ultra-Processed Foods are bad for you.

They’re also apparently bad in new & more-terrifying ways each time a new study comes out…

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You Actually Cannot Eat Just One. Ultra-Processed Junk Food Rewires Your Brain !TO SERVE THE BORG!

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You Actually Cannot Eat Just One. Ultra-Processed Junk Food Rewires Your Brain !TO SERVE THE BORG!
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What If Ultra-Processed Foods Are A Nutritional Neutron-Bomb?:

Nietzsche famously once said, “If you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”

Pretty profound stuff, even for “the world’s first psychologist”. (except for Aristotle and a few 1,000 others)

But Ole’ Fred turns out to be right, even when it concerns addicts.

Because the high-powered substances they use do change your brain for a pretty long time.

Weirdly-enough, it may not be just the people engaging in lab-grade neurochemistry who are in trouble.

Because a Nolan Ryan-fastball-grade study out of McGill and Helsinki suggests at least half of us are on the edge of similar trouble…

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Extraordinary Magic: The Secret Formula To Keep Your Heart Ticking Like A Swiss Watch And Living Longer

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Extraordinary Magic: The Secret Formula To Keep Your Heart Ticking Like A Swiss Watch And Living Longer
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Each Morning Could Make or Break Your Cardiovascular Health:

Quick, what’s the most important thing you do for your heart each day?

If your mind jumped to hitting the gym or popping a pill, you might be missing a major piece of the puzzle.

A unique study suggests that one of the simplest yet most powerful habits could be hiding in plain sight.

Believe it or not, it’s your breakfast routine.

That’s right. Whether you’re a grab-and-go granola bar bro, a 3-course brunchophile, or a “Just coffee, thanks!” kind of person,

You could be unknowingly sabotaging (or supercharging!) your well-being.

And the difference comes down to a few key factors most people outside the Intermittent-Fasting cult crowd would never even think about…

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Vegan Vs. Aging: If Music Is An Aeroplane, Then Nutrition-Magic Might Be A Wellness Time-Machine

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Vegan Vs. Aging: If Music Is An Aeroplane, Then Nutrition-Magic Might Be A Wellness Time-Machine
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Vegan Changes In Diet May Have Surprising Biochemistry Benefits:

In many different ways, one thing we can all do better is nutrition.

Whether it’s excluding stuff like processed-foods, seed oils, or including other stuff.

For God’s sake, The Father Of Medicine said it himself ~2000 years ago.

That may sound simple to start, but we’ve also been part of a war raging for decades.

That war is of course: Which is the best diet? -For healthspan, for lifespan, for mental clarity, etc. etc. etc.

Even though the very-enticing Mediterranean Diet seems to be the current champ, a recent micro-study came out that shows some very interesting results for those who might want to live longer…

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

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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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Junk Food Vs. Your Brain: How Sugary UPF Food Alters Your Wiring And Makes You Hate The Healthy Stuff

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Junk Food Vs. Your Brain: How Sugary UPF Food Alters Your Wiring And Makes You Hate The Healthy Stuff
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I’m Addicted To You, Snack Food! Don’t You Know That You’re Toxic?:
It seems as time goes by, we’re hearing about the influence of ultra-processed foods at an increasing rate.

Whether it’s a tribe in the Amazon that develops obesity and other health problems a year after Nestle drops off a shipment.

Or the increasing amount of “Junk Food” that Westerners are eating as obesity rates rise.

The insidious part of it is these fast & cheap foods are chockablock with all kinds of things that are just not healthy.

Like weird additives, fats, and high-concentrations of dietary crack cocaine.

And some researchers from the US & Germany are finding out that’s only where the problems start…

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Nordic Diet Benefits: Berries, Fish, + Oils May Make This “Mediterranean Of The North” Eating Plan A Life-Saver

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Nordic Diet Benefits: Berries, Fish, + Oils May Make This “Mediterranean Of The North” Eating Plan A Life-Saver
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Nordic Diet Benefits. Quality Ingredients, Fish, Berries, & Oils FTW:
There are several ways to improve your health through diet.

This is a popular route because 1) People hate math, so they won’t count calories even though it works,

2) They like to eat according to themes, because the idea is easier and the possibility that a notion or picture can overcome strict details is appealing.

An endless stream of diets became popular because of this like Keto, MIND, DASH, Mediterranean, South Beach, Carnivore, Bananavore, you name it.

Well there is another diet that westerners are trying in increasing numbers, and if the non-fad-based studies are correct, it may present another alternative to the endless parade of wacky plans for the math-averse…

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Energy Vs. Fatigue In Your Gut Microbes: That Case Of The Mondays Might Be All Down To Your Diet

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Energy Vs. Fatigue In Your Gut Microbes: That Case Of The Mondays Might Be All Down To Your Diet
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Energy & Fatigue Might All Be Products Of Nutrition And Gut Microbes:
A lot of times, we can get saturated with advice that can seem too common.

But there are a few things we might try to remember about that.

The advice can be common because it works, it’s been curated by history, and stood the test of time for good reason.

The second part is a bit sneakier. Advice can become common through repetition and we get inured to it.

When really there is a lot more to it than a bored mind would understand at face-value.

And a team from Texas A&M is finding out some surprising new ways that, “Eat a high-quality varied diet.” and “You are what you eat.” really do bring a lot more to the table than just the basics they seem to suggest…

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