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Can A Simple Plan Like Intermittent-Fasting Beat A Complex One Like Calorie-Counting For Weight-Loss?

Filed Under: Weight Loss / Fat Loss

Can A Simple Plan Like Intermittent-Fasting Beat A Complex One Like Calorie-Counting For Weight-Loss?
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How Can We Simplify The Eternal Battle Between Fit & Flab?:

The most popular topic in the entire Health & Wellness space is weight-loss.

Not even exercise has toppled its crown since 1863.

Sorry about that, Shake-Weight, Peloton, and Total Gym!

Not even Christie Brinkley and Chuck Norris could compete with it.

But you’d think after all those 160+ years, we would have found a simple diet plan that works.

We did. It’s called “Calorie Counting”, but it’s by far the least popular way to do things.

And a team from UIC might have just come to the rescue with a very good comparison study…

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New Experimental Weight-Loss Drug Is Exercise In A Bottle! -Sans The Organ-Destroying Risks Of Ephedra

Filed Under: Weight Loss / Fat Loss

New Experimental Weight-Loss Drug Is Exercise In A Bottle! -Sans The Organ-Destroying Risks Of Ephedra
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Work The Extra Fat Off Just By Taking A Pill, No Snake-Oil Involved!:

When your car is stuck in a rut, you have to either change course to get out of it.

Or just call a professional, and maybe ask them to bring their tow truck.

Although it should happen more slowly, the journey of weight loss can be a very similar process.

You need a perspective that’s different from the rut.

Because somehow you’re supposed to automatically know what to do and be good at it, but it always seems harder and more directionless than it should be.

Well, a team from The University Of Florida may have an answer for you that could even beat Ozempic…

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Start Early! The Weird Association Between Drinking Tea Or Coffee With Mobility (And Longevity) Later On

Filed Under: Aging

Start Early! The Weird Association Between Drinking Tea Or Coffee With Mobility (And Longevity) Later On
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Early Starts Lead To Later Wins, Even In Your Morning Brew:

Some of the weirder phenomena we can run into in life are virtuous cycles, and their nasty cousins, vicious cycles.

One of the areas where they can get a little scary is in the realm of health.

There are so many interconnections, that it can be hard to know where to start fixing things.

If you’ve ever witnessed this happen to another person, or God forbid; yourself, you definitely know you want to avoid it.

So what do you do? Stick to the basics, and go with study evidence.

In that line of thought, unless this NUS team is part of the international caffeine cartel, it’s looking like coffee and tea just scored another weird health win…

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Use Holidays To Help Beat Loneliness. The Socializing Will Increase Lifespan If The Alcohol Doesn’t Kill You First!

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Use Holidays To Help Beat Loneliness. The Socializing Will Increase Lifespan If The Alcohol Doesn’t Kill You First!
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The 5th Element Is The Social Chemistry Of Good People In Your Life:

With all the things we have to worry about, there are many that can just fall through the cracks.

For entrepreneurs, the two main things they neglect are their social lives and their health.

And regular people might have their own share of things that get overlooked and end up in the category of “Stealth Health”.

Just like the previous group, one of those omissions can be the social element.

Now if you haven’t read How To Live To 100 yet, this might seem a bit out of left field.

But some new work by The University of Michigan suggests it’s not…

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That Cocoa Habit Is Something You Might Want To Keep For Life. Because It Just May Save Your Aging Brain!

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

That Cocoa Habit Is Something You Might Want To Keep For Life. Because It Just May Save Your Aging Brain!
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Everyone’s Favorite Superfood Scores Another Win:

One of the benefits we can all cash-in on with new information is discovering our own blind-spots.

For example, thanks to nutrition scientists we now know that if you’re an adult and you have stress, you’re probably magnesium deficient.

Still further, Dr. Joel Fuhrman opened everyone’s eyes to how little micronutrients they get if they aren’t eating big salads every day.

On that note, it turns out researchers are finding even more dietary blind-spots.

If you’re like me, or any other nut who stops by HealthTrekker, you want to have those bases covered.

And the team at Mass General might help us all out a little…

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Doomsday Clock: You’re Only As Old As Your Biological Age Test Score Feels. It Could Also Mean Dementia.

Filed Under: Aging

Doomsday Clock: You’re Only As Old As Your Biological Age Test Score Feels. It Could Also Mean Dementia.
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Tech-Bro Nerdery Trickles-Down To Significant Figs For Average Joe:

One of the most unfortunate parts of being alive on this planet is the set of dents our health can take over time.

Researchers like Dr. David Sinclair have even called Aging itself a disease.

And if you look around at different tech bros like Bryan Johnson and his “Blueprint” protocol, a lot of people are trying to solve the problem.

Using a variety of tests that may or may not be accurate, guys like Bryan and tech billionaires taking Metformin are finding out that age may not just be measured in years.

In the immortal words of Indiana Jones, “It’s not the years honey. It’s the mileage.”

And a team of Scandinavian researchers couldn’t agree more…

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Food Safety Updates: CR’s Revolt Against Red Dye #3 & The US Finally Follows An EU Food-Additive Ban

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Food Safety Updates: CR’s Revolt Against Red Dye #3 & The US Finally Follows An EU Food-Additive Ban
red dye 3 food safety

The Wheels Of Government Turn Slowly; Even For Food-Safety:

A short while ago, we talked about Sam Parr’s question on slim travelers.

He was surprised by how many people came back from European vacations noticeably slimmer than before.

But since these were generally healthy people who had good diets and exercised regularly, there seemed to be some x-factor responsible.

One of the revelations from that post was that the European Food Safety Agency bans a lot more ingredients in their food than we do.

-Which leads right into today’s post, because both the CSPI and Consumer Reports are trying to get one of them banned here…

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UPDATE: Sorry For The Delay. Monday’s Post Got Munched By A Server Migration + Email News:

Filed Under: Announcements

UPDATE: Sorry For The Delay. Monday’s Post Got Munched By A Server Migration + Email News:
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Just Like The Original Top Gear. Always Ambitious But Sometimes Crap:
Missed it by -that- much!

Hi Healthtrekkers!

Looks like I was a little too ambitious in trying to get Monday’s post out.

It seems I was unaware how quick and efficient my web host’s team is at server migrations.

I also was unaware to what extent Firefox caches certain data.

So as a result, the post that was finished last week and set to go out first thing Monday morning got lost in the shuffle.

Thankfully with the aid of an amazing support team and their clever ideas, I was able to work some database wizardry on a backup and retrieve the post!…

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