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Hope Springs Eternal. Thanks To Pandora! 27+ Ways To Jump-Start It And Benefit Your Life & Your Health

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Hope Springs Eternal. Thanks To Pandora! 27+ Ways To Jump-Start It And Benefit Your Life & Your Health
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The First Gift In Greek Myth Is A Key To The Highest Truth:

There are a few standard things that you can pay attention to when it comes to your H&W picture.

Exercise, nutrition, supplements, how much you walk, etc.

But there are a few things most people really do overlook.

Two of those tend to be hydration and mindset.

They’re just so easy to think as being either automatic, or something that’s just kind of, “there” and fixed.

So it shouldn’t be a surprise that some recent work has joined the body-of-evidence suggesting you really should check-in on your average thought-picture maybe once a week or more…

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Captain America’s Super Serum Isn’t Here Yet. But It Could Be. Exercise Protein May Be A Fountain Of Youth!

Filed Under: Exercise

Captain America’s Super Serum Isn’t Here Yet. But It Could Be. Exercise Protein May Be A Fountain Of Youth!
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What If I Told You The “Steroids” Of The Future Have No Down-Side?:

Once upon a time, there was this comedian who made some dumb jokes about taking everything at face-value.

One of the things he said was, “Why would you eat vegetables? Do you really need that much chlorophyll?”

It may turn out that a lot of our assumptions, even the ones SCIENCE! makes, could be just as silly.

For example, recently, researchers have figured out that cardio helps clear Alzheimer’s junk out of your brain,

And also grow new brain-cells RIGHT in the memory-center!

A South Korean team might have the same kind of news for people who lift weights!…

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It Doesn’t Just “Wake The Dead”. Your Morning Coffee’s Anti-Aging Magic Might Be A Secret Time-Machine!

Filed Under: Aging

It Doesn’t Just “Wake The Dead”. Your Morning Coffee’s Anti-Aging Magic Might Be A Secret Time-Machine!
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Portuguese Team Finds Coffee Could Be More Than Just A Wake-Up Call:

We all know that first cup of coffee in the morning feels like it brings us back to life.

But what if it actually does a little bit more than that?

An review of almost 100 studies suggests your daily brew might be doing a lot more than just getting you through morning meetings.

-Which is entirely possible, because (surprise, surprise) there is a lot more than just caffeine at work.

The findings are surprising enough that they’re causing researchers to rethink a few things they thought they knew about coffee and aging…

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Muscle Vs. Inflammation: The Magic Chemistry Of Muscle And Exercise May Be A Great Anti-Inflammatory

Filed Under: Exercise

Muscle Vs. Inflammation: The Magic Chemistry Of Muscle And Exercise May Be A Great Anti-Inflammatory
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Exercise Vs. Inflammation. Medication-Grade Results Thanks To Muscle:
In every age where society tries to move forward, there is usually a conflict.

It happens between what we think we “know” now, what we’re learning, and how much of the “old” is considered invalid.

We’ve done multiple posts here on HT about how ancient man wasn’t so stupid after all,

Including one about a medieval recipe that kills modern super-bugs.

Even further back in history than that or OG medicinal-foodie Hippocrates, society has worshiped people who were fit & lean.

But why? What is it that we intuited since the dawn of time that wasn’t just tied to brute strength? Maybe it was something more.

Researchers from Duke University think they might have an answer…

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Cardio Vs. Weights: Cardio Exercise Helps You Live Longer. But Adding Weight-Training Works Even Better!

Filed Under: Aging

Cardio Vs. Weights: Cardio Exercise Helps You Live Longer. But Adding Weight-Training Works Even Better!
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Cardio Exercise Increases Lifespan. Adding Weights Helps Even More:
Most of us at HT have a few things in common. We’re fairly-sexy for nerds, and we also want to live better and longer lives.

So studies and research like the work that went around the world to find the longest-living people should be right at home here.

Although those people had some great environmental habits, they also had some x-factors.

But the Great American Response of, “Can’t I just take a pill for that?” didn’t really work for that amazing set of studies.

And until “exercise in a pill” is available, this NCI work is going to make you want to get your aerobics gear and running shoes back on, too.

-At least you could soften the blow by listening to Electric Callboy…

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Aging Vs. Repair & Regeneration Of Muscle: Vampire Researchers Find Young Blood Factor Is The Solution

Filed Under: Aging

Aging Vs. Repair & Regeneration Of Muscle: Vampire Researchers Find Young Blood Factor Is The Solution
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Repairing Aging Muscle Damage With Young Blood Vampire Solution:
We’ve written here before about all kinds of ideas on how to live longer.

From time to time, the scope of those ideas can range wildly.

Whether it’s the crazy Russian immortality 2045 guys, or people as reputable as Salk Institute researchers.

Scientists are starting to look at Aging as a treatable disease.

-To say nothing of the maximization-potential like a type of “steroids for everything” and upgrading to “better-than-stock”, that we might discover after we fix the aging problems.

As some really wacky ancient beliefs would have it,

A lot of that research actually centers around the difference between young and old blood. UPMC’s researchers just found another big piece of that puzzle…

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Coffee Vs. Heart Disease, Stroke, Longevity: The World’s Favorite Morning Drink Has More Good News

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Coffee Vs. Heart Disease, Stroke, Longevity: The World’s Favorite Morning Drink Has More Good News
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Coffee Vs. Heart-Failure & Stroke. Everyone’s Favorite Drink For A Reason?:
We all start out doing things basically from some kind of superstition.

It’s worked before & recommended, so we follow-along without knowing too much about why.

A lot of these guidelines apply to not just the straight-and-narrow path to success,

But also about health of all kinds.

As a clever doctor I know once said about his first freshman lecture in school, “The first thing they tell you is that half of what they are about to teach is wrong. The second thing they tell you is they don’t know which half.”…

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Intermittent Fasting And The Eating-Time Window: Killing Your Midnight-Snack To Optimize Your Life

Filed Under: Aging

Intermittent Fasting And The Eating-Time Window: Killing Your Midnight-Snack To Optimize Your Life
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Intermittent Fasting Vs. Time. How To Optimize Effort & Reward:
The type of thing that we all come to sites like HealthTrekker for is: Improvements.

What are Science’s little tricks that might turn into huge benefits over time?

And part of that question implies the idea of Cost/Benefit.

One example of the strife many people have with Cost/Benefit is the amount of weight & fat they lose for whatever diet & exercise program they’re on.

Well one recent diet-program that’s been getting a lot of attention is Intermittent Fasting/Time-Restricted Feeding.

Given IF’s many benefits, it’s no wonder researchers are trying to optimize costs…

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