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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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Finding Meaning In Life: The Discovery That Could Help You Be Happier, Healthier, & Live Longer

Filed Under: Highlights, Mind/Brain

Finding Meaning In Life: The Discovery That Could Help You Be Happier, Healthier, & Live Longer
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Finding Meaning In Life: A Discovery That Might Help You Live Better:
A lot of the time when we think about health, it can seem fairly nuts & bolts.

But ancient-science has always said there was more to it.

And the more crazy health & wellness sites you read, the more you hear from that point of view.

But since it’s so far-off from the daily, pedestrian, trudge,

Most people might think it’s both a silly and elusive idea that there might be more to it.

So one more out-there study this time by UCSD, adds another link in the chain connecting lowly body to lofty mind, and it’s appropriate for just this time of year…

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Personality Type & Lifespan: Your Score On The Big 5 Is Even More Important Than Your Credit Score

Filed Under: Aging

Personality Type & Lifespan: Your Score On The Big 5 Is Even More Important Than Your Credit Score
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Personality Type vs. Longevity. One Of The Big 5 Will Keep You Alive:
Chasing down the more esoteric aspects of health can be a tricky proposition.

For most people it comes down to the new fad diet in the checkout aisle.

But it can be so much more than that.

It might not be just the food that you eat and the genes that you have,

But a part of you that regulates almost everything else that isn’t genetic.

And the mystery-element researchers from the University of Helsinki found: Personality…

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The Probiotic Fountain Of Youth. Eat An Activia, -BOOM, You’re Wolverine! All Because Of Tiny Gut Bacteria.

Filed Under: Aging

The Probiotic Fountain Of Youth. Eat An Activia, -BOOM, You’re Wolverine! All Because Of Tiny Gut Bacteria.
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You Think Activia’s Great? Wait Till You Try This!:
Probiotics that improve health have been the focus of fancy yogurt commercials we’ve all seen once or twice.

Some of them have verged on uncomfortable disclosures by Jamie Lee Curtis on the exact details of her very own G-I functionality. Fascinating.

But fewer people will have read up on the human microbiome & all the strange interactions science is learning about the bugs on us & in us.

And a team in Texas used modern DNA-wizardry to find out something even more interesting. One day, it just might save your life…

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