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Vitamin D Vs. Longevity. Can The Sun-Shine Vitamin Light Up Your Life Or Make It Fall On Black Days?

Filed Under: Vitamins/Supplements

Vitamin D Vs. Longevity. Can The Sun-Shine Vitamin Light Up Your Life Or Make It Fall On Black Days?
vitamin d longevity blue mountain sunset

Living Longer By Starting With Some Very Important Little Stuff:

If there’s one thing HealthTrekker-type people want to do, it’s to slow the aging process!

We all want to live longer lives, and better ones while we’re around.

Why else would we spend the money on healthier food and supplements?

Well hold your horses there, because a handful of pills is sometimes the right answer and sometimes the wrong one.

But for now, buckle-up because an Augusta University? team found another longevity hack you might use!…

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WHY THE HELL DO PEOPLE DO THIS!!! I Mean, Cold-Plunges May Be Key To Longer Life. But Also: Torture

Filed Under: Stupid Health Tricks

WHY THE HELL DO PEOPLE DO THIS!!! I Mean, Cold-Plunges May Be Key To Longer Life. But Also: Torture
cold plunge health longevity tub of water by mountain

Is Cold-Therapy Like Plunges A Stupid That Is Accidentally-Awesome?:

History is full of people doing dumb things.

JNCO jeans, Insane Clown Posse, Prodigy hairstyles, and you know,… (sketchy international econ policies).

But the “YOLO!” silliness isn’t restricted to just Dubstep and Juggalos.

It’s also part of the Health & Wellness space, too. With bro-science and Tik-Tok usually taking the lead.

So this week’s wacky entry should be no surprise.

Originally-conceived for helping serious athletes recover faster, Cold-Plunges have become their own bro-science morning ritual fad.

But this time, the sciencing bros might not be wrong…

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Genetics Vs. Lifestyle: Which Factor Counts More For Slowing The Sands Of Time And Increasing Lifespan?

Filed Under: Aging

Genetics Vs. Lifestyle: Which Factor Counts More For Slowing The Sands Of Time And Increasing Lifespan?
lifespan genetics lifestyle silhouette video waves

Time-Machine. Defeat Aging; One Grain Of Sand At A Time:

One problem most of us have is wrestling with incremental progress.

As I talked about in the post on weight-loss and muscle gain, it turns out to be +/- imperceptible.

It’s almost a religious practice. Based on faith, done routinely, and deals with the unknown and things that seem invisible.

Many times, we don’t know if what we’re doing is working, or even helping.

Even though The Unknown can seem discouraging at times, it’s important to stay the course for when the graph eventually makes that “hockey stick” change upward.

And an Oxford-led team just discovered the same discipline is true for how long and well you live…

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Fish Oil Vs. Aging: Can A Little Softgel Affect Something As Big As Your Lifespan, Or Is It “Supplement BS”?

Filed Under: Aging

Fish Oil Vs. Aging: Can A Little Softgel Affect Something As Big As Your Lifespan, Or Is It “Supplement BS”?
fish oil aging tray of 4 small fish

The Fish-Oil Wars! Snake Oil Skepticism to Scientific Breakthrough?:

Sometimes, the “sure(st) thing” is that firm answers can be hard to come-by.

And nowhere is that more true than in the Wild-West space of supplements!

Whether it’s dangerous Vitamin E, magical metabolic Acai drinks, or major retailers putting house-plants into their echinacea,

It’s always had a Spectre of Woo-Woo BS or “Bro-Science”.

Even Fish Oil gets saddled with the BS nameplate from time-to-time.

But what if things are turning around yet again for the evidence?

The surprising findings from a U. Zurich team aren’t even just the regular, “Good for circulation. Smells.” -results.

They might hint at something WAY more fundamental, like one of the primary reasons you come to a nerdbot site like this in the first place…

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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!
coffee longevity Turkish coffee brewing on coals

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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The Myth of Healthy Moderate Drinking: Research Reveals The Giant Buzz-Kill Of A Reverse Halo-Effect

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

The Myth of Healthy Moderate Drinking: Research Reveals The Giant Buzz-Kill Of A Reverse Halo-Effect
drinking healthy myth hands with red wine cheers

That Glass of Wine Probably Isn’t Medicine After All:

You’ve probably heard it countless times: “An apple glass of wine a day keeps the doctor away.”

It’s a comforting thought that’s been repeated in headlines and dinner conversations for decades.

But what if we’ve been looking at the evidence, and the advice, all wrong?

A new and somewhat contrarian analysis from the University of Victoria may have just rewritten our understanding of alcohol and health.

And the results might make you rethink that daily nightcap.

No, this is not just some “Dry January” clickbait, either…

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More Longevity Magic! Weightlifting Helps Zombie-Cell Clean Up With Tiny Trash Collectors

Filed Under: Exercise

More Longevity Magic! Weightlifting Helps Zombie-Cell Clean Up With Tiny Trash Collectors
weightlifting zombie cells hand holding 5kg dumbell

The Biochemistry Of Weightlifting’s Benefits Is Anything But Simple:

The straw-man. A gross oversimplification. Easy. Cheap. But inaccurate.

That’s how a lot of us deal with some ideas. It’s easier to oversimplify just so we can understand.

But the tradeoff is nuance and sophistication for speed and forward momentum.

And for decades, it seemed as if exercise nuts and gym-rats were just glorified meat-heads.

We also thought the exercise they did was just as one-dimensional. Overachieving for dimwit-narcissists.

But we were all wrong…

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

Filed Under: Nutrition

Vegan Vs. Aging: If Music Is An Aeroplane, Then Nutrition-Magic Might Be A Wellness Time-Machine
vegan diet aging old clock face

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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