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Protein Vs. Longevity: Japanese Team Finds The Fountain Of Youth By Refining Gym-Rat Bro-Science

Filed Under: Aging

Protein Vs. Longevity: Japanese Team Finds The Fountain Of Youth By Refining Gym-Rat Bro-Science
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Get Your Debate-Team Helmets On! This Time? Protein Calcs!:
In the constant race we all run to either lose weight or keep it off, many of us find the key is diet.

For a number of reasons it’s been the biggest subject in the health & wellness space, since well forever really.

If you’ve veered anywhere near the gym-bros of the exercise crowd, you’d know that among the strange elixirs they drink like BCAAs and grape juice with creatine, they also focus a lot on protein.

Not only have recent studies shown that protein & creatine are really the only two things you need to build muscle, besides exercise,

But changing the amount of protein in your diet might have even more benefits than the swole gains, yo…

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Metformin & Muscles: Diabetes Drug Pulls A Few Tricks Out Of Its Hat With Some Mysterious Health Benefits

Filed Under: Sex, Meds, Rock n Roll

Metformin & Muscles: Diabetes Drug Pulls A Few Tricks Out Of Its Hat With Some Mysterious Health Benefits
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A 50 Year-Old Drug Is Looking Like Anti-Aging Magic:
What do billionaires have in common with the rest of us?

No, not replacing all humans with robots to increase profit margins to infinity and beyond, silly!

They love money, and they do whatever they can to live as long as possible.

You can bet everything from The Shake-Weight, to blood transfusions, to Bryan Johnson’s exhaustive “Blueprint” and the suspended-animation of The 2045 Project has crossed their desks at one point or another.

When they’re not airlifting hypercars onto mega-yachts, they’re trying crazy health hacks.

Strangely enough, the basis for their new favorite looks like it might be even better than before…

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Red Bull Just Might Give You Wings! Energy Drink Amino Acid May Slow Aging And Extend Your Lifespan

Filed Under: Aging

Red Bull Just Might Give You Wings! Energy Drink Amino Acid May Slow Aging And Extend Your Lifespan
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Looks Like Taurine Make You STRONG LIKE BULL!:
Humanity has done some pretty stupid stuff in the past.

Whether it’s trying to use “Pyramid Power” to keep houseplants alive without water,

Giving LSD to animals, or teaching rats to understand backwards-Japanese.

We’ve certainly tried a lot of stupid stuff, some in the spirit of evolution, some that seemed destined to win a Darwin Award.

But the quest for The Fountain Of Youth is one of our smarter pursuits.

And Science has helped a lot, finding out great stuff about Ultra-Processed Foods, Sugar, and Intermittent-Fasting.

But a Columbia team might be onto another simple patch that almost anyone could do as time marches on…
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That Kimchi Habit Could Save Your Life! How You Might Live Longer If Your Food Has The Right Probiotics

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

That Kimchi Habit Could Save Your Life! How You Might Live Longer If Your Food Has The Right Probiotics
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If An Addiction To Lifeway Kefir Is Wrong, I Don’t Wanna Be Right:
So ever since Jamie Lee Curtis tried to show America her gastro-intestinal tract for Activia, we’ve had a renaissance in the field of probiotics.

But in the recent years, there have been some well-reasoned critiques of some as being ineffective.

So what are we supposed to make of all these special bugs that allegedly help us in a variety of different ways?

Are the naysayers right, or are the yogurt saleswomen who are “experiencing technical difficulties” the ones on the right track?

Well, considering we know very little about them, let’s take our lead from a study out of China that focuses on something we all want to do.

-Live a lot longer than average…

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Purpose Vs. Living Longer: The Mix Of Career And Meaning Could Be Much Healthier Than You Think!

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Purpose Vs. Living Longer: The Mix Of Career And Meaning Could Be Much Healthier Than You Think!
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The Magic Of Purpose & Living Longer In A Healthy Career:
When we think of what makes up good health, a lot of the time “eat right & exercise” is what comes up.

But as any Taoist or businessman might tell you, there is both risk and opportunity on many sides of many equations.

So this brings us to something a little bit more “out there”.

Just as researchers are discovering that psychology can impact health, say in the form of stress,

They’re also finding that woo-woo things like meditation can impact it too.

Still further and deeper than that is something much more personal that teams like those from BU and others find can make a difference to the length and quality of your life, too…

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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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Olive Oil Vs. Lifespan: Surprising US Nutrition Data Results Suggest Key Ingredients Tied To Longevity

Filed Under: Aging

Olive Oil Vs. Lifespan: Surprising US Nutrition Data Results Suggest Key Ingredients Tied To Longevity
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Longevity & Olive Oil. US Study Evidence For Lifespan Impact From Food:
Part of what we do here is a baby-steps approach to the search for The Holy Grail.

We’re looking for proven stuff, even small stuff, that could potentially shift lives onto a better course.

Even if it’s one degree of correction per year.

It’s the same thing that drives amazing researchers like Dr. David Sinclair.

So given the mystifying and encouraging work that’s been done on it before,

It’s probably no surprise that Harvard researchers have found some more great news about one little thing we could add to our diet each day…

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Gratitude’s Health Benefits: The Pilgrims Were Right. Being Thankful Can Make Your Life & Health Better!

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Gratitude’s Health Benefits: The Pilgrims Were Right. Being Thankful Can Make Your Life & Health Better!
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Gratitude, Optimism, & Quality Of Life. You Could Live Better & Longer!:
With the end-of-year holidays upon us now, that means at least one thing.

We all survived Thanksgiving with our weird, and probably-alcoholic relatives.

Which bring us to an important point: Many holidays try to emphasize at least some good personal qualities.

Especially when it comes to remembering people who had almost nothing and risked it all to try to start over.

Those people were genuinely thankful for every tiny bit of something they had.

And that’s not just an exercise in “woo-woo”. SCIENCE! has found real benefits…

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