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Another Win For Coffee!!! This Time? The Freakin’ Fountain Of Youth

Filed Under: Aging, Disease, Nutrition

Another Win For Coffee!!! This Time? The Freakin’ Fountain Of Youth
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How Can We Boost Lifespan & Healthspan?:
So for a long time now, people have been searching for every way you can think to escape the ravages of aging.

Whether it’s the mystical regimen of Yazemeenah Rossi, Queen of the Silver Foxes,

The Mediterranean Diet, Centenarian-habits, or something as out-there as a “Superfood”, like the Açaí craze a few years back.

Well believe it or not, !SCIENCE! has found one more non-calorie-restriction source for youth-magic.

And it’s probably been sitting in a mug on your desk, saving your life one day at a time…

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Like Napoleon At The Battle Of Austerlitz, KFC Revolutionizes Fast-Food With Clean-Food Superstar, Figgy Poppleton-Rice

Filed Under: Nutrition, Weight/Fat Loss

Like Napoleon At The Battle Of Austerlitz, KFC Revolutionizes Fast-Food With Clean-Food Superstar, Figgy Poppleton-Rice
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A Star Is Born:
Sometimes the internet does fantastic things to create interesting combinations and hacks.

A lot of these odd connections come together via social media’s ability to broadcast the exceptional.

However, few companies are willing to risk big losses by backing an outsider.

But just like Mahatma Gandhi or Steve Jobs before them, KFC has the guts to “Think Different” with their newest superstar, and the results are spectacular…

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Researchers Put Down The Hair-Spray & Rediscover More Awesome Superfood-Properties Of Olive-Oil

Filed Under: Aging, Better Living Through Chemistry, Nutrition

Researchers Put Down The Hair-Spray & Rediscover More Awesome Superfood-Properties Of Olive-Oil
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One Diet Fad That’s Actually Paying Off!:
We all hear about different health fads & recommendations pretty regularly.

-Including crazy stuff like the Big Pasta fad in the Big 80’s.

And along with them, we’ve heard things about all kinds of crazy oils, Snake oil, Krill Oil, Fish Oil, and Olive Oil.

Well science just found out something actually worthwhile about the last one…

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You’re More Than Just Your BMI! Check Out Your World Fitness Level Instead. Then Do Something About It With The Scientists Of Norway!

Filed Under: Calculators, Exercise, Weight/Fat Loss

You’re More Than Just Your BMI! Check Out Your World Fitness Level Instead. Then Do Something About It With The Scientists Of Norway!
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Find Out How You Stack Up:
Back in his awesome List-Show video for Mental Floss, John Green knocked out 25 facts on fitness.

Well one of the points he forgot to talk about was BMI.

He also missed out on body-fat & lean mass composition.

But he Did bring up another measure that is very helpful.

And it’s one that’s even better than BMI…

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Video: Mental Floss’s John Green Busts Out 25 Reps Of Fitness Facts! + BONUS 10!

Filed Under: Exercise, Weight/Fat Loss

Video: Mental Floss’s John Green Busts Out 25 Reps Of Fitness Facts! + BONUS 10!


 
Pump-Up Your Chances Of Success With Fitness Knowledge!:
Prepping-up to get back in-shape after some yearly-reflection? Well you’re in luck.

Earlier, John Green put out a video on the why of High US Healthcare-Costs that is absolutely Must-See.

Now he’s back over at Mental Floss with another great list-show.

And checking out this list of facts about exercise just might give you that extra information-push to better reach your goals…

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Watch Out Blade Runner, Because: !Shot Heard ’Round The World! -Salk Institute Team Reverses Aging

Filed Under: Aging, Bio-Tech, Featured

Watch Out Blade Runner, Because: !Shot Heard ’Round The World! -Salk Institute Team Reverses Aging
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The Fountain Of Youth:
Since the time of the alchemists, the ancient Egyptians, and the epic of Gilgamesh, one of our main goals was to transcend the impermanence of existence.

And in that time, people have tried all kinds of nutty concoctions & medieval procedures to try. (leeches do kinda work, btw)

More recently, the advent of stem-cell science has been joined by another major discovery: the “rewritable” part of our DNA script.

Well, a Salk Institute team combined them with a Nobel-Prize-winning discovery to give Father Time a swift kick in the butt. -Or at least one that lasts a few decades…

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Elizabeth Bathory Was Right, Part Deux: Sillycon Valley Goes Almost Full-Vampire, Capitalist That-Is

Filed Under: Aging, Better Living Through Chemistry

Elizabeth Bathory Was Right, Part Deux: Sillycon Valley Goes Almost Full-Vampire, Capitalist That-Is
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Why, Gods Of Biochemistry, Why?!!!:
Aging introduces what seem to be a whole host of unfair changes at just about every level of biology.

And depending on your genes & environment, these changes can start becoming noticeable as early as the age of 30.

Unless you’re Elizabeth Bathory, or HealthTrekker’s favorite immortal, Yazemeenah Rossi, these changes can add up fast.

So what do you do if you feel young & you want your body to keep up with your spirit?…

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Vegetarians & Moms Win Again! Green Vegetable Compounds May Stop Time Or Even Reverse It

Filed Under: Aging, Better Living Through Chemistry, Nutrition, Vitamins/Supplements

Vegetarians & Moms Win Again! Green Vegetable Compounds May Stop Time Or Even Reverse It
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Another Win For Veggie Fans!:
So in the eternal war of Vegetarians vs. Carnivores, !SCIENCE! has to concede one new point.

As time goes by our bodies seem to get worse, mostly due to unfair biochemical changes like reduced metabolism, lean mass, and just plain old energy.

Well, researchers are coming again to the rescue, with what looks like another cure to several of them.

And it all hinges on that nagging your good ole’ mum leveled at the dinnertime kids: Eat Your Greens!…

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Video: Conan Finds Out Aubrey Plaza Has Staying Young & Aging-Gracefully Both Figured-Out

Filed Under: Aging, Other, Video

Video: Conan Finds Out Aubrey Plaza Has Staying Young & Aging-Gracefully Both Figured-Out


 
My Favorite Martian:
In addition to being one of the oddest and most sarcastic people on Earth like, you’ve-got-me-so-confused-I-don’t-know-who-I-am-anymore sarcastic,

Parks & Recreation’s Aubrey Plaza has apparently thought a lot about both staying young and how to behave gracefully if/when she ever does get old.

-As Conan O’Brien finds out in this interview…

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Your Mental Attitude About Aging Might Actually Make A Difference

Filed Under: Aging, Disease, Mind/Brain, Nutrition

Your Mental Attitude About Aging Might Actually Make A Difference
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Olde-Tyme Wisdom Wins Again?:
There are quite a few sayings about aging and that body of knowledge includes chestnuts like: “Age is just a number.” and “You’re only as old as you feel.”

And other than confirmation-bias or just plain-old self-delusion, those sayings it-seemed were nothing more than musing or philosophy.

But then a strange thing happened, and SCIENCE! stepped in and did something it rarely-does; it gave traditional anecdotal wisdom a pretty fair shake…

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