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How The Gut Bacteria Short-Chain Fatty Acid (Butyrate) STOPS Senescent Cells
Imagine you had a neighbor who instead of taking their trash to the curb like a normal upstanding citizen, just threw it in the hallway of your apartment complex. At first, it’s a minor, albeit smelly inconvenience. But after a few days, this smelly pile-up grows to the point where it broaches your apartment. Along […]
Visceral Fat to Muscle Mass Ratio: A NEW Brain Longevity Predictor
It’s kinda amazing to think that two tissue types, biological miles away (figuratively speaking), could have a significant and lasting impact on our most important organ. Yes, that one which sits behind the highly-touted, strong, selective, impenetrable wall of the blood-brain-barrier. However, that in-fact, seems to be the case. These two metabolically active tissues I […]
C-Reactive Protein | The Longevity Marker You Aren’t Tracking But Should
If I have one take-away from my nearly 10-years of reviewing the latest and greatest Longevity data on the scientific streets. I’d be that the chronic arousal of the immune system IS the disease signal, often times years before the disease diagnosis. Thus, why I’ve been calling “chronic inflammation” longevity liability numero uno for some […]
The NEW Vaping Disease Risk YOU Need To Know About…
It’s not rare for vaping to be consider a “safer alternative” to smoking. Because come-on, how could cotton candy flavored misty goodness NOT be better than that harsh tobacco-y alternative. And listen, I’m not saying that’s NOT the case. However, I’m also not saying that IS the case either. Cause truth is, it’s way to […]
Leucine | The Amino Acid Behind Mitochondria Health & Longevity?
“Protein for Longevity” has always been framed in the context of staying strong and able into your golden years. With an adequate amount of amino acids being absolutely necessary to stimulate the all important growth signal “muscle protein synthesis”, and thus the longevity of ones structural self. But… What if that wasn’t the whole story… […]
Mitochondria, Microplastics and Bone Health | The Longevity Connection
There are only a handful of deal-breaking factors when it comes to determining your ability to Live Long and Finish Strong. Aka your likelihood of Longevity. And it just so happens, two of them are intertwined ever so ironically. Staying structurally strong, so you can be self sufficient. And staying cellularly strong, so you can […]
THIS STOPS Neurogenesis in its Tracks | And Exercise Can’t Save You…
If you were a begrudging believer and bought into the common health adage “You Can’t Out Exercise a Bad Diet”… I have some potentially interesting news… Turns out, you may in-fact be able to out exercise it, kinda. At least according to this new research that explored the effects of exercise on ultra processed “cafeteria” […]
BOOST Your CANCER FIGHTING Natural Killer Cells w/ THIS Lifestyle CHANGE
One of the unfortunate realities in this ever-aging world is the fact that the ONE friend that always has your back gets older, weaker and increasingly vulnerable too. Ya know, that buddy who always fights your battles half of which you’re not even aware of, that friend. Otherwise known as the well organized micro-army that […]
Sugary Drinking is Linked with Depression | But Not How You Think
The average health geek would probably tell you that sugary soft drinks imposes their damage by placing and exorbitant amount of metabolic stress on the body. So much so, that they eventually drive cellular dysfunction, chronic inflammation and ultimately impair critical tissue like the energy hungry Brain, explaining how & why excess sugar influences mental […]
How Intermittent Fasting May Improve Your HRV (Heart Rate Variability)
Most people don’t realize that their Heart doesn’t beat with exact precision minute by minute. In reality, there’s quite a bit of disparity. And that is in-fact a good thing! Because it means that the Heart in questions is flexible, resilient, and able to adapt based on the environment. Ramping up to a more consistent […]
DEHYDRATION is Making Your STRESS Worse | Start De-stressing Today
Back in college I had an old school lacrosse coach who came fully equipped with a laundry list of old school sayings. Idioms that were often so absurd, all we could do was jokingly recite them for weeks on end. Never expecting that one day, far in the future, it may just all make sense. […]
Alcohol is Breaking Down Your Gut Wall | And Making Liver Damage Worse
Listen, it’s news to no one that behind every short lived buzz is a stressed out, overworking liver. But, other than that, and the obligatory hangover, most were also told, that’s really all you need to worry about. However, as we’ve come to know about our biological self, it’s never that simple. And, once again, […]