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Microplastics in Your Chewing Gum? Here’s What it Means For Your Health
If you’re like me and never once wondered where the magical chewiness of the typical mouth distracting stick of gum came from… You may be surprised to hear that it’s not exactly natural. In fact, it happens to be one of the undercover darlings of the plastic industrial complex. Often being crafted from a synthetic […]
Why LOW Bone Mineral Density Predicts Brain Longevity
It may be alittle weird to hear that the strength and density of your bone is directly correlated with the strength and longevity of your Brain. Reason being, there couldn’t be two more distant tissue types in the entire body. I say that sarcastically of course, I’m sure you can find a few, but the […]
A New Link Between Chronic Stress and Cancer | Start Doing This Today
If you were to question any health expert around the impact of Stress, and Stress alone, on the formation of “net-new” disease. They would be going out on a limb saying anything other than “We’re not totally sure”…. An inconvenient truth, I know. However… If you were to ask them about the impact of chronically […]
Want Better Stem Cell Function | You Need Better Mitochondria
One of the amazing things about us humans, and animals in general, is our ability to heal. Sometimes right before our eyes, as is the case for physical wounds. But many times, happening where the eye can’t see, within the depths of our pretty cool meat suit, ultimately keeping us thriving for longer! That is… […]
Can Exercise REALLY Make Your Brain Younger | This NEW Study Says YES!
You don’t need to look far to find some information telling you that exercise is good for your 5lb mushy membrane. And it’s even a pretty easy experiment to carry out, as one of the immediate byproducts of doing it, is the release of mood boosting, pain relieving neuro-chemicals call endorphins. But, is it possible […]
How Your Gut Bacteria & Mitochondria Work Together to Prevent Alzheimers
Over the years, as more information around the Gut and its inter-workings has come to light, the term “Second Brain” has become a popular word to describe it. And if you’re wondering how the hell the smelliest place on earth could be coined our “Second Brain”, it was mainly due to the surprising discovery that […]
A Better Way to Test Biological Age & Longevity | CT Abdominal Scans?
If you haven’t noticed, we humans have many different tissues and organs. Systems which although connected, have many different roles and functions that provide biological value in ways all the others can’t. And as we live our lives, the combination of the lifestyle habits we choose along with innate biological factors, such as genetics, influence […]
More Muscle = Less Depression? | The Truth Behind the Association
Unfortunately, the notion that more muscle makes you more happy, does not hold water across the broader population. However, that’s not to say it doesn’t do something equally and even more important when it comes to your mental health. Because it certainly does! As association after association has not only connected higher skeletal muscle mass […]
The Secret Microbiome That Protects You From Heart Disease
When someone refers to the “Trillions of Microorganisms” influencing the health and function of our body, the natural instinct is to focus on the Gut. The place 99% of the funding and discussion has been. However, these microbes don’t limit their options when it comes to real estate on our body. In fact, they have […]
THIS Gut Microbiome Metabolite FIGHTS Senescent Cells | How to RAMP IT UP
At this point, our Microbiome is just showing off… Because it seems like it has become a weekly thing, that we learn a new way the trillions of micro-organisms living in our intestinal lining (and within our mouth and skin) modulate our biological function in a health (and thus Longevity) promoting way! The most ironic […]
Why You Should START EXERCISING TODAY | Two NEW Studies
The “Standardized” Daily habits in this modern day are funny, not so much in the “haha” sense, but more so in the ironic nature of their inverse relationship with our health. Let me explain… When you decide to follow the modern norms of, lets say, snacking on processed treats throughout the day, staying up late […]
The Ultimate Coffee Strategy… For LONGEVITY
I bet it never crossed your mind as you muttered “this coffee just saved my life” following a rough night, that…. It may actually be doing JUST THAT! Of course not in the literal “here and now” sense, BUT there happens to be quite the compelling pile of evidence being formed suggesting that people who […]