Health and fitness learnings for March and April: “the human body loses about 8 ounces of water per hour on an aircraft at altitude, mostly from breathing”

Snack on pumpkin seeds. One ounce of seeds contains more than a third of your recommended intake of magnesium. According to Mildred Seeling, M.D., author of The Magnesium Factor, magnesium deficiencies have been linked to most risk factors for heart disease, including high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol levels, and the increased buildup of plaque in the arteries.

Jeff Wang: would NOT mess with ashwagandha. too many people i know got bad liver markers from them, including me. cycle off every 2-3 months if you do

Apple cider vinegar (ACV) can be an effective digestive aid. It can help to calm stomach discomfort associated with indigestion, reflux, bloating, or fullness. While studies have not been done to analyze how ACV works, the acidic nature of apple cider vinegar and other types of vinegar may support better stomach pH.

It takes 3-7 days from last drink to fully detox and remove alcohol from your system

The researchers…found that even if people walked as many as 20,000 steps a day, the health benefits continued to increase. They have not found an upper limit yet.

Because a lack of fiber brings on most cases of constipation in the diet, apple cider vinegar’s high concentration of pectin, a water-soluble dietary fiber, is believed to help improve digestion. Once the constipation has passed, pectin from ACV will help ensure the digestive system and colon are running smoothly.

Cranberries and pumpkin seeds can improve prostate symptoms

The chest should neither expand nor collapse during proper inhalation or exhalation.

the human body loses about 8 ounces of water per hour on an aircraft at altitude, mostly from breathing

When you’re healthy you have 10,000 needs, but when you’re sick you only have 1

When you consume alcohol you need to detoxify it. Two of the main enzymes are ADH and ALDH. Both require NAD as a cofactor, thus b3 is great to supplement. Another option: EAT CHEESE which massively stimulated both of those enzymes. The French get it.

Puzzlingly though, despite facing an increased risk of skin cancer, people who are exposed to lots of sun appear to have longer life expectancies, on average, than sun avoiders.

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