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Health and fitness learnings for November: the many benefits of HIIT

Every month, I try to collect interesting health related advice, facts, and stories to remind myself of what’s important / what can be improved / what can be turned into a useful health habit.

Here’s November:

Generally: patients with profound insulin resistance tend to respond best to low-carb restriction (source)

Shimiken exercises 90 minutes a day, four days a week, focusing on heavy weight lifting and deep squats, which he says not only help his thrusts but also build up testosterone (source)

Great thread on creatine: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1720093644051669028.html

Several nights of sleep restriction can throw off blood glucose levels, impair energy production, and disrupt natural body temperature rhythms. However, incorporating high-intensity interval training during this sleep-restricted period can counteract these effects. (source: think it’s a Rhonda Patrick podcast)

HIIT increases testosterone levels significantly more than steady-state cardio (source)

The chest should neither expand nor collapse during proper inhalation or exhalation. (source: The Naked Voice)

At least three times a week, Clark uses a sauna for 20 minutes before a cold shower. While working, she eats 16 ounces of vegetables a day, a mix of raw celery, radishes, carrots, peppers, and blanched broccoli along with a salad or soup (source)

I never wake up out of hunger – but frequently do out of eating the wrong or too much food. Hard to resist though. (source: a tweet, I think)

Mouthwash is the biggest dental scam. Kills your oral microbiota. Avoid (source)

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