These are various health and fitness notes I accumulated in November and December.
Please do not treat them as concrete science or proven fact. I’m just as susceptible to misinformation and fake news and health bias as the next always-online nerd. Below is simply what interests me
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Orange juice is a super food https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1849472394244530581.html
Sauna = superior “supplement” to any stack
Reduces risk of: All-cause mortality; CVD; Stroke; Hypertension; Microplastic/heavy metal toxicity
Protocol: 25 min – 4x/week @ 170°F
Power of a little daily bouncing!: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAEQYBhNRFr/
Cheese before drinking can help reduce hangovers: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCC7ztAt2Z2/
Only reheat rice once ever, and refrigerate quickly after cooking + cooling (otherwise run risk of a dangerous bacteria): https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDA_FCgS7ad/
HMMMM: https://x.com/motivateintent/status/1865973721737130102?s=46
It’s frankly astonishing. One of the big breakthrough realizations for me was our similarity to plants. It would seem the positive charge of the air vs the negative charge of the earth is indeed exceptionally important for plants, and also important for humans as well. Grounding / earthing starts to make a lot more sense, as does our need for sunlight to remain healthy. Surface life appears to effectively be a capacitor charged by differences in charge potential and sunlight.
For those taking higher doses of vinegar, depressive symptoms dropped by an average of 42 percent, compared to just 18 percent in the control group who took smaller amounts in pill form.
Calley Means notes:
If walking were a pill it would be most powerful one
target is 7k steps / day — 70% reduction in all cause mortality
“muscle contraction is medicine”
It’s more about all day movement then short periods of exercise
10m walk after meal is most high impact habit
Soleus pushups = body activation, signaling to body that you’re moving and staying active
“babies are 3d printed from food” (!)
Girl finds a paper from the 90s that suggests lactose intolerance is a skill issue (not enough enzymes to digest it). Spams skimmed milk for two weeks and her lactose intolerance symptoms completely resolved.
Our findings suggest that wearing an eye mask during overnight sleep can improve episodic encoding and alertness the next day