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How Insulin Resistance Can Appear Before High Glucose

Sep 11, 2025

“Standard metabolic screening still relies on validated laboratory measures such as A1c, fasting plasma glucose, or a two-hour glucose value after a standardized oral glucose tolerance test. Skin changes or unexpected glucose patterns can therefore be useful prompts for a clinical evaluation.”

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How Lactate Links Vigorous Exercise to Brain Health

Jan 7, 2026

“In 15 people with severe traumatic brain injury, sodium lactate infusion increased brain lactate, pyruvate, and glucose without raising intracranial pressure, and a randomized study in 60 patients with mild traumatic brain injury reported better cognitive recovery than hypertonic saline.”

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How Melatonin Works as an Antioxidant Beyond Sleep

May 27, 2024

“A small randomized trial in trained athletes found that 20 milligrams per day for two weeks increased total antioxidant capacity and glutathione peroxidase and reduced post-training DNA damage versus placebo; it did not test performance or long-term adaptation.”

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How Glucose and Added Sugar Relate to Testosterone and Reward Signaling

Mar 25, 2025

“The study she cites did not test a dessert, sugary drink, or habitual added-sugar intake: 74 men completed a standard 75-gram oral glucose tolerance test, after which mean testosterone fell about 25% and remained below baseline at two hours.”

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The Longevity & Brain Benefits of Vigorous Exercise

Dec 1, 2023

“Reversing the Cardiac Effects of Sedentary Aging in Middle Age—A Randomized Controlled Trial - In sedentary middle-aged adults, 2 years of regular exercise improved heart function and reduced heart stiffness, potentially lowering future heart failure risk.”

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Is there a limit to human longevity?

Jul 20, 2022

“There's a lot of exciting research right now into aging and maximum lifespan, but scientists have really just scratched the surface of the fascinating topic of how to live longer, healthier lives. Relevant Publications Rootzén, Holger, and Dmitrii Zholud.”

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Nutrigenomics, Epigenetics, and Stress Tolerance (IHMC Talk #1)

Nov 8, 2017

“In this talk, we’ll be exploring the intersection between genetics, nutrition, and environment: how your diet, micronutrients, exercise, heat stress, and sleep can change the expression of your genes and how this has profound effects on the way your body functions and ages.”

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Indigenous use of ayahuasca, psilocybin, peyote for religious healing rituals | Roland Griffiths

Nov 5, 2019

“Use of these substances is often carried out in a highly controlled cultural context for religious or healing purposes or for divination and not casual use. The use is often accompanied by strong mystical experiences that have great significance to the user.”

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Jim Kean Talks Biomarkers, Building a Spectator Sport

Jul 4, 2015

Jim Kean is the CEO of National Pro Grid League (NPGL) and founder of WellnessFX.

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Joe Rogan Experience #1054 - Dr. Rhonda Patrick

Dec 21, 2017

“Study. 01:43:00 - High animal protein intake was only positively associated with cardiovascular mortality among individuals with at least one unhealthy lifestyle risk factor, such as obesity or sedentary lifestyle. Study.”

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