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Live well, think well: Research shows healthy habits tied to brain health

Science Daily - Heart Disease

In middle-aged people, having risk factors like blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol that are not well-controlled combined with not following certain healthy habits including exercise, diet and sleep, are linked to a higher risk of stroke, dementia or depression later in life, according to a new study.

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Living Past 100: Insights from Centenarians on a Long, Healthy Life

Dr. Paddy Barrett

They routinely do not exercise. Their diets are often poor. It’s not that they don’t get cardiovascular disease, cancer or dementia; they just get it way later than everyone else. Because when you look at the lifestyles of healthy centenarians, they are as bad if not worse than all the rest of us 1. They often smoke.

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What To Eat To Lose Weight & Maintain Muscle

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Share For a 45-year-old male, 180cm tall, 95 kg in weight, exercising 4 to 5 times per week (Because you should be!). Please go and read every single GLP-1 trial on weight loss (Average 15 kg) and show me where they got everyone to go on an extremely low-carb diet to avoid insulin spikes. I have linked to one of many of them here.

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Understanding Our Brain: Why We Get Hooked and What to Do about It

Physiologically Speaking

I asked Michael 9 question about our brain’s scarcity loop, how it influences our health behaviors like exercise and what we eat, and how you can leverage knowledge of our Scarcity Brain to live a better, healthier life. Selecting the optimal diet. How does the Tsimane diet diverge from our Western, modern diets?

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Physiology Friday #196: Resistance Training and Heart Health

Physiologically Speaking

On Monday, I posted a video summary of the recently released Scientific Statement by the American Heart Association (AHA) on resistance exercise training for cardiovascular health. Everyone knows that resistance exercise is important for building and maintaining muscle mass. We lift weights to build and maintain muscle.

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Physiology Friday #196: Resistance Training and Heart Health

Physiologically Speaking

On Monday, I posted a video summary of the recently released Scientific Statement by the American Heart Association (AHA) on resistance exercise training for cardiovascular health. Everyone knows that resistance exercise is important for building and maintaining muscle mass. We lift weights to build and maintain muscle.

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Physiology Friday #238: 'Weekend Warriors' Get the Same Health Benefits as Regular Exercisers

Physiologically Speaking

I used to believe a lot of things about exercise. For a long time, I believed that to get the benefits of exercise, one needs to complete it in bouts of 30–60 minutes or more. At least that’s what the literature on exercise snacks and vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity (VILPA) tells us. Certainly not.

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