Gideon M-K; Health Nerd·7 hours agoMember-onlyIs Exercise Better Than Medicine For Depression?Why the evidence doesn’t hold up very well when it comes to exercise and depression — Depression is one of the biggest health issues in society today. It’s hard to know for sure how many people experience depression, but current best estimates put it at about 1 in 10 people experiencing symptoms consistent with major depressive disorder every year, and a scarily high 1 in 5…Health7 min readHealth7 min read
Adeline DimondinSybarite·1 day agoMember-onlySomeone Must Stand for Milk ChocolateDark chocolate is bad. Stop lying about it. — [I originally wrote about this issue in a piece published in 2019, and forgot about it. Then yesterday, Geo Snelling — who is usually brilliant — commented on the latest Sybarite newsletter, and claimed that the Nestle TollHouse Cookie recipe was not the best cookie recipe AND THEN SUGGESTED A…Health5 min readHealth5 min read
Todd Gimian·11 hours agoFinding Clarity in Chaos: A Weekend with Matt VincentFor the last year or so, I’ve been on a path that I thought was focused on the right things. I’ve been tracking calories, doing some form of workout or another, and overall have been trying to improve the quality of my life through better choices. Along the way, I’ve…Health14 min readHealth14 min read
RJ Salso·8 hours agoMy (almost) quarter-life crisisMy (almost) quarter-life crisis Almost all of my childhood and adolescence, I tirelessly attempted and curated several regimens to help eliminate my obesity. Growing up, I would never see any issue with eating a couple servings of chips or a liter of soda on a movie night or a day…Health2 min readHealth2 min read
Zeina al-ait·12 hours agoWait, You Can Eat This?While spending time at my friend’s house and feeling hungry, the topic of croissants arose, so we ordered some. Later, my friend’s parents joined us. I couldn’t help myself but wonder if it was safe for them to eat; wouldn’t they have diabetes or high cholesterol??Health2 min readHealth2 min read
Jari RoomerinPersonal Growth Lab·21 hours agoMember-only5 Practical Habits To Build A Better Brain & Boost Cognitive PerformancePowerful tools to upgrade your brain and achieve mental peak performance. — One of the leading experts on brain health is biohacker Dave Asprey. As the author of Head Strong and founder of Bulletproof, Dave has spent years researching and experimenting with tools, habits, and protocols to unlock the full potential of the human brain and body. In this article, we’ll look…Health5 min readHealth5 min read
Zachary Walston, PT, DPT, OCSinBetter Humans·23 hours agoMember-onlyCould Too Much Resistance Training Be Harmful?Finding the right balance to improve your health — (This article is not medical advice, it is a summary of recent research along with my clinical interpretation. Talk to your physical therapist or physician about an individualized exercise approach to improve your health.) Everyone should do some form of resistance training. We have enough research to know definitively that…Health6 min readHealth6 min read
Sadie Brandt·8 hours agoTeens Don’t Trigger Me; Adults Do.A formal request to the adults in our lives. — TW: Diet Talk (calories, weight loss) You know how they say the longer you’re in a cult, the harder it is to leave? I see this pretty consistently with adults and diet culture. It’s like there’s a thread between an obsession with weight and anyone alive and conscious in the…Health3 min readHealth3 min read
Robert Roy Britt·1 day agoMember-onlyFinding Your Purpose is Incredibly Powerful and Surprisingly PossibleGreater meaning in life, and better physical and mental health, can be cultivated by identifying what really matters to you and doing more of that — Strong sense of purpose — doing things that matter to you — is linked to better health, greater happiness and longer life. The benefits are found in studies of teenagers and retirees and everyone in between. …Health7 min readHealth7 min read
the&MG·13 hours agoMember-onlyCompassion Fatigue (thought prose)I’m tired, so very weary Of carrying the weight of the world On my shoulders, day after day It’s taking its toll, in every way I try to be strong, to show up and give But I’m running on empty, with no more to give The constant demands, the endless…Health1 min readHealth1 min read
