Embrace Kindness and Authenticity This Easter
Be kind Be generous Be thankful Be happy Be humble Be hard working Be honest Be loyal Be curious Be graceful Be teachable Be loving Be optimistic Be hopeful Be involved Be a student Be a teacher Be mindful Be forgiving Be mindful Be sincere Be giving Be yourself. Happy Easter.
High-Performing Athletes Suffer More Health Issues Than Elite
Fascinating review on the relationship between level of training/performance and immune function. I would agree that "high" performing athletes generally have worse health than "elite" performing athletes. Because... 1/ They have less control over life stress (often global "Type A" personalities) 2/ They train...
13 Subtle Signals Your Body Needs Support, Not Discipline
I’m neurodivergent and have a PhD in healthcare research. Here are 13 subtle signs your body needs support, not more discipline: (save this for the days when everything feels harder than it should)
Release Unused Energy Through Simple Daily Movement
Energy you don’t use becomes a problem. Your body needs a release valve. You have one. Movement.
Savoring a Lazy Weekend of Sleep and Stillness
I slept like 12hrs and was the first time in months I got a proper weekend with zero to do. Gonna roll around some more and enjoy the nothing. Bliss.
Elevate Your Feet for a Healthier Squat Toilet
Toilet PSA: Take the tiny trash bin in most toilets Put it in front of the toilet and put your feet on the trash bin Much healthier and more natural way to sit, giving natural pressure We've designed toilets wrong and your feet should...
Embrace Growth Mindset: Laugh, Learn, and Move On
Sunday Tip #2: Let's all use the growth mindset as mush as we possibly can. 🌷🌳 ☀️ If you make a mistake, try to chuckle about it, and then learn from it. Lastly, move on... 🙏😊 ❤️ #SundayThoughts #growthmindset #wellbeing #learning #health #mentalhealth https://t.co/JsVuMgWHfk
Just Culture Turns Shame Into Safety After Harm
The culture of a hospital is revealed most clearly after a patient is harmed. Not when the case goes well. Not when the metrics look good. After the adverse event. In this episode of The Podcast by KevinMD, Scott Ellner @Surgeryquality describes what too...
Early Heart Rate Spike Is Normal, Not a Problem
Aerobic base building - the Cliff Notes version. This is for two groups: those just starting out and those who've been sidelined for a while. You lace up, head out, and ten minutes in, your heart is pounding, and you're breathing...
Embrace Uncomfortable Feelings to Find True Okayness
That thing you're avoiding — the emotion, the conversation, the reality you don't want to face — it's not going anywhere. And often, the more you try to ignore it, the louder it can get. The real route to okayness...
Longevity Escape Velocity Could Grant 50 Extra Healthy Years
If longevity escape velocity arrives by 2033 (Ray K’s prediction), a 50-year-old today has a shot at seeing 2100. The prize: 50 extra healthy years of compounding knowledge, relationships, and impact. Worth optimizing for? Focus on a longevity mindset.
Protect Your Mind Amid Nigeria's Relentless Pressures
Nigeria is one of the most stressful environments on earth to be young and ambitious in. Bad economy, family pressure, social media comparison, uncertain future, etc. And most young Nigerians are carrying all of it silently while pretending everything is fine. Your peace...
Best Diet Scores Add up to Three Extra Years
Healthy dietary patterns, longevity genes, and life expectancy: A prospective cohort study "Compared with the bottom quintile, achieving the top quintile of dietary scores was associated with 1.9 to 3.0 years of life gained at 45 years in men and 1.5...
Hope as Survival: Balancing Optimism and Realism
I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again… Some people see me as way too optimistic Some people see me as way too pessimistic I refuse to give up my hope for things to get better but I also refuse to...
Design Your Post‑Career Life, Not Just Retirement
Retirement isn’t just about leaving work—it’s about designing a life you actually want to wake up to. In this episode, we explore the deeper side of retirement—purpose, identity, and what truly keeps you alive long after your career ends. From a...
Lifestyle Choices Prove Surprisingly Powerful
Just out: new @timmermanreport column: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Lifestyle. https://t.co/0cibAwyaZi @zakkohane @shottan @BStulberg @hjluks
Take a 30‑second Breath Break Before Driving On
30 seconds to breathe at the rest area, before you get back on the road 🚙🛣️🌌
Stop Labeling Yourself; Start Taking Action
People stay broke because they keep saying, ‘I’m broke’ They stay fat because they keep saying ‘I’m fat’ They stay lonely because they keep saying ‘I’m lonely’ Stop labelling. Start doing.
Reset Your Nervous System for Healthier Living
The state of your nervous system shapes how you experience the world. When we are constantly in “fight or flight,” it can take a toll on both physical and emotional health. Simple practices like breathing, mindful pauses, and time in nature, can...
Skip the Gym—Two Dumbbells, Floor, Full-Body Workout
Hot take: you don’t need a gym membership, a Peloton, or a $200/month studio class to be in shape. You need two dumbbells and your living room floor. I put together a full body workout with GIFs so you can’t...
Aging? Keep Your Brain Sharp with Novel Challenges
As people get older and have less energy, there's often a drive to make things more predictable. But the most important thing you can do for your brain: put it in novel situations and give it novel challenges. #Livewired https://t.co/1PKvPkClbI
Let Audiobooks Guide Unplanned, Mind‑Free Gym Sessions
Sometimes you just need an audiobook and let yourself flow in the gym. No plan, no counting, no PR. Just move your body, move heavy shit, sweat, and let the overwhelming thoughts melt away
New Leaders Aim to Expand Colorado Health Access, Cut Costs
Thrilled to welcome Stephanie Beasley and Gretchen Hammer to these roles. Their leadership will strengthen Colorado as we expand access and lower costs for physical and mental health care. https://www.colorado.gov/governor/news/governor-polis-makes-cabinet-announcement
Therapy Can Harm, Yet Still Helps Many
Therapy harm stuff is all over Threads right now and I'm just here to say that two things can be true. Our system needs to change. Stigma and coercive practices have shaped our field in ways that cause ongoing harm and On...
GLP‑1s Linked to Lower Risk of Mental Illness Worsening
GLP-1s appear to reduce the odds of mental illness getting worse. Another unlooked-for benefit. Caveats: 1. This is observational, not an RCT. 2. This is reduction of odds getting worse on each of these measures. Not reduction of existing mental illness....
Later School Start Times Boost Teen Mental Health
Are your teens often exhausted? Here is a little on the science behind later school start times and their impact on health. With improved mental health and bett
Give Parents Your Presence, Not Just Presents
Spend quality times with your parents. Be present, interested and joyful. Give them your undivided attention. This is the best gift that you can give yourself.
Gratitude Unlocks the Full Richness of Everyday Moments
When we are thankful, we open ourselves up to fully experience the big and the small moments that make each day and each interaction truly special. #SaturdayThoughts #SaturdayMorning #SaturdayMotivation #gratitude #appreciation #thankful https://t.co/yHrsvrjxMh
Looking for Tips to Dodge Nor
Has anyone successfully evaded norovirus when the rest of your household has it?! If so, can you share what you did? Asking for a MYSELF 😩 because this is currently me…just waiting & hoping:
Show Your Love Openly for Better Health
One of the healthiest habits to learn: Don't hide your love. Let your friends and family know how much you care about them.
Process Emotions Sequentially Before Taking Action
My real workflow: 1. Move through anger 2. Release shame 3. Feel fear 4. Grieve 5. Act
Design Tools that Help in Messy, Real Moments
The product I’m helping build now is shaped by a very personal question: What would've helped me when I was lonely, stressed, and using food to get out of my own head? Not in theory. In real life. At 10:47pm. Alone. Overwhelmed. Already...
Exercise Mitigates Motor Unit Decline During Bedrest in Seniors
Exercise during 14 days of head down tilt bedrest attenuates motor unit impairments in older humans https://t.co/LOCU5ppBxh @ExpPhysiol https://t.co/0sdUCLOqP7
Stress Depletes Eggs and Blocks Ovulation—Manage It
When people say "just relax and it will happen," it is one of the most dismissive things you can hear when you are struggling to conceive. But they are not wrong. The underlying biology is real. Cortisol suppresses GnRH, which lowers...
Five Tech Giants Roll Out AI Health Chatbots, Journalist Tests
This year 5 tech companies have introduced AI chatbots to consumers for health support @AnthropicAI @perplexity_ai @OpenAI @Microsoft @amazon @nicnguyen, a @WSJ journalist, tried some out. gift link https://t.co/vwO261Q6qB https://t.co/VFPyvc1P9O
Choose Joy: Control Your Response, Boost Your Mood
When we can choose to find the beauty in each moment and the joy in the day, we find ourselves in a good mood. We have control over how we respond to challenging situations, not usually the situations themselves. #SaturdayMood...
Dim Lights, Warm Bath: Simple Hacks for Faster Sleep
Bathing with the lights down can help you relax before bed, but what other tricks can you use to nod off faster and sleep more soundly? https://t.co/RivbVccHuG
Empathy Is Your Hidden Superpower, Not a Flaw
She notices everything. The shift in someone’s tone. The tension in a room. The sadness behind someone’s smile. She feels things most people don’t even see. For a long time she thought this meant something was wrong with her. Now she’s beginning to understand it might actually be...
Enjoyable Meals Make Healthy Eating Simple
Healthy eating becomes easier when meals are both nourishing and enjoyable 😋 #healthyhabits #healthyeating #nourishyourbody #savorful https://t.co/SzQin91tUa
Mix Easy Runs with One Fast and One Uptempo Day
A simple way to develop aerobic fitness: Lots of easy runs. 1 day/week = short and fast but under control. (i.e. 8x1min on/off, or 12x 30sec/1 off at 5k to 1mile effort) 1 day/wk = longer, controlled & uptempo (4x5min, 2x10min, or 6x3min...
Addiction Driven by Quick State Shifts, Not Pleasure
Mainstream psychiatry still often frames addiction as a problem of pleasure-seeking. I think that misses something essential. Much of addiction, and much compulsive behavior more broadly, is less about pleasure than about rapid state change. The route may be alcohol, work,...
Optimal Vitamin D (50‑70) Boosts Fertility Outcomes
Most doctors will tell you your vitamin D is fine if it is above 30. That is not enough for fertility. Vitamin D receptors are on your ovarian follicles, your uterine lining, and your placenta. Women with levels above 30 ng/mL...
Common Table Salts Laced with Microplastics and Heavy Metals
What’s in your salt? I tested some of the most popular salt brands on the market and the results were pretty shocking… We know very clearly that microplastics and have heavy metals can be toxic to the human body (PMID: 35608037,...
Precision Analytics Cut Inflammation, Boost Function in Seniors
Leveraging Precision Medicine Analytics to Optimize Inflammation Reduction and Enhance Physical Function in Older Adults https://t.co/BSSN0SwK8a https://t.co/yRxbhtHG5r
Body-Focused Intuitive Eating Undermines Weight‑Neutral Intent
When intuitive eating is promoted through body-based content (yes—dietitians are guilty of this too), it can send the wrong message... especially to people in larger bodies. Intuitive eating is a weight-neutral approach, meant to promote body diversity & challenge diet culture....
Morning Green Juice Boosts Skin Glow & Energy
This is the recipe for the green juice that I have every morning. It brightens my skin, gives me natural energy, and is truly such a staple in my health and beauty routine. Recipe: - Celery - 1 full bunch -...
Supersets Boost Efficiency and Training Effectiveness
Supersets are an awesome way to improve your training effect and make your time in the gym more efficient. Here are some of my favorite exercise pairings: https://t.co/9ECFltCPZ6
Simple Pre‑Workout Fuel: No Excuses, Prioritize Health
The BEST 🚀 pre-workout fuel simple, effective, intentional. Two hours out: -Carbs -Protein -Fluid "But I don't have time" -person on their phone > 5 hours per say doom scrolling Nonsense. When I travel, I go straight to the grocery store for fruit and...
Boost Metabolism: Cross‑Train 1‑4 Times Your Running
Runners, if you want to accelerate the metabolic transformation Alan explains then cross train Start with 1:1 ratio (in minutes) with your run volume. The cross training should be supplemental Zone 1 / Easy volume. This will help to rebalance your...
Reconnecting with Her Body Heals Families and Culture
When a woman comes back into right relationship with her body, she does not only heal herself. She changes the emotional climate of families, partnerships, communities, and culture.