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Being healthy and fit isn’t about perfection. It’s about freedom. Strength, energy, and endurance
give you the ability to live life on your terms, think clearly, and stay independent. Take
care of your body, and it will take care of you when it matters most.

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X(yz+1): Good health is nothing to be taken for granted. If you have it, take care of it. If you’ve lost it, work to regain it. That’s where I am now. I lost a lot of myself starting way back in my teens, though at the time I had no idea as to what was happening. I’m not unique, there are many of us rebuilding our health. Learn all you can, and make it happen!

Think healthy thoughts, build healthy habits, live a healthy life…

• Is “Proffee” really healthy? This combination gives gym goers the best of both worlds: energy and fullness in a single coffee beverage. Many people seem to be turning to this trendy product, and even brands like Starbucks have added it to their menu, due to its benefits during workouts and other activities. ~MSN
• The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the first new active ingredient for over-the-counter sunscreens in more than 20 years, giving American consumers access to a product that has been widely available in Europe, Asia, and countries in other regions for decades. ~The Epoch Times
• Scientists Reveal The Optimal Amount of Strength Training For a Longer Life: Strength training may help you live longer, according to a large new study – though the data shows that changes in mortality risk depend on how much time you invest in it. ~Science Alert

 

 

• This biochemist read 2,000 scientific papers on blood sugar, pregnancy, and nutrition and discovered the food industry has been lying to you about almost all of it. Here are the 10 most shocking things she found: ~Healthy Human
• A 2025 analysis found brown rice carries around 24% more total arsenic and 40% more inorganic arsenic, the form classed as a known human carcinogen, than white. You upgraded to the wholegrain and quietly upgraded your carcinogen dose along with it. ~Sama Hoole
• Strength-based physical activity is a powerful tool, particularly in support of healthy aging – helping prevent or delay poor health, keeping us mobile and independent and easing pressures on overstretched health and care services. ~Free Screech

 

Don’t eat anything your great-great grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food. There are
a great many food-like items in the supermarket your ancestors wouldn’t
recognize as food… stay away from these ~Michael Pollan

 

• Exercise (especially cardio) has modest effects on fat loss. Its true value: Brain health, Cancer prevention, Longevity, Muscle preservation, Reduced dementia risk, Just not efficient for fat loss. ~Longevity Code
• This urologist with 2.9M subscribers exposed why 80% of men feel tired, foggy and lose their ”morning wood” too early. I just finished watching her interview and what she revealed about male longevity left me speechless: 1.) Men who have sex 52 times a year live longer. ~Longevity Lab
• Most of us adhere to a “go harder to get fitter” mantra at the gym. Progress is judged in sweat or by fitness-tracker metrics and the number of reps we manage to clock up in an hour. But what’s the hurry? Taking your foot off the gas, it turns out, may lead to better results. ~The Times

 

 

• If your exercise arsenal was a spice rack, walking would be the salt. It’s not the only thing you need for excellent health – or a tasty meal – but it lays the foundation for an effective exercise routine. ~The Independent
• Depending on what your health and fitness goals are, the best fitness trackers can help you identify where your training is lacking, optimize your stress levels, improve your recovery time, and streamline your training sessions and daily wellness habits. ~Men’s Health
• New research that reviewed over 31 studies suggests that a combination of aerobic exercise, resistance training, and HIIT can reduce blood pressure, with aerobic exercise and resistance training being an especially effective combo. ~Woman’s Health

 

 

• High cortisol is the real reason your belly fat won’t budge. If I wanted to lose cortisol belly fat without dieting, these are the 8 things I would do every day to fix it. ~Matthew LaBosco
• Losing muscle as you age is one of the most dangerous and most ignored conditions in medicine. It has a name most people never hear: Sarcopenia. After age 30, adults lose about 3–5% of muscle mass per decade. After 60, that decline accelerates. And most people are never warned about it. Muscle is one of the greatest metabolic assets you have. ~Elie Jarrouge MD
• It’s Not Just How Much You Exercise – It’s How Many Kinds: As a medical school professor, I’ve watched the “150 minutes a week” message become almost religious. A new Harvard analysis just added a twist. The people with the most VARIETY in their exercise had 19% lower risk of premature death. ~Robert Lufkin MD

• Common Food Preservatives Tied to Heart Problems: That grab-and-go snack or frozen meal may be doing more than lasting longer on the shelf — it could also be raising your risk of heart disease. ~Newsmax
• RFK Jr. usually skips breakfast (intermittent fasting), eats eggs and bacon when he does have it, snacks on nuts, pistachios, and dried mango, has steak or protein for dinner, stops eating after 7pm, and refuses to count calories. No processed food, nothing with more than three ingredients. ~Camus
• When it comes to healthy lifestyle habits for managing blood pressure, regular exercise is one of the best and most accessible tools available. However, there’s a lot of noise online around which type of exercise is best. Should you focus on cardio? Strength training? Both? ~Eating Well

• It’s not true that once you hit your 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, healthy habits no longer matter. Research shows people even in their 70s and 80s who adopt things like better movement, strength training and smarter eating, see major boosts in health and longevity. ~Frank Lipman MD
• If I had to reduce your disease risk by 50% in 90 days, I’ll do these: 1.) Fix sleep first. 2.) Walk every day. 3.) Eat whole foods 80% of the time. 4.) Lift weights 3x/week. Muscle is longevity. 5.)Protect your mental health like your life depends on it. ~First Doctor
• The first scientist to ever reverse human aging just dropped the craziest interview on the internet. Here are 8 facts David Sinclair revealed about aging that will leave you speechless. ~Longevity Lab

• Muscle is your most powerful anti-aging ally. While I’m all for cardiovascular exercise – undeniably good for heart health – it’s actually muscle mass that’s one of the strongest predictors of your longevity and healthspan. So, work on both, it’s not an either-or thing. ~Frank Lipman MD
• Purposefully stressing out your body could be the secret to living longer. Sounds counterintuitive, right? I’m not talking about chronic stress that overwhelms the body’s coping mechanisms and becomes detrimental to health over time. I’m talking about small amounts of stress that help build up your body’s stress defenses in a positive way. ~Mark Hyman
• Your gut and heart are more connected than you think and what you eat could be silently damaging both. From leaky gut causing systemic inflammation to ketones fueling heart health, the science behind the gut-heart connection is a game changer. ~Heart Surgeon Dr. Philip Ovadia

 

To be continued…

   

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