Life Hacks

First things first: arthritis is the umbrella term for a cluster of joint diseases involving inflammation of the joints, hence “arthr-” (joint) “-itis” (suffix used to denote inflammation). Arthritis is broadly divided into inflammatory arthritis and non-inflammatory arthritis. Some forms, such as rheumatoid arthritis, are of the inflammatory kind. We wrote about that previously: See:…

The idea of the ketogenic diet is to eat very-low-carb, moderate-to-high fat, force the body to switch to burning fat for energy, by starving it of carbs. On the one hand, it’s good against refractory epilepsy in children (this is actually what it was created for), and it can result in weight loss, which some…

When it comes to gaining or losing fat, then generally people focus a lot more on movement than on sleep. And movement is great! See for example: The Doctor Who Wants Us To Exercise Less, & Move More But it’s nothing without adequate sleep, because… You snooze, you lose (pounds) Researchers (Dr. Marie-Pierre St-Onge et…

First things first, let’s quickly cover that biological age is not one thing but quite a lot of things, each of which can age at different rates, for example: For what we can do about each of those other ones we mentioned, see: Age & Aging: What Can (And Can’t) We Do About It? So,…

Two facts worth considering: This much is not too tricky to reconcile. After all, your car might run on gasoline, but filling the tank to overflowing and dowsing your car in it will not improve its performance, to put it mildly. So, when it comes to blood glucose and the brain, where does the danger…

When it comes to red meat… How much risk increase is enough for us to describe it as “dramatically”? The numbers vary a lot from risk to risk and depending what else is taken into account, but a 11–16% risk increase for unprocessed red meat is a range that comes up in a lot of…

We’ve previously wrote about about melatonin: ❝Melatonin is a hormone normally made in our pineal gland. It helps regulate our circadian rhythm, by making us sleepy. It has other roles too—it has a part to play in regulating immune function, something that also waxes and wanes as a typical day goes by. Additionally, since melatonin…

Good news: you won’t even have to do a lot of it! In fact, just a few minutes daily, adding up to 15–20 minutes per week, is already a huge and beneficial improvement over not doing that. See for example: How Useful Is “Exercise Snacking”, Really? If you have the time/energy though, then yes, more…

It has been previously established that it is good if breakfast is the largest meal of the day: Mythbusting Breakfast-Time …with meals getting progressively smaller thereafter. But what if we want to do intermittent fasting, and perhaps decide to skip breakfast for it? Circadian rhythm matters Regular readers may recall that circadian rhythm is about…

Alcohol is, of course, unhealthy. Not even the famous “small glass of red” is recommended: Can We Drink To Good Health? ← this was mostly about the purported heart health benefits, and the answer to the question is: no, we cannot, and as WHO has declared, “the only safe amount of alcohol is zero”) See…

Vaccines are great! They’re not a panacea and they absolutely have their limitations, but they also save many millions of lives per year, so that’s a big win. However, those limitations do mean that whenever we can find a way to make them work better, it’s very positive news. And that’s what we have for…