Your body is made up of muscle, bone, and fat. For now, let us focus on the fat. There’s fat you can pinch and fat you cannot. The fat you can pinch may be found on your arms or face. The second kind is far more dangerous. It’s
We all have goals. Lose weight. Build a business. Run. Exercise. But many of us fail. Not for a lack of willpower or dedication, but something deeper. Our self-image. Self-image is the mental picture you hold of yourself. It’s how you see yourself. It could be different from what
I recently discovered that my iodine levels were slightly low. Not by much, but tending toward the lower side. Why do you have low iodine and why does it matter? Your body produces hormones for a wide variety of reasons. To regulate metabolism, mood, digestion, et al. Hormones have a
It has been a stressful few weeks for the world. The global world order is changing. Individually, we are specks and may have no role to play in these changes. But who ever you are, you are being affected big or small. Can you disconnect how it affects your mood
You have likely never heard of the term P/O ratio. But it is a key driver of the energy in your body. So what is the P/O ratio and why does it matter? The P/O ratio means the ratio between phosphate-to-oxygen. It measures how efficiently your mitochondria
Imagine a top athlete competing in the Boston marathon. She would go to extraordinary lengths to plan and prepare for the run. Hydration, fuel, sleep, to name a few. So is a personalised program only for the elite few? Our runner is Edna from Kenya. She has a unique muscle
Let us talk about Ayurveda today. No, I didn’t recently get a degree in Ayurveda, but wish to talk about an interesting argument put forward. Should you combine certain food or avoid certain foods? Let us, as always, take the scalpel of science to evidence our opinion. I hear
We are all going to turn 70. Hopefully. If you do, what would it mean to be a healthy 70? I am a huge fan of quantification. It takes away the b.s. from opinion. So here are my quantitative markers for good health at this age. First, the absence
Your body operates in a narrow range across all its parameters. This is necessary to ensure that the underlying processes work. Allow me to explain using body temperature. Thermoregulation is the process by which the human body maintains a stable internal temperature. Typically, this is 37°C, regardless of the
Rapamycin was first used as an anti-fungal drug. Quickly researchers found it had immune suppression properties, and it was began to be used during organ transplants. But we are after its life extending properties as a longevity drug. Longevity experts ask you to take rapamycin preventively. I will spare you
Have you been stressed lately? If you have, have you felt a sinking feeling in your gut? Do you really feel stress in your gut or is it just imagination? Your gut is home to something known as the enteric nervous system. Made from millions of neurons, the gut can
It is just me or has the world been going a little crazy? Economic orders are changing, bringing uncertainty in our lives. As if there wasn’t enough. Amidst all this, it is likely many people may experience an increase in blood pressure. So what is the role of stress