Creatine is a supplement commonly used for muscle performance. But can it also help you improve your cognitive health and sleep? Creatine is an organic compound primarily found in meat. It plays a critical role in the production of energy, especially ATP. Stored in muscles in your body, it also
Tight junctions are essential cellular structures that play a critical role in maintaining the integrity of the gut lining. When damaged, you develop leaks that affect your health. Think of it this way. Your body has thousands of miles of plumbing within. Among them is your digestive tract. The digestive
Meditation is that time when you should empty your mind, stop all thoughts and be mindless. Or should you? Meditation is a much misunderstood subject. Associated with esoteric, impossible to achieve goals, most people tune out. Even the thought of just sitting is too much, leave alone having no thoughts.
Have you seen the price of gold and silver these days? Precious materials have witnessed a meteoric rise in value over the past decades. But did you know that your body has several rare minerals within, which I can all but guarantee you have never heard of? Thulium, Vanadium and
A friend sent me a post from social media. Grounding mats are the fastest selling product on the Internet, the post said. If you have also seen it and are curious to know why, let’s dig in. Grounding at its simplest just means touching the earth with bare skin.
How does your brain tell the difference between a sound and a very loud sound? The difference can be life or death. At the very least, a painful earache. So it is critical that your brain can tell. To understand how, we need to understand a concept called frequency coding.
Why you dont inherit everything that your parents experience
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If you go onto social media, there is a plethora of advice available on how to manage your health. The messaging is getting sophisticated. So you will hear terms like interoception and exteroception. Yes, looking inward and outward with your senses. But there is a lurking danger. Toxic levels of
The muscles that keep you walking
Language is something we take for granted today. I write, hopefully you read. We neglect to consider how. How did we get to this point of instant communication and comprehension? The earliest known expression of language is over 3 millions years old. Australopithecus, our ancestors used stones to represent icons.
“You don’t have a drink in your hand?” The question you dread in public. Fine, at least for many people. Drinking is so synonymous with pleasure that society has now banded together to drive this perception. It did not happen by chance. Someone carefully crafted the story over years.