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Continuous glucose monitoring in a healthy population.

A newly published review of the scientific literature. “It is our contention that CGM offers a convenient, minimally-invasive means of improving an individual’s health and wellbeing, and in the future, this technology could be widely available over-the counter, recommended by […]

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A hard thing about weight loss.

“But a new study has found that it may not be a lack of willpower, but a lack of dopamine signaling in response to nutrients – something more prevalent in adults with obesity – that encourages behaviors like high-sugar food […]

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All about heart rate variability (HRV).

The metric offers insight to the functioning of the nervous system. Specifically it’s thought that when the metric is high, it’s a sign that the nervous system is in “rest and digest” mode, while when it’s low it signals “fight […]

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The FDA still doesn’t trust women.

From Alex Tabarrok in Marginal Revolution: “The FDA has a long history of antipathy towards personal testing. The FDA has opposed personal pregnancy tests, HIV tests, genetic tests, and COVID tests, as I discussed in my article Testing Freedom. Well, […]

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The connection between stress and disease.

“Dr. Gabor Maté is the leading expert on the role the mind-body connection plays in illness and health.” A line that he repeats a few times during this talk stuck with me: “We are biopsychosocial creatures.” Biology, psychology and socio-environmental […]