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The geography of madness.

What starts as a book review ends as an eye-opening view of humanity’s ability to manifest our expectations. “A culture-bound mental illness is one that only affects people who know about it, and especially people who believe in it. … […]

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The US health crisis.

I really enjoyed this interview of Justin Mares on the Invest Like The Beset podcast. Justin rattles off statistics and data about the problems in the US food and health systems with the fluency of a politician. But he swears […]

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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 […]