Pavel Sokolovsky

health

thoughts of food · Mar 2024

35 trends spotted at Expo West.

This is from the “leading trade show in the natural, organic, and healthy products industry.” Tends include blood sugar balance, recovery and sleep as a benefit, and animal protein skins as snacks. ~ learn more

under the microscope · Mar 2024

NIH nutrition for precision health study.

“The NIH study will involve 10,000 participants in total, some of whom are signing up for intense measures, like monitors that follow them and make sure they don’t eat smuggled food, or special eyeglass attachments to record what they eat.” ~ learn more

under the microscope · Jan 2024

Wound healing affected by perception of time passing.

This is a wild research study that found participants’ wounds healed faster when the clock ran slower. Everybody had 28 minutes of real time. “More than a third of participants had almost completely healed by the end of the time period when they believed the session had lasted 56 minutes - more than double the percentage of those who experienced the same healing by the end of what they thought…

to your health · Jan 2024

Marilyn’s guide to a healthy old age.

“Over the years I have been blessed by good health. I am 92 and did not really have any illness until a few years ago. In addition, I have always been very active and energetic all these years. IN RESPONSE TO THE REQUESTS OF MY BELOVED CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, I feel the obligation to share my success with the many people who have requested the “secrets” of my…

under the microscope · Jan 2024

Rare study on identical twins confirms vegan diet’s broad health boost.

“Stanford University recruited 22 sets of identical twins who had grown up together, and who reported similar present-day lifestyles, for this eight-week meal-plan-controlled trial, in an effort to provide more robust data to support the existing body of evidence.” ~ learn more

thoughts of food · Dec 2023

Are acai bowls healthy?

From the excellent health and nutrition content team at Nutrisense. “Acai bowls have surged in popularity in the health and wellness community, celebrated for their vibrant appearance and perceived nutritional benefits. But how healthy can acai bowls really be, and should they really be considered a health food?” ~ learn more

better doing · Dec 2023

Social determinants of elderhood.

“The editors [of Nature Aging] speak to Louise Aronson, geriatrician and Pulitzer Prize finalist, about how old age is perceived and defined, and the influence of social determinants on health.” ~ learn more

to your health · Dec 2023

Superstar DJ Steve Aoki is also a longevity junky.

“On the surface, the 45-year-old Aoki doesn’t seem like the person to hang out with for insights into the promise and perils of longevity science—he has I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD tattooed on the back of his neck. But earlier this year, Aoki took an epigenetic test popular with longevity bros to calculate his biological age, and it revealed that his pace of aging was among the best on the…

tech, startups, internet · Dec 2023

A new XPRIZE for increasing healthspan.

The original prize was designed to promote space tourism with a $10 million bounty. Now here comes another: “XPRIZE Healthspan is a 7-year, $101 million global competition to revolutionize the way we approach human aging.” ~ learn more

thoughts of food · May 2023

Food as medicine industry report from Listen Ventures.

“People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.” Times are changing (albeit, slowly)! ~ learn more