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Latest articles
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Meditation Benefits: The Honest, RCT-Backed Truth
Meditation benefits are real but small-to-moderate. The honest, RCT-backed take on where mindfulness genuinely works, where it is oversold, and the rare risks.
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Caloric Restriction and Aging: What CALERIE Proved
CALERIE-2 is the first human RCT showing modest caloric restriction slows the pace of aging by 2-3% — plus the metabolic wins, immune bonus, and real bone costs.
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Kimchi Microplastics: What the 87% Study Really Shows
A kimchi bacterium bound 87% of nanoplastics and doubled fecal plastic in mice. Here’s what the kimchi microplastics study proves — and what it doesn’t.
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Strength Training and Longevity: The Surprising Dose
Strength training longevity science says just 30-60 min a week of lifting tracks with lower mortality-and more isn’t reliably better. Here’s the honest evidence.
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Vitamin D Benefits: What the VITAL Trial Proved
The VITAL trial found no drop in cancer or heart attacks from vitamin D, but real benefits hid elsewhere. The honest take on vitamin D benefits and dosing.
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Omega-3 Benefits: Who Fish Oil Actually Helps
Omega-3 benefits split the trials: high-dose EPA cut cardiac events 25%, low-dose oil did nothing. Here is who fish oil helps, at what dose, and the risks.
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Sauna Longevity: Heat as an Exercise Mimetic
Sauna longevity research ties frequent Finnish bathing to 63% lower sudden cardiac death and 40% lower mortality. What the evidence proves, and the limits.
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Zone 2 Training: The Cardio That May Add Years
Zone 2 training builds mitochondria, sharpens fat-burning, and raises VO2max—the fitness number most tied to how long you live. The honest, cited story.
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Cold Water Immersion: The Real Science vs the Dopamine Hype
Cold water immersion is sold as a 250% dopamine spike. Here is what the evidence actually shows about stress, brown fat, immunity, and safety.
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The 16:8 Window: What the Best Fasting RCTs Really Show
Time-restricted eating promises an autophagy fat-burning switch. The best 16:8 RCTs tell a humbler, more useful story about timing, weight loss, and muscle.
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