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How Leucine in Whey Helps Prevent Muscle Loss

by Dr. Joseph Mercola STORY AT-A-GLANCE The loss of muscle mass that occurs with age is known as sarcopenia, the most obvious cause of which is inactivity Your muscles need sufficient amounts of protein. Poor digestion can impede your ability to absorb protein, thereby contributing to sarcopenia Whey protein has been shown to stimulate muscle […]

The Greatest Asset to Protect Your Freedom and Wealth

by Dr. Joseph Mercola STORY AT-A-GLANCE Simple strategies with big health payoffs include avoiding seed oils, implementing time-restricted eating to become metabolically flexible, donating blood to lower your stored iron, strength training to build muscle, exercising in a fasted state, getting regular sun exposure and optimizing your sleep Building muscle is by far one of […]

MSNBC Piece Claims ‘Health & Fitness’ is New Gateway Drug to the Far-Right

by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News Bemoans how “solidarity, heroism, and brotherhood” are linked with physical training. MSNBC published an article claiming that shadowy people on the Telegram messenger service are recruiting far-right acolytes by talking about health and fitness. Yes, really. Apparently, health and fitness is the new gateway drug to the far-right. […]

Lia Thomas and Women’s Sports

by Adam Dick via Ron Paul Institute Last week, University of Pennsylvania student Lia Thomas won the swimming women’s division National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division One national championship for 500-yard freestyle. Two years back, Thomas, who had gone by the first name of Will, was finishing up competing with the university’s men’s division swimming team. What […]

This Visceral Tissue Affects How You Think

by Dr. Joseph Mercola STORY-AT-A-GLANCE Visceral fat is excess adipose tissue deep in your abdominal cavity that wraps around your organs and plays an active role in creating an inflammatory response in the brain, triggering impaired cognitive function It produces inflammatory molecules that affect the microglia, or immune cells in the brain The inflammatory effect […]

Health Risks of Physical Inactivity

by Dr. Joseph Mercola STORY-AT-A-GLANCE The stay-at-home measures used to reduce the spread of COVID-19 may have impacted your exercise habits, which can result in unanticipated health concerns Inactivity can reduce insulin sensitivity and lower protein synthesis in your body; not all older adults can recover after returning to normal activity levels Inactivity is associated […]

What Happens When You Exercise With a Mask?

OSHA SAYS MASKS DON’T WORK AND VIOLATE OSHA OXYGEN LEVELS – TheHealthyAmerican, Peggy Hall by Dr. Joseph Mercola STORY-AT-A-GLANCE Some have found that wearing a mask while exercising reduces your oxygen intake and drives CO2 levels high Symptoms of high CO2 levels include headache, dizziness, fatigue, poor concentration and nausea; two schoolboys in China died […]

Male & Female Athletic Performance: Worlds Apart

by Jon Pike, Emma Hilton, and Leslie A. Howe via Quillette.com In line with the biology of sexual reproduction and evolutionary pressure on reproductive fitness, males and females are physically different. Physical divergence begins with primary sex development at around seven weeks in utero when, triggered by genetic information inherited at fertilization, bipotential gonads differentiate as either testes in […]

No time for a good workout?

  Are you challenged with finding enough time in the week to get a good workout?  If so, you might consider a high intensity strength training protocol that could offer big results.     Dr. Doug McGuff, author of the book Body by Science, offers an interesting approach to HIT (high intensity training) that only takes […]