Biohacking & HealthSpan

Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT Oil) have dramatically gained in popularity in Australia.

MCTs are a subset of saturated fatty acids that, when used appropriately, have unique biological effects ranging from enhanced cognitive performance to accelerated weight loss.

In this post, we answer your most frequently asked questions about medium chain triglycerides.

In this edition of Biohacking Weekly:

1. Climate change is stealing your sleep
2. What your waist could say about liver damage
3. Gut-brain link: probiotics may reduce anxiety
4. New study links ketones to stronger hearts
5. Air pollution tied to mental health drop

In this edition of Biohacking Weekly:

1. Muscle is the longevity organ.
2. Book recommendation: "Built to Move" by Kelly and Juliet Starrett.
3. The best foods to fill common micronutrient gaps.
4. Low-carb diet can help reverse type 2 diabetes.
5. Ketones may be a promising treatment for neurodegenerative diseases.

In this post learn about:

1. A new Youtube series that explores some of today’s hottest wellness trends.
2. How biohacking technology gives the medical field insight into a person's wellness.
3. Biomarkers that can predict biological age and the main lifestyle interventions known to regulate the aging process.
4. The cause of insulin resistance diseases.
5. The impact of aerobic exercise and caloric restriction on cognitive performance.
6. Detailed analysis and comparison of exogenous ketones (ketone esters, ketone salts and C8 MCT oil).

In this post learn about:

1. A startup that is rethinking the concept of longevity by intending to improve the healthspan and lifespan in dogs.

2. The natural metformin and rapamycin mimetics with anti-aging effects.

3. The effect of a high carb and processed sugar diet on fat storage and weight gain.

4. Food myths about dairy, salt and steak.

5. Vitamins that may help treat Huntington's Disease.

6. The effect of ketone ester supplementation on blood flow and cognition.

Microdosing is a technique that comes down to consuming micro amounts of psychedelic substances in order to enhance performance and cognitive functions.

However, microdosing is just one of many ways we can make our body perform at its best. In this post, we take a closer look at performance-enhancing psychedelics, the power of psychobiotics, ketone esters and the amazing benefits is excluding gluten from our diets.

Brett Melanson, a PhD Candidate in Behavioural Neuroscience, describes how exogenous ketone supplementation, precisely in the form of ketone esters, can enhance performance and possibly reduce anxiety-like state. Combining ketone esters with ketone-salts or MCTs may also enhance motor performance. The addition of keto esters to a ketogenic diet may also provide benefit in reducing the long-term elevations in lipid and cholesterol that can arise from a persistent ketogenic diet alone.

Glucose or Ketones? Carbs or fats? Carbohydrates have been a staple part of meals for centuries, but there is evidence that ketones produce more energy per mole of substrate than glucose, while optimising body composition, cognition and sports performance.

Brett Melanson, a PhD Candidate in Behavioural Neuroscience, talks about how following a ketogenic diet allows our body to tap into fat stores to produce energy during extended periods of low glucose availability. He explains that burning ketones instead of glucose preserves carbohydrates in muscle. Therefore transitioning the body’s energy dependence from glucose to ketones could be beneficial in the long run, both mentally, and physically.