Biohacking & HealthSpan

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 edition of Biohacking Weekly:

1. How does a navy seal manage stress?
2. The five "tactical domains" of longevity.
3. Low-carb diet could help cure obesity and type 2 diabetes.
4. Liposomal glutathione: a powerful "master antioxidant".
5. Book review: Why We Get Sick by Dr. Ben Bikman

In this post:

1. The next-generation probiotic that loves to munch on your mucus.
2. Drinking coffee improves vascular function.
3. Low carb diets put type 2 diabetes into remission.
4. Research links low Vitamin D with high inflammation.
5. Jumbo-Visma pro cyclers use the power of ketones to push the limits at the Tour de France.
6. Dr. Ovadia shares his thoughts on keto diet after conducting over 3,000 heart surgeries.

In this post:

1. After many years of being vegan, Bear Grylls now eats steak for lunch.

2. Restoring microbiome diversity with probiotics.

3. Can humans live forever (at least theoretically)?

4. The impact of a low-carb diet on common medications.

5. Omega 3 supplementation lowers the risk of Alzheimer’s, high blood pressure and muscle wasting.

In this post:

1. KetoneAid partners with an elite cycling team.
2. The #1 Men’s Health cover model shares his health optimization secrets.
3. Dr Liz Frazer explains we may be grainwashed.
4. A Low-carb approach to treating type 2 diabetes.
5. Beneficial effects of sauna on cardiovascular health.

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.

Low-carbohydrate and high-fat (LCHF) diets are increasing in popularity as new research continues to emerge disproving the the merits of the low-fat dogma that has shaped Australian dietary guidelines and those of most of the western world since the 1960s. The counterargument has been packaged in various forms like paleo, primal, ancestral and keto. As we rediscover these traditional ideas of food consumption, so too are we seeing the resurgence of a healthy population.