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Posted on December 25th 2022 (over 1 year)

Meditation is a form of mental training geared toward improving aspects of a person's core neurocognitive function, such as the regulation of attention and e...

Posted on December 6th 2022 (over 1 year)

Dr. Brad Schoenfeld studies the importance of resistance exercise in maintaining muscle mass.

Posted on December 3rd 2022 (over 1 year)

Dr. Rhonda Patrick answers audience questions on various health, nutrition, and science topics in this Q&A session.

Posted on November 28th 2022 (over 1 year)

Protein is essential for building and maintaining muscles. Aiming for about 1.2 to 1.6 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight (about 0.5 to 0.7 grams p...

Posted on November 22nd 2022 (over 1 year)

Consuming sufficient protein is essential for muscle growth and maintenance. Emphasis on specific amino acids within protein, particularly the branched-chain...

Posted on November 12th 2022 (over 1 year)

Dr. Rhonda Patrick answers audience questions on various health, nutrition, and science topics in this Q&A session.

Posted on November 6th 2022 (over 1 year)

Exercise stresses the entire body – the heart, lungs, bones, muscles, and even the brain. The body responds by inducing a wide range of adaptations that incr...

Posted on November 2nd 2022 (over 1 year)

When people exercise as part of a treatment for alcohol abuse disorder it reduces their volume of alcohol consumption. But why? One reason may be FGF21.

Posted on October 26th 2022 (over 1 year)

Protein is an essential component of a healthy eating pattern because it supports the growth, development, and maintenance of skeletal muscle tissue. Having ...

Posted on October 20th 2022 (over 1 year)

The progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength that occurs with aging, referred to as sarcopenia, begins as early as our 30s or 40s. Many factors ...

Posted on October 15th 2022 (over 1 year)

High-intensity interval training, or HIIT for short, is a popular form of exercise involving short bursts of intense aerobic exercise interspersed with perio...

Posted on October 1st 2022 (over 1 year)

Dr. Rhonda Patrick answers audience questions on various health, nutrition, and science topics in this Q&A session.

Posted on September 30th 2022 (over 1 year)

Exposure to environmental toxins – in the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe – is largely unavoidable. But monitoring our exposures and ...

Posted on September 22nd 2022 (over 1 year)

Choline is an essential nutrient that plays important roles in human health. It provides methyl groups for many aspects of metabolism, is a component of cell...

Posted on September 15th 2022 (over 1 year)

Sugar substitutes are food products or additives that provide the sweet taste of sugar, without the calories. Evidence suggests that sugar substitutes have s...

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