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By Fisher Anderson Introduction The importance of sleep can hardly be overstated in today's day and age. Tragically, there has never been more fighting for our time at night than today. This blog post will explore why it is important to maintain a bedtime routine and be protective of your time before bed, so you can maximize your time in bed. Resting Heart Rate (RHR) Bryan Johnson, the man who is trying to “not die” and live forever, cites one...

By Xucheng Zhang, BS Look closely at the detailed schematic above. You're looking at a biological masterclass: the blueprint of a high-tech, highly efficient "internal pharmacy" that lives right inside your gut. Those blue-green cellular factories, labeled L-cells, are already poised to manufacture a powerful biological signal called GLP-1. That signal, as the chart shows, travels straight from your gut to your brain, unlocking two of the most sought-after effects of modern health: persistent Satiety and true Metabolic Balance. When...

By Simone Bart-Plange If you’ve played sports long enough, you know there are days when you feel on top of the world and days when you wonder why you’re doing this at all. Those “why am I here?” moments are exactly where gratitude and purpose can quietly change the game. Gratitude, simply put, is an appreciation for what is valuable and meaningful in your life, and a growing body of research shows that consistently practicing it can boost mental and...

By Sorika Weir Have you ever skipped a workout because you didn't have time for a full gym session? I know I definitely have. So many people think that exercise only "counts" if it lasts an hour or leaves them drenched in sweat, but research actually shows that integrating small bits of movement throughout your day has a lot of health benefits. "People don't think they have choices," says Michelle Segar, Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. "But when you're...

By Charlie Symonds What is it? Today, we are constantly learning about new diets, and new ways to obtain our dream bodies. Although one of the more effective methods for losing weight that is also healthy, is intermittent fasting. Intermittent Fasting is an eating cycle where you switch between eating and fasting. You're not necessarily watching what you eat, but instead it is about when you eat. People have seen many benefits from intermittent fasting, such as fat loss, better health,...

By Alice Schmid Featured on countless TikToks and fitness posts, creatine has become the supplement of the moment. But behind the hype, creatine is actually a simple molecule our bodies already make—one that helps our muscles and brains recycle energy more efficiently. Here, we’ll unpack what creatine really does, who might benefit from it, and how it fits into a lifestyle‑medicine approach to health. What Is Creatine and What Does It Do? We get creatine when our bodies make it...

By Dylan Pile With so much contradictory information about what to eat and what to do out there, it can be very easy to get so overwhelmed by information that you end up doing nothing. Or worse, you end up doing something potentially permanently detrimental for your health. Still, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t seek to improve your health, and here we have gathered some suggestions for you. We are suggesting you take up active participation in a hobby of...

By Rohan Parikh Let’s imagine: You've spent hours staring absent-mindedly at your computer screen, trying to complete a challenging assignment. It’s getting a little frustrating. The words in front of you are merging together in a blur, and your concentration is wavering. No matter how much willpower you garner, you’re not really making any meaningful progress. This time however, you make a different choice than usual. You rise up from your desk and decide to take a short walk. At...

By Nicholas Miller Running is becoming popular. With a surplus in investment into races, a formerly niche sport has now hit the spotlight: ultra-running. Over the last decade, participation has grown by more than 300%, driven by increased interest in personal challenges, community support, and trail accessibility. Consequently, a positive feedback loop has formed, in which ultra-running events can leverage this surplus to promote and turn a grassroots race of 20 people into a full-blown “trail fest” with well over...

By Ekin Karamalak, MBA Candidate, Stanford GSB We optimize everything — sleep stacks, workout splits, nutrition protocols. But almost no one is taught how to regulate the system running underneath all of it. The nervous system is the operating system of the body. If it’s dysregulated, nothing else works as well as it should — no matter how clean your diet is or how many steps you log. The problem isn’t that we’re doing too much. It’s that the body...