100 Billion…. …is the modest number of neurons the average, soon-to-be intelligent walking ape comes equipped with at the start of this thing called life… A Number which shrinks by design, being pruned to about 80-90 billion by early adulthood. It is HERE, these “Oh So Critical” brain and nervous system cells which facilitate the […]

For anyone who’s attempted to paddle against an oncoming current or bike against the wind, you know that momentum makes ALL the difference. When it’s at your back, it propels you forward to whatever figurative or literal destination you desire. However, when it’s in your purview it acts as a MAJOR opposing force. So why […]

We all remember singing the “bone song” in grade school, right? Entertainingly outlining how all of our bones inter-connect… A song which I now ironically cannot remember for the life of me…. Either way, despite that crash-course in connectivity, it provides little context around WHY our bones are so important in the first place, instead […]

In this weeks edition of “What’s Steeling our Healthy Years” I’d like to focus attention on a grim reaping condition which we’ll ALL likely face if we’re on this beautiful floating rock long enough… We’re talking Cardiovascular Disease, or the chronic buildup of dysfunction across the vast and precise cardiovascular system. The system which transfers […]

When you look back at the legendary cinema masterpiece Happy Gilmore, it wasn’t until the main character Happy (Adam Sandler) found his “Happy Place” that things started to go his way. And where was this secret destination? No place other than right inside his own head. When he channeled this internal state he was able […]

It may be hard to believe but for most of intelligent walking ape existence (aka human existence) there wasn’t too much to do when the sun went down. In fact, the most important activity was NOT to get eaten. Making it quite ironic that our modern western norms have now made staying up into the […]

Truth is, the majority of us intelligent walking apes on this beautiful floating rock will spend a large proportion of our lives working, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. As it has the potential to be one of the most purpose-driven activities we do. OR, as many people have experienced first-hand, the exact opposite. […]

When it comes to the most mind-numbing condition on the Planet, PREVENTION is the only Treatment….. At least at time of this writing in 2023. In other words, despite Billions of dollars being flooded into research on Neurodegeration each year, there has been NO success in identifying a way to reverse the condition. A way […]

Living in a world of unlimited fuel being shoveled into the local power plants seems like a good thing, at least at first glance… Charging up ALL the devices in our homes 24/7 with no need to worry about missing the next talking dog video that scrolls-up on our feed. That is, of course until […]

Despite what the “I lift things Up and Put them Down” bros on your social media feeds say, Muscle DOES, in fact, DO MORE than make one look cool naked. And I would actually argue that what you see in the mirror is one of the LEAST cool things on muscles resume… This tissue not […]

If you were to formulate a list of what modern Homo Sapiens Sapiens (aka Humans) do better than EVERY other species on the planet, there’d be an obvious and non-obvious candidate for number one. The Obvious of-course being “Thinking” with the forgotten, taken for granted step child being “Walking”… Why You Ask? Well, It was […]

I’m not gonna lie, the Idea of spinning up new brain cells is quite compelling. Being able to add cognition on-demand to support whatever endeavor we’re currently chasing, while keeping neurons refreshed, renewed and healthy for the long run… I mean Come-On…. Seems like a biological NO BRAINER, Right? Well, as nice as it sounds […]

There has LONG been a theory which proposes that the ROOT cause of accelerated wrinkling is driven by little cellular waste products with a radical attitude. Causing chaos and dysfunction at microscopic levels which eventually makes us intelligent walking apes become increasingly tired, sore, achy, weak and Yes, Wrinkly. But just like every “Theory” in […]

Ya know that FULL BODY sensation where you feel your heart rate increase, blood vessels tighten, armpits sweat, breath get shallow, mind begin racing, and judgements start flowing… Yeah, it’d be odd if you didn’t… THIS, is the Fight or Flight Response, or scientifically termed the upregulation of the sympathetic nervous system… Except NOTHING about […]

It’s safe to say there is NO “that was easy button” when it comes to creating an internal cellular environment that promotes BOTH Present Day Health and Long Term vitality…… But if we were to point out the next closest thing….It would probably be Daily Exercise. Because it is a straight up LONGEVITY Boosting BEAST […]