Millions of people around the world suffer from indigestion. But when they think of the problem, they tend to centralize is an ailment of the stomach. But digestion is not a single event. It is a long, coordinated journey that unfolds across distinct parts of your body. Each part is
Do you know someone who has been prescribed a beta blocker? Do you understand why it has been prescribed and what it is doing to your body? Most of us simply follow instructions. The doctor has asked me to take beta blockers, and so I am taking it, you might
Your body needs twenty amino acids. A few of them are categorized essential amino’s. Essential simply means your body cannot make it and you need to consume it. Methionine is one of the essential amino acids. So what is methionine and what does it do? To understand this, we
Did you wake up this morning feeling stiff? Joints, hands, perhaps the entire body? If you have and wondered why you wake up feeling this way, allow me to explain. When asleep, your heartbeat slows down. What we proudly call our resting heart rate. One consequence is reduced circulation. Lower
The food you eat is converted to fat if you eat more than you need. It gets stored in your body inside fat cells. What you and I call excess weight. But have you ever wondered why it is stored as fat? The reason actually lies somewhere else. Your body
At any given point in time, you can experience your body. Where your hands are. What sensations you feel. Pain, heat, cold. This is known as somatosensation. The ability of the human body to sense touch, temperature, pain, pressure, vibration, and the position of your limbs in space. In essence,
There has been a profusion of wellness advocates, practitioners and solution providers. In the context of health, you share all sorts of information about yourself. Not just blood reports but intimate details. Have you ever wondered what happens to this data? In a traditional hospital, they follow something known as
Each morning when you wake up, you do so with energy. Depending on your lifestyle, the energy can last you the entire day or a few hours. So what exactly is this energy? How can you understand it and use it to your benefit? Every movement you make, from climbing
We often think of fat as something that sits under our skin. It shows up on our weighing scale to our dismay. But fat is not passive. It is a living tissue, secreting hormones and signaling molecules. It directly affects the blood pressure in your arteries. When fat accumulates around
Your body is always talking. The conversation may not be something you comprehend using words. Instead, the conversation uses chemicals, signals and electricity. It is taking place inside your body. One such signal is called the sympathetic tone. Think of it as your internal throttle. It’s part of your
The other day I was speaking at an event. Someone asked me a very pertinent question. I live life. I eat and drink. I am happy. I don’t go to a gym. When I see those around me obsessing about their health, I worry if I am missing something?
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In health, we are always seeking a marker that shows good health. The equivalent of what is to illness, one marker that shows good health. There is perhaps no better marker than VO2max. So what is it, what does it show and how can you build yours? VO2max captures the
I am old enough to not recall when I first encountered social media. In the beginning, it was wonderful to reconnect with old friends. But today, social media is associated with doom scrolling. It has quietly become one of the biggest drains on the modern mind. When you scroll endlessly
The human body did not evolve to be extraordinarily lean nor excessively muscular. It evolved to survive. The best way to survive is through balance. In science, we call it homeostasis. When you evaluate the human body through this lens, you can form an objective view on perhaps the most
Most of you reading would concur. You are getting forgetful. You forget names. You forget tasks. You forget where you were supposed to be going. But are you really losing your memory? I guess the question is whether you lost your memory or you simply cannot retrieve it. It is
One of the most enduring questions if biology is whether human beings are still evolving. Darwin taught us that we got here because of evolution. Millions of years of slow, gradual change that turned us into human beings from simple cells. But are we still evolving? Because change is so
Each morning when I wake up, my timeline is flooded with shiny new ways to increase longevity. Peptides, lymphatic stimulation, isolates of compounds. All promising a longer life. But are we chasing the wrong goal? It is not my argument that you should not live long. More likely, with medical
Holding your breath is one of the most ancient human skills. Long before we had gyms, supplements, biohacking devices or wearable trackers, we had lungs. Your lungs are powerful regulators of good health. Hidden inside every pause, between an inhale and the next breath, is a powerful switch that speaks
Exercise is universally accepted as a tool to improve the quality of your life. But research throws up a surprising truth. The benefit of exercise has a J curve. In simple terms, after a point, the benefits start to fade. It can even be detrimental to you after a point.
Hashimoto is one of those conditions that quietly affects millions of people, often long before they even realize something is wrong. So what is Hashimoto and how do you know if you have it? At its core, Hashimoto's is an autoimmune condition. Your own immune system, which is
We often speak about stress as if it is an unseen force pressing on the mind. Yet I have long argued that stress has a strong physical manifestation. One evidence is your adrenal glands. Your adrenal glands sit above your kidney. They determine how we deal with life when confronted
Imagine hearing a loud noise repeatedly. The first time, you jump. The second time, you still notice it. But if the sound continues long enough, it fades into the background. This is an outcome of habituation. Your brain’s ability to tune out repeated stimuli so it can focus on
Think of stress and you will conjure up the life of an adult. Or at least a teenager. But children experience stress as well. Deadlines, finances, relationships and decision making can create stress. For a child, the world is still new and unpredictable. Their brains are learning how to interpret