your mitochondria love serotonin. we are slowly learning that metabolic health via mitochondrial health is at the root of mental health issues

Serotonin minting new mitochondria in cortical neurons: implications for psychopathology - PMC

SSRIs don't really cure depression but they do act on your mitochondria and encourage the usage of oxygen for ATP synthesis which gives your brain greater amounts of available energy so you are less depressed.

super strange bug with @primal. despite being premium member, my posts only go to the basic primal relay, never to any of my only relays and never to the premium primal relay. i then have to use a different client to republish to all of my other relays such as @nostr.wine and @Damus and even to the primal premium relay.

i don't know why anyone would shop at whole foods. not only are all of their "health foods" filled with seed oils and marketed as plant based since seed oils are "vegetable derived", but their produce and meat is ridiculously overpriced

tallow lotion is gaining popularity, but leaf lard that is pasture raised creates a more solid balm unless you add beeswax to your tallow

this comes as no surprise but Morning sunlight is more effective than exercise in relieving depression, and exercise is more effective than SSRIs.

Psychiatrist.com

A 9-Week Randomized Trial Comparing a Chronotherapeutic Intervention (Wake and Light Therapy) to Exercise in Major Depressive Disorder Patients Treated With Duloxetine

fasting is great for losing weight, but if you want to be maxed with testosterone, then fasting may work against you

PubMed

Effect of Intermittent Fasting on Reproductive Hormone Levels in Females and Males: A Review of Human Trials - PubMed

Intermittent fasting is a popular diet for weight loss, but concerns have been raised regarding the effects of fasting on the reproductive health o...

a lot of talk about reversing aging. maybe it will be possible some day but in physics, there is no free lunch. there is no way to prevent the diffusion of energy from high to low. we will judge longevity experts based on the length and quality of their own life.

when your body is under a high degree of oxidation and inflammation or during an infection, lactoferrin helps bring the iron from your blood into the cells where it gets stored in the ferritin. Lactoferrin is unique since it picks up iron under acidic conditions produced at sites of infections. lactoferrin is so good at harvesting and modulating iron that it increases hemoglobin even better than iron supplements https://journals.lww.com/egjh/fulltext/2025/07000/effect_of_lactoferrin_therapy_on_interleukin_6,.34.aspx Colostrum and whey protein are the best sources of lactoferrin

there is a good chance that many autoimmune conditions have an origin and even a continuation with gut dysbiosis. (no affiliation to anything below)

Gut health for every age and stage – Tiny Health

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offers an interesting product to gain insight into microbiome

Seed

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offers high quality maintenance probiotics

Pendulum

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offers Akkermansia an cornerstone strain that helps with glucose metabolism and is actively funding preventative research on gut biomes and cancer risk.

Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.” — Zen Kōan

started reading "And then you win" and it feels similar in style to my favoring bitcoin narrative book, "digital gold"

average cost of a family’s annual health insurance premium has jumped +6% YoY in 2025, to $27,000, an all-time high. This marks the 3rd consecutive annual increase, following 2023 and 2024 gains of +7%. In other words, premiums are now rising faster than inflation for the 3rd year straight. Since 2000, the average health insurance premium has surged +350%. Small businesses are seeing the largest health-rate increases, with over half reporting +10% or more premium hikes in 2025.

use david's toothpaste if you want a toothpaste that feels like traditional toothpaste but fluoride free and with hydroxyapatite to remineralize enamel

wearable CGM (continuous glucose monitors) sends out high-peak RF bursts every ~60 seconds that extends upto 30 ft

PubMed

Effect of tamarind ingestion on fluoride excretion in humans - PubMed

Tamarind intake is likely to help in delaying progression of fluorosis by enhancing urinary excretion of fluoride.

small trial but cool if seen on a larger sample Design: Randomized, diet-control study. Subject: Twenty healthy boys were included and 18 of them completed the study. Interventions: Each subject consumed 10 g tamarind daily with lunch for 18 days at the social welfare boys' hostel. The nutrient composition of the daily diet was constant throughout the experimental period. Results: Tamarind intake led to significant increase (P< 0.001) in the excretion of fluoride in 24 h urine (4.8±0.22 mg/day) as compared to excretion on control diet (3.5±0.22 mg/day). However, excretion of magnesium and zinc decreased significantly (7.11±1.48 mg of Mg and 252.88±12.84 µg of Zn per day on tamarind diet as compared to 23.39±3.68 mg of Mg and 331.78±35.31 µg Zn per day on control diet). Excretion of calcium and phosphorous were not significantly different while creatinine excretion decreased with tamarind intake (225.66±81 mg creatinine/day with tamarind and 294.5±78.76 mg creatinine/day without tamarind). Conclusion: Tamarind intake is likely to help in delaying progression of fluorosis by enhancing urinary excretion of fluoride.

grass fed cows make butter that is more yellow than cows fed corn etc. The yellow color is from the beta-carotene content which our body uses to make vitamin A.