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If your goal is to live longer, think clearer, age slower, and reduce your risk of chronic disease, the answer isn’t hidden in a supplement or a biohack.
It’s muscle.
Not because it looks good but because every extra kilogram of muscle makes you more resilient to disease, stress, and aging.
Muscle isn’t cosmetic tissue. It’s biological insurance.
In this post, I will explain resistance training strategy and protein (intake, distribution, muscle full effect etc.) information to maximise muscle protein synthesis.
Exercise (Strength / Resistance training ) is essential for building and maintaining muscle mass.
It’s muscle.
Not because it looks good but because every extra kilogram of muscle makes you more resilient to disease, stress, and aging.
Muscle isn’t cosmetic tissue. It’s biological insurance.
In this post, I will explain resistance training strategy and protein (intake, distribution, muscle full effect etc.) information to maximise muscle protein synthesis.
Exercise (Strength / Resistance training ) is essential for building and maintaining muscle mass.
+1 kg of muscle → lower risk of death
People with the most muscle had a lower mortality than those with the least.
Low muscle = risk of age related brain disease risk
Smaller muscles = higher dementia risk
Sarcopenia nearly triples Alzheimer’s risk.
Muscle protects the brain.
Cancer? Muscle matters
Strength training = lower cancer risk
Losing lean mass increases cancer death risk
Heart health
More muscle = lower cardiovascular events
Your biceps may be better than your blood pressure meds.
Type 2 Diabetes
Strength training = lower diabetes risk
Muscle is where glucose goes. No muscle? No glucose control.
Why muscle is a longevity organ
Muscle releases myokines hormone-like signals that:
Reduce inflammation
Protect the brain
Improve insulin sensitivity
Support blood vessels
Boost metabolic health
The more muscle you have, the more of these protective molecules your body makes.
The crazy part
You don’t need dramatic gains.
Just +1% muscle per year (totally doable with strength training) compounds into massive risk reduction over a decade.
Small improvements → huge protection.
People with the most muscle had a lower mortality than those with the least.
Low muscle = risk of age related brain disease risk
Smaller muscles = higher dementia risk
Sarcopenia nearly triples Alzheimer’s risk.
Muscle protects the brain.
Cancer? Muscle matters
Strength training = lower cancer risk
Losing lean mass increases cancer death risk
Heart health
More muscle = lower cardiovascular events
Your biceps may be better than your blood pressure meds.
Type 2 Diabetes
Strength training = lower diabetes risk
Muscle is where glucose goes. No muscle? No glucose control.
Why muscle is a longevity organ
Muscle releases myokines hormone-like signals that:
Reduce inflammation
Protect the brain
Improve insulin sensitivity
Support blood vessels
Boost metabolic health
The more muscle you have, the more of these protective molecules your body makes.
The crazy part
You don’t need dramatic gains.
Just +1% muscle per year (totally doable with strength training) compounds into massive risk reduction over a decade.
Small improvements → huge protection.
Across populations, people with more muscle consistently live longer and experience better quality of life than those with less. Even small differences matter. A major 2025 study showed that individuals with higher lean body mass had a significantly lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40551720/
Low muscle mass, on the other hand, is strongly associated with higher risk of dementia, cardiovascular disease, cancer mortality, and early death.
Muscle protects the brain, not just the body
Muscle loss isn’t just about weakness it’s about cognition.
People with lower muscle mass experience faster cognitive decline and higher dementia risk. Sarcopenia nearly triples the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Those with greater muscle mass and strength show better memory, executive function, and brain structure preservation. Muscle communicates with the brain through hormone-like signaling molecules called myokines, which reduce neuroinflammation, support blood flow, and improve insulin sensitivity in neural tissue.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40784602/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38754987/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39948829
Muscle lowers cancer, heart disease, and diabetes risk
Strength training is associated with lower cancer incidence and lower cancer-related mortality.
Losing lean mass increases the risk of dying from cancer, while maintaining muscle improves survival outcomes.
Muscle mass is also a powerful cardiovascular protector. Higher muscle mass is linked to fewer cardiovascular events, improved blood pressure regulation, better lipid handling, and lower systemic inflammation.
And when it comes to type 2 diabetes, muscle is central. Muscle tissue is where most glucose is disposed of after meals. Less muscle means poorer glucose control and higher insulin resistance. More muscle means better metabolic flexibility.
Strength training consistently lowers diabetes risk across populations.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11…
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12…
ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JA…
Muscle is not optional tissue it is a metabolic organ
Skeletal muscle acts like an endocrine system. When it contracts, it releases myokines that:
• reduce chronic inflammation
• improve insulin sensitivity
• protect blood vessels
• support brain health
• enhance immune function
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40551720/
Low muscle mass, on the other hand, is strongly associated with higher risk of dementia, cardiovascular disease, cancer mortality, and early death.
Muscle protects the brain, not just the body
Muscle loss isn’t just about weakness it’s about cognition.
People with lower muscle mass experience faster cognitive decline and higher dementia risk. Sarcopenia nearly triples the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Those with greater muscle mass and strength show better memory, executive function, and brain structure preservation. Muscle communicates with the brain through hormone-like signaling molecules called myokines, which reduce neuroinflammation, support blood flow, and improve insulin sensitivity in neural tissue.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40784602/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38754987/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39948829
Muscle lowers cancer, heart disease, and diabetes risk
Strength training is associated with lower cancer incidence and lower cancer-related mortality.
Losing lean mass increases the risk of dying from cancer, while maintaining muscle improves survival outcomes.
Muscle mass is also a powerful cardiovascular protector. Higher muscle mass is linked to fewer cardiovascular events, improved blood pressure regulation, better lipid handling, and lower systemic inflammation.
And when it comes to type 2 diabetes, muscle is central. Muscle tissue is where most glucose is disposed of after meals. Less muscle means poorer glucose control and higher insulin resistance. More muscle means better metabolic flexibility.
Strength training consistently lowers diabetes risk across populations.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11…
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12…
ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JA…
Muscle is not optional tissue it is a metabolic organ
Skeletal muscle acts like an endocrine system. When it contracts, it releases myokines that:
• reduce chronic inflammation
• improve insulin sensitivity
• protect blood vessels
• support brain health
• enhance immune function
I don't normally post this kinda stuff & don't want pity, but I've been caring for my Mum. She's 63, my Dad died when I was 15 @ 62. She almost passed late last year, has diabetes, heart problems, spinal fusion surgery, cirrhosis and about 5 months ago was dx'd w Parkinson's
When she almost passed it was because she developed a rare type of cyst (liver cyst) after surgical tooth removal. They almost couldn't stop the bleeding. I slept in bed w her for a month or two, they didn't give her blood @ the hospital & was anemic so got iron infusions
It was somewhat embarrassing as a 28/29 yr old to be sleeping with my Mum, but I couldn't risk anything. A day after the first iron infusion I heard her scream and a bang in her ensuite. She had fallen and broken her tailbone.
Are flavor enhancers used by nearly every major food brand being developed with cells derived from an aborted baby?
Tonight’s special report presents shocking evidence tracing the dark history of these additives and the powerful companies operating behind the label.
Most people have never heard of HEK293 cells. And two reassuring words—“natural flavors”—are concealing a disturbing story the food industry hoped you would never uncover. 🧵
Tonight’s special report presents shocking evidence tracing the dark history of these additives and the powerful companies operating behind the label.
Most people have never heard of HEK293 cells. And two reassuring words—“natural flavors”—are concealing a disturbing story the food industry hoped you would never uncover. 🧵
HEK293 is a human cell line originally derived in the early 1970s from kidney tissue taken from a single fetus, believed to have come from an aborted pregnancy.
The cells are used as laboratory tools, not food ingredients.
Researchers can engineer them to express human taste receptors. When a chemical compound activates one of those receptors, the cells produce a measurable signal showing whether a person may perceive it as sweet, bitter, salty, or cooling.
That allows laboratories to screen thousands of potential flavor compounds without putting each one through a human tasting panel.
Senomyx, a biotechnology company that developed flavor enhancers and taste modulators, described this process in its patents. The patents shown in the report identify HEK293 as a preferred cell line for assays designed to find compounds that produce or modify sweet taste.
The cells remain in the laboratory.
“The cells themselves were not added to food products,” Maria explained. Senomyx maintained that no fetal cells or tissue entered finished consumer products.
That distinction answers what a food physically contains.
It does not settle whether the process used to develop it is ethically acceptable.
Supporters argue that HEK293 has been reproduced in laboratories for decades and is now far removed from the original abortion. They point to its value in medical and scientific research, especially when no suitable alternative exists.
@zeeemedia rejects that calculation.
“It doesn’t matter how many years it’s been since that point, that child was still murdered.”
For people who share that conviction, the question is not simply whether fetal material remains in a soda, cereal, vaccine, or medication.
It is whether that product was created using knowledge obtained through a cell line they believe should never have existed.
The dispute does not end with the final ingredient list.
It begins inside the research process—and the next problem is where that process disappears.
The cells are used as laboratory tools, not food ingredients.
Researchers can engineer them to express human taste receptors. When a chemical compound activates one of those receptors, the cells produce a measurable signal showing whether a person may perceive it as sweet, bitter, salty, or cooling.
That allows laboratories to screen thousands of potential flavor compounds without putting each one through a human tasting panel.
Senomyx, a biotechnology company that developed flavor enhancers and taste modulators, described this process in its patents. The patents shown in the report identify HEK293 as a preferred cell line for assays designed to find compounds that produce or modify sweet taste.
The cells remain in the laboratory.
“The cells themselves were not added to food products,” Maria explained. Senomyx maintained that no fetal cells or tissue entered finished consumer products.
That distinction answers what a food physically contains.
It does not settle whether the process used to develop it is ethically acceptable.
Supporters argue that HEK293 has been reproduced in laboratories for decades and is now far removed from the original abortion. They point to its value in medical and scientific research, especially when no suitable alternative exists.
@zeeemedia rejects that calculation.
“It doesn’t matter how many years it’s been since that point, that child was still murdered.”
For people who share that conviction, the question is not simply whether fetal material remains in a soda, cereal, vaccine, or medication.
It is whether that product was created using knowledge obtained through a cell line they believe should never have existed.
The dispute does not end with the final ingredient list.
It begins inside the research process—and the next problem is where that process disappears.
Health insurance in America is broken.
Over 200,000 Americans go bankrupt because of medical bills every year—and many of them already had insurance. On average, 20% of claims are denied, leaving families stuck paying massive out-of-pocket costs after spending thousands on premiums.
But there’s an alternative.
CrowdHealth is a community-powered model that has helped members fund over 40,000 medical bills at a fraction of the cost of traditional insurance.
So far, 30,000+ members have been helped, saving an estimated $73 million in medical costs.
CrowdHealth isn’t insurance. It’s a way to step outside the broken system and take control of your healthcare.
Get started today for $99 per member per month for the first three months.
Go to joincrowdhealth.com/promos/pulse and use code PULSE.
Over 200,000 Americans go bankrupt because of medical bills every year—and many of them already had insurance. On average, 20% of claims are denied, leaving families stuck paying massive out-of-pocket costs after spending thousands on premiums.
But there’s an alternative.
CrowdHealth is a community-powered model that has helped members fund over 40,000 medical bills at a fraction of the cost of traditional insurance.
So far, 30,000+ members have been helped, saving an estimated $73 million in medical costs.
CrowdHealth isn’t insurance. It’s a way to step outside the broken system and take control of your healthcare.
Get started today for $99 per member per month for the first three months.
Go to joincrowdhealth.com/promos/pulse and use code PULSE.
@mercoglianos @JohnJBarbagallo 1. Sal, he's right. Sometimes it does seem like you forget there's a war going on and that Russia is the reason for that. I know that Chevron has been investing in Kazakhstan since the early 90s and using the Russian port of Novorossiysk to export it.
chevron.com/worldwide/kaza…
chevron.com/worldwide/kaza…
@mercoglianos @JohnJBarbagallo 2. Chevron may have to accept the situation and declare force majeure. I might add that if the US and Europe had stood with Ukraine in the beginning, this war would be over now, or may never have started. Ukraine faced a potential genocide by Russia. They chose to fight back.
@mercoglianos @JohnJBarbagallo 3. If Ukraine were to lose even a part of its territory, the Baltic states and all the other countries that border Russia would have to worry about their sovereignty. Look what happened to Georgia in 2008.
What Burnham is proposing when he talks about more devolution is, structurally, more of the machinery that made Manchester's Investment Zone operational.
More mayors with MDC powers.
More combined authorities with planning authority. More regional bodies with the ability to designate zones, direct state aid, and signal to institutional capital that a given area is open for business.
More mayors with MDC powers.
More combined authorities with planning authority. More regional bodies with the ability to designate zones, direct state aid, and signal to institutional capital that a given area is open for business.
Devolution is the delivery mechanism for zone architecture. Without devolved powers, you cannot establish a Mayoral Development Corporation. Without an MDC, you cannot concentrate planning powers, land assembly functions, and compulsory purchase authority into a single body that moves faster and with less democratic friction than a conventional local authority. Without those powers, the zone designation is a label without teeth.
The language of devolution being the language of democracy is an illusion - power to the regions, decisions made closer to communities, the north given a genuine voice.
That language is real, and it resonates for good reasons.
But the institutional architecture devolution produces, in practice, under the current policy framework, is exactly the architecture that zone designation requires. The two are not separate agendas.
Devolution is the vehicle. The zone is what gets delivered in it.
That language is real, and it resonates for good reasons.
But the institutional architecture devolution produces, in practice, under the current policy framework, is exactly the architecture that zone designation requires. The two are not separate agendas.
Devolution is the vehicle. The zone is what gets delivered in it.
Oxford University = a pipeline for secret societies & elite recruitment. The Jesuit Order established a discreet foothold in 1793 with St Clements Mission & a chapel to St Ignatius.
This was their missionary base in the city while Catholics were still barred from the university.
This was their missionary base in the city while Catholics were still barred from the university.
By 1875 the Jesuits built St Aloysius Church on Woodstock Road designed by Joseph Aloysius Hansom.
This was their operational hq in Oxford.
After the 1871 Universities Tests Act removed legal barriers English Catholic bishops kept the prohibition on attending Oxford until 1895.
This was their operational hq in Oxford.
After the 1871 Universities Tests Act removed legal barriers English Catholic bishops kept the prohibition on attending Oxford until 1895.
In 1896 Fr Richard Frederick Clarke SJ opened Clarkes Hall at 11 St Giles as the first Catholic private hall at Oxford since the Reformation.
It housed Jesuit undergraduates & later became Popes Hall then Platers Hall. This marked the Jesuits formalization of Oxford activity.
It housed Jesuit undergraduates & later became Popes Hall then Platers Hall. This marked the Jesuits formalization of Oxford activity.
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The Chip & Joanna Gaines controversy follows the exact same playbook as Jen Hatmaker in 2016.
Nobody is talking about the pattern.
Here's how Christian celebrities are quietly converting the straight church:
Nobody is talking about the pattern.
Here's how Christian celebrities are quietly converting the straight church:
Step one. Build trust with the Christian audience. Family values, wholesome brand, Scripture on the coffee mug.
Jen Hatmaker did this for years. The Gaines family did this for years.
You cannot convert a church that doesn't trust you first.
Jen Hatmaker did this for years. The Gaines family did this for years.
You cannot convert a church that doesn't trust you first.
Step two. Go quiet on the hard doctrines.
Hatmaker stopped teaching Romans 1 long before she affirmed homosexuality publicly.
The silence came first. The statement came second.
Watch who stops quoting Scripture and starts quoting feelings.
Hatmaker stopped teaching Romans 1 long before she affirmed homosexuality publicly.
The silence came first. The statement came second.
Watch who stops quoting Scripture and starts quoting feelings.
🧵New: The Palestinian Authority announced on Friday that an external audit of its new welfare program determined that it is being properly implemented to ensure that recipients are not incentivized to carry out attacks against Israelis. (1/17)
timesofisrael.com/pa-says-extern…
timesofisrael.com/pa-says-extern…
The PA commissioned the audit from international consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), hoping that a “kosher” stamp from a respected independent company would legitimize a reform of its welfare program that has long been demanded by the international community. (2/17)
PA also aims to combat assertions from Israel & US that payments to prisoners have continued, despite new welfare program, which conditions stipends on recipient’s financial status, not length of sentence or whether they were injured/killed due to conflict with Israel. (3/17)
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Understanding Previous Day's Range:
Close below open = Bearish previous day's candle
Close above open = Bullish previous day's candle
PD = Previous Day
Close below open = Bearish previous day's candle
Close above open = Bullish previous day's candle
PD = Previous Day
Measuring Previous day's range:
Bearish previous day's range = High to Close
Bullish previous day's range = Low to Close
Bearish previous day's range = High to Close
Bullish previous day's range = Low to Close
Big win for @FTC today in front of Chief Judge Boasberg in the deceptive claims case against WPATH. "When parties seek an extraordinary remedy, they must make an extraordinary showing." Big win for @AFergusonFTC, @MeadorFTC, and the whole team. Litigation may proceed
Judge Boasberg agrees with @FTC in that his earlier order was to quash a CID. This separate enforcement proceeding is not that CID. Therefore, his injunction is not being violated.
Boasberg explains that there are risks with the path WPATH puts forth. "[L]inking a suit by the FTC to pre-enforcement investigation challenges risks allowing plaintiffs 'to choose the forum and pace of litigation simply by bringingn pre[-]enforcement actions.'"
The Hindenburg fired on all 4 baskets.
SPX still +0.47% today.
Full AION read below.
SPX still +0.47% today.
Full AION read below.
1/ Macro
Liquidity regime: UNSUPPORTIVE.
Weekly trend not providing fuel.
Weekly delta: +0.104. Daily status: increasing.
Structure says HEDGE. Price said otherwise today.
Liquidity regime: UNSUPPORTIVE.
Weekly trend not providing fuel.
Weekly delta: +0.104. Daily status: increasing.
Structure says HEDGE. Price said otherwise today.
2/ Risk
20-day crash probability: 12.6%. Risk scale: Defensive.
Oversold reading: 69.5, Normal Range.
Market Stress: 32.2, Stable.
Not a panic reading. But the buffer is thin.
20-day crash probability: 12.6%. Risk scale: Defensive.
Oversold reading: 69.5, Normal Range.
Market Stress: 32.2, Stable.
Not a panic reading. But the buffer is thin.
