Linus Pauling—the only person to win TWO unshared Nobel Prizes—spent the last 30 years of his life trying to tell us something about vitamin C.

The medical establishment called him a quack.

Turns out, he might have been right all along: 🧵 First, who was Linus Pauling?

• Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1954)
• Nobel Peace Prize (1962)
• Discovered the nature of chemical bonds
• Predicted protein structures
• One of the greatest scientists of the 20th century

Then he became obsessed with vitamin C. And everyone thought he’d lost it.

There’s a mineral so critical that your body has a special genetic code JUST for it 🤯

Out of 20 amino acids, selenium is the 21st—encoded directly into your DNA.

Your body literally rewrote the genetic rulebook for this element: 🧵 Selenium is the only mineral with its own amino acid: selenocysteine.

Think about what this means: Evolution deemed selenium SO essential that it created entirely new genetic machinery to incorporate it into proteins.

It’s not just important. It’s foundational to life itself.

Taurine is the most abundant amino acid in your brain, heart, and retina.

By age 50, your taurine levels drop by 50%.

This single decline might explain why everything—energy, cognition, recovery, vision—gets worse as you age.

Here’s what taurine actually does: 🧵 1/ First: Taurine isn’t technically an amino acid. It doesn’t build proteins.

It’s a sulfonic acid that regulates cellular functions at the most fundamental level: osmosis, calcium signaling, membrane stability, and mitochondrial function.

Your cells literally can’t function without it.

Your brain is STARVING for vitamin K2.

K2 concentrates in your hippocampus at levels 25x higher than in your blood—because your neurons NEED it to survive.

Here’s what happens when you don’t get enough K2: 🧵 1/ K2 activates Gas6—a protein that keeps your neurons alive.

Gas6 regulates cell survival, proliferation, and migration of neurons and glial cells. Without K2, Gas6 can’t activate, and your neurons start dying.

This is about neuronal survival signaling.

Taurine might be the most important anti-aging compound nobody is talking about.

A 2023 study showed it reversed multiple aging markers in mice, monkeys, AND humans.

Your levels crash 80% between age 25 and 65.

Here’s why this matters more than anything else you’re taking: 🧵 1/ First, understand what’s happening:

Taurine is the most abundant free amino acid in your body. It’s concentrated in your brain, heart, muscles, and eyes.

Your body makes it, but production drops dramatically with age.

By 60, you have 1/5th the taurine you had at 25.

Research peptides targeting mitochondria are the most exciting longevity compounds nobody’s talking about.

MOTS-c, SS-31, and SLU-PP-332 are showing results that make NAD+ boosters look like child’s play.

Here’s what the cutting-edge research reveals: 🧵 1/ Let’s start with MOTS-c, probably the most interesting one.

It’s a 16 amino acid peptide that your mitochondria encode in their own DNA. Discovered in 2015 when researchers realized mitochondria weren’t just making ATP—they were making their own signaling peptides.

Your body produces it naturally, but by age 65 you’re making 80% less than you did at 25.

Taurine deficiency is why you feel like shit at 35.

Your heart pounds after walking upstairs. Your brain feels foggy. Your muscles are weak despite lifting weights.

Most people blame “getting older.” It’s actually cellular starvation.

Here’s what’s really happening: 🧵 1/ Your body made plenty of taurine when you were 20.

By 50, you’re producing 50% less. By 65, you’re down 80%.

This isn’t “natural aging” - it’s your cells literally running out of fuel for basic functions like heartbeat regulation and neurotransmitter production.

Zinc is the gatekeeper of your health.

You have 2-4 grams of zinc in your body right now. It’s involved in over 300 enzymatic reactions, controls immune function, and determines whether you age gracefully or fall apart.

Most people are deficient and don’t even know it. Here’s everything you need to know: 🧵 1/ Zinc is everywhere in your body - and controls everything.

10% of your entire genome codes for zinc-dependent proteins. It’s in every cell, every enzyme system, every metabolic pathway.

Without adequate zinc:

• DNA can’t replicate properly
• Proteins can’t fold correctly
• Your immune system shuts down
• Hormones stop working

Your blood pressure medication isn’t fixing the real problem:

98% of adults are potassium deficient.

Here’s what your doctor doesn’t tell you about the sodium:potassium disaster happening in your cells: 🧵 Your cells are literally drowning in sodium while starving for potassium.

Hunter-gatherers: 11,000mg potassium, 700mg sodium (1:16 ratio)

Modern humans: 2,500mg potassium, 3,400mg sodium (1.4:1 ratio)

We’ve completely inverted our cellular chemistry.

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Your fatigue isn’t from stress or poor sleep.

Your brain fog isn’t from aging.

Your declining health isn’t genetic.

It’s NAD+ depletion - and 99% of doctors have never heard of it.

The cellular energy crisis destroying your health:

🧵 1/15 NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) is your cellular energy currency.

Every cell in your body uses NAD+ to:
• Convert food into energy
• Repair DNA damage
• Regulate circadian rhythms
• Control inflammation
• Activate longevity proteins (sirtuins)

Without adequate NAD+, cells literally can’t function.

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The real cause of chronic fatigue syndrome

Doctors call it “unexplained” but the science is crystal clear.

Your mitochondria are dying and it’s creating an epidemic of exhaustion that medicine refuses to acknowledge: 🧵 Chronic fatigue syndrome affects 2.5 million Americans.

Symptoms: Debilitating exhaustion, brain fog, exercise intolerance, unrefreshing sleep.

Medical explanation: “We don’t know what causes it.”

Reality: It’s mitochondrial dysfunction.

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🚨 Folic acid literally causes cancer

Since 1998, the US government has been forcing you to consume a synthetic chemical that promotes tumor growth.

It’s in your bread, cereal, and supplements.

Here’s the cancer connection they don’t want you to know about: 🧵

1/ In 1996-1998, colorectal cancer rates mysteriously SPIKED across America.

Want to know what else happened during those exact years?

The US government mandated folic acid fortification of all grain products.

Coincidence? The research says hell no.

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Quercetin Masterclass: Nature’s Swiss Army Knife

The anti-inflammatory compound that blocks histamine, shuttles zinc into cells, and protects your mitochondria.

This flavonoid found in onions and apples does things most people never learn about:

• Acts as a natural antihistamine
• Transports zinc directly into cells
• Fights chronic inflammation
• Protects mitochondria from damage

Here’s what you need to know: 🧵

1/12 Quercetin is a powerful anti-histamine and prevents histamine from being released in the first place.

Quercetin is known for its antioxidant activity in radical scavenging and anti-allergic properties characterized by stimulation of immune system, antiviral activity, inhibition of histamine release, decrease in pro-inflammatory cytokines.

Instead of blocking receptors after the damage is done, it stops the problem at the source.

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20 million Americans have thyroid disease.

Half don’t even know it.

We’re living through an epidemic that nobody talks about, and the causes will shock you. 🧵

1/17 Your thyroid is your metabolic master gland.

It controls your heart rate, body temperature, energy production, brain function, and cellular repair. When it fails, your entire body starts breaking down.

Yet we’re destroying it daily without realizing it.

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There’s a compound in Tongkat Ali that can stop your testosterone from turning into estrogen.

Most Tongkat Ali supplements contain almost none of it. 🧵

1/10 As you age, the enzyme aromatase converts more of your testosterone into estrogen.

Eurycomanone - the active compound in Tongkat Ali - directly blocks this conversion.

Think of it as putting the brakes on testosterone theft.

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Methylcobalamin vs Cyanocobalamin: Why your B12 supplement might be making you sicker

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1/10 Most B12 supplements contain cyanocobalamin - a synthetic form that literally contains cyanide.

99% of people have no idea they're consuming a compound that requires detoxification every time they take their "healthy" vitamin.

Let me explain why this matters for your health.

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Vitamin K2 masterclass: The benefits beyond calcium regulation that will blow your mind.

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1/12 Everyone knows K2 directs calcium to bones and away from arteries.

But K2 does SO much more that nobody talks about:

• Testosterone optimization
• Insulin sensitivity
• Cancer prevention
• Skin health
• Brain protection
• Exercise performance

Let's dive deep.

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Your magnesium supplement is probably garbage. Here's how to choose the right form:

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1/9 Not all magnesium is created equal.

Magnesium oxide (found in cheap supplements): 4% absorption

Magnesium glycinate (premium form): 80% absorption

Most people take magnesium oxide and wonder why they still feel tired and anxious.

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BENEFITS OF NATTOKINASE

~ destroys blood clots
~ lowers blood pressure
~ reverses atherosclerosis
~ lowers LDL cholesterol & triglycerides
~ prevents formation of arterial plaque
~ neuroprotective
~ improves circulation
~ improves endothelial function
~ increases bone mineral density
~ anti-inflammatory
~ boosts immunity
~ promotes collagen production
~ improves lung function

A typical dose is 4,000 FU per day, but some of the heart health benefits have been seen at 10,800 FU per day.
This is the one I take:

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Eating earlier aligns your metabolic clock with your natural circadian clock. Upon waking, hunger rises, satiety is at its lowest, and you are most insulin-sensitive (provided your biological rhythms are healthy). You also metabolize foods most efficiently in the morning.

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VITAMIN KING'S GUIDE TO BULLETPROOFING YOUR LIVER

The liver is one of the most important organs, but it is constantly under attack from diet, lifestyle, and environmental factors.

Here's how to get your liver in top shape 🧵👇 The liver is one of the largest organs in the body & it plays a vital role in digestion, energy storage & toxin/waste removal.

Diet & lifestyle significantly contribute to liver health. Metabolic dysfunction, alcohol & drugs can all increase the risk of developing liver disease.