The human body is incredible.

Fascia has memory; Collagen is deposited along lines of tension expressed in connective tissues.

Forces acting upon your body such as movement and strains, dictate where collagen is deposited. This creates a “tensional memory”

... Fascia also has the awareness of the mechanometabolic information it feels, and it has the anticipatory predisposition in preparing itself for alteration of its natural intra- and extracellular milieu.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

It's that time of the year. A lot to be thankful for.

Especially thankful for this side of health, you teach me something new every day.

Here are a few of my favorite accounts that will accelerate your health journey: @TheWarKitchen
@JulianaLung
@BowTiedGatorDDS
@BioavailableNd
@BlueLightDiet
@Grimhood
@livevitaeuk
@AbudBakri
@bitcoinand_beef
@BasedMedical
@BreatheLesss
@coookwithchris
@JohnConstas
@AJA_Cortes
@mythoughtfood
@CarlisleDiana
@ellavatehealth
@olyveyaa
@ResilientDad
@HerbaLogical

If you want to be healthier, consume more Pomegranate.

- Neuroprotective
- Decreases inflammation
- Decline in cancer proliferation

And so much more. 🧵A Thread 🧵 Pomegranate has been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, hemorrhoids, intestinal parasites, sore throat, diabetes, epistaxis, and vaginal itching and is believed to be a tonic for the heart.

Exposure to nature is associated with improved:

- cognitive function
- mental health, stress, anxiety
- immune function
- surgery recovery
- sleep
- birth outcomes
- asthma/allergies
- mortality

And so much more. There is no better place to heal.

🌳 A Thread🌳 The University of New England showed the positive effects of exposure to greenery on diseases, such as reductions in the risk of type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease, premature death, preterm birth, stress and high blood pressure

Figs have a history dating back 6000 years, one of the oldest known plants to mankind.

Used for centuries in traditional medicine for health-promoting effects addressing:
- gastrointestinal
- respiratory
- inflammatory
- metabolic
- cardiovascular issues

and so much more... Anthocyanins, rutin, and carotenoids are the primary phytochemical classes represented in figs, though other flavonoids and phenolic compounds are also present.

Darker varieties and fresh/unprocessed figs tend to have higher densities of select phytochemicals

Get grounded.

15 ways touching the Earth (Grounding) improves your overall health, energy, and vigor • Improved sleep.

• Pain reduction from virtually all causes.

• Reduced acute or chronic inflammation.

• Relaxation. The autonomic nervous system shifts from sympathetic activation to parasympathetic.

• Accelerates healing of injuries.

Journaling can transform your thought patterns, health, and overall well-being.

The Science of Reflective Journaling Writing about experiences to develop learning and growth through reflection is called reflective writing.

RW involves the process of reconsidering an experience, which is then analyzed in its various components.

RAW HONEY

One of Nature's Ultimate Cure's

🧵A Thread🧵 Honey is a natural product formed from nectar of flowers by honeybees.

Honey has been used by humans since ancient times. Most ancient populations, including the Greeks, Chinese, Egyptians, Romans, Mayans, consumed honey both for nutritional aims & for its medicinal properties.

The Nutritional Benefit of Sourdough Fermented Breads

🧵A Thread🧵 Sourdough fermentation is a biotechnological process that has been in use for 5,000 years and has shown the ability to improve the sensory, rheological, and shelf-life properties of baked goods.

Herbal medicine to improve performance

The Glymphatic System

The brain's toxin-removal system that has a crucial role in the prevention of dementia

// A Thread // The glymphatic system is a recently discovered waste clearance system in the brain that is believed to play a crucial role in maintaining the health of the brain. The glymphatic system has been described as the central nervous system’s analogue to the lymphatic system.

Remember the saying “Laughter is medicine”? It’s true.

Here’s why laughter and humor have real healing benefits.

🧵A Thread 🧵 Human emotions, such as anxiety, depression, fear, joy, & laughter, profoundly affect psychological and physiological processes.

From ancient times, laughter has been used to influence cognitive behavior to improve and establish healthy physical & psychological relationships.

The Unbelievable Health Benefits Of Butterfly Pea

🧵 A Thread 🧵 Clitoria ternatea, commonly known as butterfly pea or blue pea, is a perennial herbaceous plant from the Fabaceae family. The flowers of this plant were thought to be shaped like human female genitals, hence they received their Latin name of the genus “Clitoria”.

HOW ARTIFICIAL FOODS ACTUALLY DESTROY YOUR HEALTH

🧵A Thread🧵 According to the FDA, dyes are used to confer color to food that has lost it and to improve the color or provide it to uncolored food to make it attractive...

Artificial dyes derived from petroleum are found in thousands of foods.

A sedentary lifestyle is a death sentence:👇 A sedentary lifestyle leads to reduced:
- lipoprotein lipase activity
- muscle glucose
- protein transporter activities
- impaired lipid metabolism
- diminished carbohydrate metabolism
- decreased cardiac output & systemic blood flow while activating sympathetic nervous system

Reasons Not To Drink Diet Soda

//A Thread// "consumption of diet soda at least daily was associated with significantly greater risks of select incident metabolic syndrome components and type 2 diabetes."

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19151203/

People are really out here lathering themselves with sunscreens, chemicals, preservatives, fragrances... Fragrances were present in 52.3% of the examined products, mostly limonene (76.9%) and linalool (64.6%) but also citronellol (34.1%), geraniol (31.5%), coumarin (30%) and hexyl cinnamal (29.2%).

Preservatives showed a rate of 60% and the most frequently identified were...

Ultra-processed foods represent up to 80% of total caloric intake in the US and Canada.

But Ultra-Processed foods are designed to kill you.

🧵A Thread🧵 Ultra-processed foods are industrially manufactured ready-to-eat or ready-to-heat formulations containing food additives and little or no whole foods.

Processing induces significant changes to the food.

Twitter can reshape your health for the better.

If you follow the right people.

Here are the best Twitter accounts to follow to accelerate your healing journey: I've been on Twitter for almost 2 years now and I've put out my fair share of threads and health advice.

But I've also had the pleasure of finding and interacting with accounts putting out tremendous value.

New perspectives, ideas, and protocols to improve and heal naturally.

Plants can transform your indoor environment for the better

5 plants with proven health benefits that you need

🧵A Thread🧵 According to studies, indoor air is easily contaminated by certain air-borne substances, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from building materials or household goods.

Studies show that indoor air contains about seven to ten times the amount of VOCs as outdoor air.

One of the world's oldest crops: Garlic

Why you should be consuming this ancient, disease-fighting herb.

🧵 A thread 🧵 Garlic is one of the oldest known crops in Europe and Asia. Native to Central Asia, garlic is part of the culture of civilizations in Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Writings from ancient Egypt and India dating back 5000 years mention garlic.