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3x Exited Founder/ CEO of tech cos, Chairman Emeritus- QUIN(Quad), former VC@Menlo Ventures, Author of 2 books, fmr White House fellow. All tweets personal.
May 2 14 tweets 4 min read
Japanese scientists just discovered shocking news about bread and rice:

Mice ate it and gained fat without eating more calories.

Here's everything you need to know (& how to eat carbs without slowing your metabolism): Image
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Important caveat first:

This was a mouse study.

Not proof that bread or rice automatically make humans fat.

But the finding is still wild because it challenges the simple story people tell about carbs and weight.
May 1 12 tweets 3 min read
Andrew Huberman just broke down why sugar cravings are usually not a willpower problem.

They are often a blood-sugar, sleep, and reward-circuit problem first.

Here are 7 science-based levers that make cravings easier to control:

1. Bad sleep makes cravings louder the next day. Not just because you're tired.

Short or fragmented sleep changes appetite, blood sugar control, and the reward value of sweet foods.

So the willpower failure often started the night before.
Apr 29 13 tweets 4 min read
7 signs your brain is losing its backup capacity (You won't notice it as memory loss at first):

1. You only do things you're already good at. Stanford neuroscientist David Eagleman just went on Diary of a CEO.

The key idea: your brain is not protected by "being smart."

It is protected by cognitive reserve: extra pathways when older ones weaken.
Apr 27 18 tweets 5 min read
He predicted:

• AI vision breakthrough (1989)
• Neural network comeback (2006)
• Self-supervised learning revolution (2016)

Now Yann LeCun's 5 new predictions just convinced Zuckerberg to redirect Meta's entire $20B AI budget.

Here's what you should know (& how to prepare): Image @ylecun is Meta's Chief AI Scientist and Turing Award winner.

For 35 years, he's been right about every major AI breakthrough when everyone else was wrong.

He championed neural networks during the "AI winter."

But his new predictions are his boldest yet...
Apr 25 15 tweets 5 min read
Every person over 30 blames aging for their stiff, painful back.

Turns out, it is not your chair or your age.

It is 3 support systems that stop doing their job after years of sitting.

Here is the simple rebuild path: Back pain is not always a "tight back" problem.

Sometimes the back is just the part screaming loudest.

The real issue is often lower down and deeper:

1. stiff hips
2. sleeping glutes
3. a core that cannot brace under load Image
Apr 14 12 tweets 4 min read
A massive Swedish study followed 30,000 women for 20 years.

Sun exposure tracked. Mortality tracked.

The researchers were stunned by what they found.

Here's what avoiding the sun actually does to your lifespan: Image This was the Melanoma in Southern Sweden cohort.

29,518 women.
20 years.

Not a mood survey.

A mortality study: Image
Apr 1 14 tweets 5 min read
Columbia and NYU researchers tracked 11,000 people for 20 years.

Urine tests before. Urine tests after.

When they switched to clean water, their risk of dying from cancer and heart disease dropped 50%.

Here's what was in their water the entire time: 🧵 Image
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The study was run by Columbia University in Araihazar, Bangladesh.

622 adults. All drinking from wells above the arsenic safety limit.

Each was given a water filter.

Researchers tracked urinary arsenic, a direct biomarker of what's inside your body. Image
Mar 30 15 tweets 5 min read
Harvard researchers put 24 office workers in the same room for 6 days.

They changed one thing about the air. The workers didn't know.

Then they tested their brains.

Cognitive scores doubled.

Here's what the air you're breathing right now is doing to your brain: Image Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health. 2016.

24 participants. Full work days. 9 to 5.

An environmentally controlled office space.

Blinded to every condition.

No one knew what was changing. Image
Mar 27 13 tweets 5 min read
Thyroid cancer used to hit people in their 60s.

Now it's the #1 most common cancer in young adults aged 16-33.

According to the National Cancer Institute, diagnoses have tripled since the 1990s.

Here are 8 things destroying your thyroid without you realizing:

1. Tap water Image
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A 2024 meta-analysis found high fluoride in drinking water raises TSH, a marker of reduced thyroid function.

A UK study of 7,935 practices found nearly 2x the hypothyroidism rate in fluoridated regions.

But #2 is hiding in your fridge right now...
Mar 21 15 tweets 5 min read
Testosterone is more than a sex hormone.

It builds muscle, burns fat, and sharpens your focus.

But modern life is killing it... quietly and daily.

Here are 10 daily habits that naturally boost testosterone without pills🧵:

1. Lift heavy weights Squats, deadlifts, and bench press trigger the largest acute testosterone spikes.

But here's what most people get wrong:

Lifting doesn't permanently raise resting T. It works indirectly by cutting fat and improving insulin sensitivity
Mar 19 13 tweets 5 min read
We have proof that HEAT STRESS can reverse the brain's natural decline after 30.

A 20-year Finnish study found that one 20-minute habit activates BDNF, the "neurogenesis protein" that grows new brain cells, strengthens memory, and cut dementia risk by 66%.

Here's the breakdown: Image
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After age 30, your brain starts losing neurons every day.

Most people don't notice until it's too late.

Memory slips. Focus fades. Brain fog becomes "normal."

But it's not normal.

It's a sign that your BDNF levels are dropping. Image
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Mar 17 13 tweets 5 min read
Big Pharma makes $26B/year on ADHD drugs alone.

Meanwhile, a treatment exists that retrains your brain's electrical patterns without a single pill.

It's been tested in 38 randomized trials.

The results are shocking, but not for the reason you think.

Here's what they found: 🧵 Image
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Your brain runs on 5 electrical frequencies:

• Delta (deep sleep)
• Theta (creativity, daydreaming)
• Alpha (calm focus)
• Beta (alertness, problem solving)
• Gamma (peak performance)

When these get out of balance, you get anxiety, ADHD, brain fog, and insomnia. Image
Mar 15 13 tweets 5 min read
There's ONE biohack that Huberman, Brecka & Rhonda Patrick all swear by.

It's not cold plunge. Not creatine. Not NAD+.

It costs $2/day & is the most proven way to protect your brain, fight depression & slow cognitive decline.

Here’s what it is, how it works, and how to use it: Image
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Starting at age 30, your brain begins to shrink.

Your hippocampus (memory and learning center) deteriorates fastest.

Most people accept this as inevitable.

But a study of 1,575 brain scans found one nutrient that stops it: Image
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Mar 13 13 tweets 5 min read
Harvard scanned meditators' brains and found something that should've made headlines everywhere.

10-20 minutes a day doesn't just "reduce stress," it physically grows new brain tissue, shrinks your fear center, and reverses age-related cortical thinning.

Here's the breakdown:🧵 Image
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Most people treat meditation like a productivity hack.

Breathe. Relax. Move on.

But in 2005, Harvard neuroscientist Sara Lazar put meditators inside an MRI machine.

What she found changed everything we thought we knew about the adult brain. Image
Mar 7 12 tweets 4 min read
We have proof that specific plant compounds can reverse the "inevitable" cognitive decline that starts in your 30s.

New research shows they rebuild the exact brain chemicals that control focus and memory, the ones your body stops producing in your 30s.

Here's the breakdown: 🧵 Image
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After 30, your brain quietly starts running low on the chemicals that control focus, memory, and mental speed.

Dopamine. Acetylcholine. Serotonin.

Most people don't notice until it's been happening for years.
Mar 3 13 tweets 5 min read
Your body is aging faster than it should.

Not because of your diet or your genetics.

It's because "zombie cells" are piling up inside you, silently causing inflammation, brain fog, and stubborn fat.

Here are 9 science-backed ways to flush them out:

1. Eat more strawberries. Strawberries have the highest concentration of fisetin. The most potent natural senolytic Mayo Clinic found out of 10 tested.

In aged mice, fisetin extended median AND maximum lifespan.

You'd need ~130 a day though. A supplement is more realistic. Image
Mar 1 17 tweets 5 min read
You can take every supplement on earth.

But if your nervous system is fragmented — your brainwaves out of sync, your heart rhythm chaotic — none of it will stick.

The real fix? A physics principle called "coherence." And the easiest way to trigger it will surprise you: 🧵 Image From a physics standpoint, the universe is vibration.

Atoms oscillate. Molecules resonate. Stars pulse.

Matter isn't static substance. It's organized energy in motion.

This doesn't require theology.

It requires physics.
Feb 26 14 tweets 5 min read
Autophagy is one of the most ignored natural remedies on Earth.

When triggered, it forces your cells to eat their own damage, melt inflammation, and destroy pre-cancerous tissue.

So, I started researching its healing benefits...

What I discovered will blow your mind: 🧵 Image The word "autophagy" literally means "self-eating" in Greek.

It's your body's built-in recycling system. Your cells identify damaged proteins, broken mitochondria, and toxic waste, wrap them in a membrane, and send them to be destroyed and reused.

Think of it as a deep clean at the cellular level.
Feb 21 13 tweets 4 min read
Metformin is one of the most ignored longevity biohacks on Earth.

Used right, it slows your aging, sharpens your memory, and keeps your body feeling decades younger.

Yet no one talks about it. So I went deep into the latest research...

What I found will blow your mind: 🧵 ⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This thread is for educational purposes only. Nothing here is medical advice. Always consult your physician before starting any new supplement or medication.
Feb 19 18 tweets 5 min read
He predicted:

• AI vision breakthrough (1989)
• Neural network comeback (2006)
• Self-supervised learning revolution (2016)

Now Yann LeCun's 5 new predictions just convinced Zuckerberg to redirect Meta's entire $20B AI budget.

Here's what you should know (& how to prepare): Image @ylecun is Meta's Chief AI Scientist and Turing Award winner.

For 35 years, he's been right about every major AI breakthrough when everyone else was wrong.

He championed neural networks during the "AI winter."

But his new predictions are his boldest yet...
Feb 17 12 tweets 4 min read
NAD+ controls how fast you age.

Without it, your cells stop repairing, inflammation spirals & your brain starts declining.

By 40 you've lost 50% (& it won’t regenerate alone).

But there are 4 peer-reviewed trials that show how to restore it safely.

Here's what they found: 🧵 First, what is NAD+?

It's a molecule in every cell of your body. It powers over 500 enzymes tied to energy production, DNA repair, and inflammation control.

Without enough of it, your cells can't maintain themselves.

And after 40, your levels start falling fast. Image