Reversing Heart Disease, Creatine on Kidney Health, 5 Life Extending Habits, and More
Physionic
May 4, 2024
Mindsip insights from this episode:
Reverse functional muscle age with resistance training
Resistance training can reverse functional muscle age by over 20 years, even for people in their 90s.
Utilize GLP-1 agonists to regulate hunger through brain mechanisms
GLP-1 agonists like Ozempic reduce hunger by directly acting on the brain to make 'eat more' neurons harder to activate and 'stop eating' neurons easier to activate.
Achieve plastic-free arteries to reduce heart disease risk
Although microplastics in arteries are linked to higher heart disease risk, a significant portion of the population has none, suggesting that avoidance is possible.
Incorporate diet breaks to preserve metabolism during fat loss
Incorporating diet breaks where you eat at maintenance calories results in similar fat loss to continuous dieting but better preserves your resting metabolism.
Recognize 'skinny fat' risk to prevent diabetes
Seemingly thin people can develop diabetes if they have a low 'personal fat threshold,' causing them to store fat dangerously around their organs instead of under the skin.
Leverage muscle tissue to enhance cardiovascular health through exosomes
Muscle tissue actively protects the cardiovascular system by releasing exosomes that trigger the growth of new blood vessels.
Avoid creatine for accurate kidney test results
Creatine supplementation can falsely indicate kidney damage on standard blood tests; a Cystatin C test is needed for an accurate assessment.
Recognize autophagy's role in overweight individuals
Contrary to popular belief, being overweight is associated with higher baseline levels of autophagy in fat tissue, likely as a protective stress response.
Combat cancer by protecting immune cell mitochondria
Cancer cells can hijack mitochondria from immune cells using nanotubes, simultaneously boosting their own energy and weakening the immune response.
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