Welcome to the Heartbeat series- a roundup of interesting facts, studies, news, and tidbits on health, diet, and living your best life. Study shows processed meat increases risk of dementia, while same study shows unprocessed meats reduces risks. Caffeine + exercise increase rate of fat burning. High intensity, shorter duration exercise burns more long after… Continue reading Heartbeat 10

Welcome to the Heartbeat series- a roundup of interesting facts, studies, news, and tidbits on health, diet, and living your best life. The increase in vegetable oil consumption is staggering. Measuring deforestation in Belize. Almost certain we’ll be seeing more of this: rising temps hurt yields. Another thing we’re certain to see more of (🤞)… Continue reading Heartbeat 9

Welcome to the Heartbeat series- a roundup of interesting facts, studies, news, and tidbits on health, diet, and living your best life. Pesticides haunt farms & soil for decades. Another reason to raise agriculture in their natural environment- Antibiotics resistance spreads from pigs to humans. The benefits of fat metabolism: not being handcuffed to meal… Continue reading Heartbeat 8

Welcome to the Heartbeat series- a roundup of interesting facts, studies, news, and tidbits on health, diet, and living your best life. Exercise induces autophagy (when your body repairs itself). Bad news for workaholics and insomniacs. Also, exercise improves memory, too. Obesity, hypertension, diabetes, heart failure: responsible for 2/3s of all Covid-19 hospitalizations. There’s a theme,… Continue reading Heartbeat 7

Welcome to the Heartbeat series- a roundup of interesting facts, studies, news, and tidbits on health, diet, and living your best life. Good to see major media outlets covering regenerative farming. More refined grains you eat, higher risk of major cardiovascular disease, stroke and early death. Wine & cheese fend off cognitive decline in old… Continue reading Heartbeat 6

Welcome to the Heartbeat- a roundup of interesting facts, studies, news, and tidbits on health, diet, and living your best life. Big fan of my Apple Watch, and I expect more of this in the future. Wasn’t until my mid-30s that I started drinking coffee. I love it. If it’s bad when you’re commuting, imagine… Continue reading Heartbeat 5

Welcome to the Heartbeat- a roundup of interesting facts, studies, news, and tidbits on health, diet, and living your best life. Light exposure at night causes problems. Coincidentally, I just got my first pair of blue light blocking glasses. Topic of an upcoming blog post, soil health wards off disease in plants. More evidence supporting… Continue reading Heartbeat 4

Welcome to the Heartbeat- a roundup of interesting facts, studies, news, and tidbits on health, diet, and living your best life. Legalizing cannabis has unintended benefits. I’ve noticed this in my own garden, and will blog about this in detail soon. Purdue modifies chia seeds, making them protein rich and anti-aging. Eating fish can reduce… Continue reading Heartbeat 3

Welcome to the Heartbeat- a roundup of interesting facts, studies, news, and tidbits on health, diet, and living your best life. Animals on pasture, $100m not required. I believe honey has incredible health benefits. But don’t buy the cheap stuff laced with syrup. Good question: Why aren’t we wearing better masks? Speaking of bees, they’re… Continue reading Heartbeat 2