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Matcha Tea for Weight Loss: 3 Simple Recipes and What the Evidence Says
While matcha tea has been promoted as a 'fat burning' drink, current evidence does not demonstrate this. The available data for green tea and related products indicate, at best, a negligible impact on body weight, with low certainty. There is therefore no basis to assume that consuming matcha tea will promote weight loss.
By Ali Kulaabout 18 hours ago in Longevity
Are You Really Sure That Is What The Research Shows?
Written by a human, for humans, always. Sometimes... Theory does not work in reality. Sometimes... What you hear is not true.
By H.E. Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, COIE, DFM, DHM20 days ago in Longevity
Lansoprazole : Patient Counseling and Safety Advice
Lansoprazole~is a group of drugs called proton pump inhibitor that helps to reduce the amount of gastrointestinal acid secretion.
By Rayid jibril25 days ago in Longevity
I Tried Murakami’s 4 A.M. Routine for One Night. The Real Lesson Wasn’t Waking Up Early.
Repetition itself I Last night at nine, I lay down. Falling asleep wasn’t easy. My body still carried the momentum of the day, like a hard drive that had been shut down but was still spinning. So I went for a run in the evening and wore myself out. This morning I woke at four. It was still dark, and the room had an unreal quiet. Seven hours, no more and no less, just at the starting point of the recommended sleep duration for adults. I was alert in a way I did not expect. Not wired. Just clear enough that the bandwidth was finally sufficient.
By Jinabout a month ago in Longevity
No, Crab and Persimmon Won’t Turn Into Arsenic in Your Stomach
Another message came through the family group chat. Crab and persimmon. A skull. The text: equals white arsenic. Autumn arrives, and the message arrives with it. It sounds like a chemical formula. Persimmon has vitamin C. Crab has arsenic. Vitamin C reduces pentavalent arsenic to trivalent arsenic. Trivalent arsenic is white arsenic.
By Jinabout a month ago in Longevity
The Greens Are Still in the Bowl
Dinner table. White porcelain bowl. Rice mounded into a small hill. Mom picked up a chopstickful of greens and put it at the edge of the child’s bowl. The child pushed the greens to the rim with his spoon.
By Jinabout a month ago in Longevity
Anti-aging 4 ways: Hide-it, Cut-it, Swallow-it, Prevent-it
I want to share my perspective on anti-aging—specifically, how I’ve come to understand it—by breaking it down into four different approaches: Hiding it, Cutting it, Swallowing it, or Preventing it.
By John - Melanobarsabout a month ago in Longevity
Pink With Purpose to Support Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Wear Pink with Purpose to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Donning this color shows everyone they are not alone in their fight.
By Lynne Blackabout a month ago in Longevity
She Cheated the Berlin Marathon and Called It a Personal Best
A bicycle at kilometer 38, a brand deal in flames, and the runners who finished. On September 27, 2026, 56,000 runners from 162 countries lined up for the Berlin Marathon. The course runs through the Brandenburg Gate, past the Victory Column, through a city that has seen more than its share of history.
By Jinabout a month ago in Longevity
Your Tattoo Starts a Fight Your Immune System Never Finishes
A tattoo needle punctures the skin hundreds of times per minute. It delivers pigment into the dermis. The dermis is not the epidermis. It does not shed on a regular cycle. Once pigment gets in, it stays.
By Jinabout a month ago in Longevity
Your Immune System Could Kill Every Gut Bacterium. Why Doesn't It?
In the large intestine, a single gram of feces contains hundreds of billions of bacteria. Immune cells sit just a millimeter below. They have not started fighting.
By Jinabout a month ago in Longevity
I Thought White Rice Was the Worst Carb. Then I Saw What These 6 “Light” Staples Do to Blood Sugar
At noon, a bowl of liangpi with sesame paste, chili oil, and vinegar hits the spot. By 3 p.m., your eyelids are heavy, your head feels foggy, and your mouth is dry. You think you did not sleep well. Your blood sugar may already have spiked and then stayed high.
By Jin2 months ago in Longevity