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61 pieces on wellness, nutrition, sleep, recovery, and the long story of healthy living.
Fitness
Recovery Is Training: Why Rest Days Are Doing More Than You Think
Rest days are often treated as the absence of training. They're actually where most of the adaptation happens.
4 min read
Sleep
Glycine for Sleep: The Mechanism Behind the Supplement
Glycine is one of the few supplements with a plausible mechanism and reasonable evidence for sleep. Here's why it works — and whether it might help you.
4 min read
Mental Health
Stress journaling protocol: what to actually write
Journaling for stress relief isn't just free-writing. Structure matters. Here's the evidence-based approach.
4 min read
Nutrition
Mindful Eating: A Practical Approach That Actually Changes Behavior
Mindful eating has genuine evidence behind it, but the practice often gets reduced to eating slowly and putting down your fork. The real application is more interesting.
4 min read
Supplements
Omega-3s and Fish Oil: Separating the Signal From the Noise
Fish oil is one of the most popular supplements in the world and one of the most misunderstood. Here's what the evidence actually shows.
4 min read
Cardiovascular
Heart Rate Variability: What Your HRV Actually Tells You (and What It Doesn't)
HRV tracking apps are everywhere. But interpreting your own HRV data requires understanding what variability means physiologically — and when it matters.
4 min read
Sleep
Lucid dreaming protocols and risk
Lucid dreaming is achievable, but methods can disrupt sleep quality. Here's what actually works and what the trade-offs are.
4 min read
Nutrition
Fermented Foods and the Microbiome: What Changes in Week One
Adding fermented foods doesn't instantly fix your gut, but it does shift your microbiome measurably. Here's what science shows.
3 min read
Lifestyle
Morning Routines: What Science Actually Supports
Morning routine culture has generated an entire genre of content. Here's what the research actually supports, stripped of the productivity mythology.
4 min read
Nutrition
How Much Protein Do You Actually Need?
Protein recommendations range from barely enough to survive to amounts that would require eating every two hours. Here's what the evidence actually supports.
4 min read
Sleep
CBT-I (cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia) primer
CBT-I is the most evidence-based treatment for insomnia. Here's how it works and why it's different from other approaches.
4 min read
Metabolic
Post-Meal Walks and Glucose Control — A Simple Intervention
A 2–3 minute walk after meals is one of the simplest interventions for improving glucose control and reducing diabetes risk.
5 min read