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Forget the Perfect Formula. Health Is Gradient Descent.
Today I want to take you on a little journey: to show what math and engineering can teach us about nutrition and health. And maybe we’ll even take the tiniest peek into how computers do all the cool things they do these days like for example AI aka large language models. OK wait, what? 😅I……
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Cinnamon Stars
Note: This recipe was originally part of my Biscuit Advent Calendar, a one-recipe-a-day email series in December. I’m gradually turning those recipes into proper blog posts so they’re easier to find. Cinnamon stars are not the biscuit that draws attention on the plate. They are simply there every year, on every German Christmas plate worth……
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The Duty Trap : What the nervous system actually needs and why it probably isn’t more sleep
I set up this blog as a biohacking blog. Why? Frankly, I AM ambivalent about the term. On the downside, it implies ruthless, somewhat masculine self-optimization. Mostly using expensive gadgets to track exactly what your body does so that you can head off its undesirable reactions to the way your analytical mind has decided your……
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Happy World Women’s Day?
On the alternatives to fitting in at all costs Today I went out for lunch with a former colleague. A guy (in my former line of work the majority of colleagues fall on that side of the gender line).He told me about one his female colleagues. “She’s an inspiration to me,” he said. “She joins……
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2025 in Review: A Year of Experiments
A year I wouldn’t change I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed this year. It started with a lot of unknowns. It ends with a lot of unknowns too. But I loved how one project led to another and how they all cross-pollinated. Instead of pulling on the grass to make it grow, it felt……
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Scapegoat or Superstar? What Cholesterol does in the body
If we’re already talking about building blocks for cell membranes, signaling, and transport then we can’t skip a molecule that spent decades with a bad reputation and is only slowly making a comeback as the biological all-rounder it is: cholesterol. It’s not a fat in the classic sense, but a so-called sterol; chemically related, but……
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12 on 12 – August 2025: Nature, Movement, and Skipping Dinner
So, I finally remembered to join in this time: 12 of 12 is about posting 12 photos from an ordinary day (the 12th of the month). For the last three months I meant to do it and every time I either forgot or thought of it too late. And the English version as you can see by……
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My To-Want List for the third quarter of 2025
What?! Third quarter already?! The year has barely started… or at least, we’re only halfway through it. True: quarter three begins right when half the year is officially over. Feeling the teensiest bit stressed now? I can relate. And I’m really putting myself out there with this one. Because honestly? I really hate to-do lists. That’s why……
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Studying nutrition without a ‘dream body”? Yep. And that’s a good thing.
My relationship with my body, like for so many of us, hasn’t always been straightforward. As a child, I was completely normal; during my teenage years, I gained weight due to extreme stress. It had nothing to do with boredom. I ate because I had to cope somehow. All fairly stereotypical… But when I think……
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Three Values and an Untamed Racehorse: Acceptance, Freedom, and Curiosity
This article was written as part of a blogging program that helps me to not completely lose the plot. It’s one of the early pieces we create simply to get into the habit of writing. By the way, my blog mentor’s motto is “Blog like nobody’s reading.”1 And yes, it feels terribly self-indulgent to write exclusively……