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…
Category: The Long Game
Evidence-based healthspan experiments exploring metabolism, biohacking and practical interventions that support long-term health.
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…
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…
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…
Understanding Fat: A Little-Known Love Story
Few nutrients are as polarizing as fat. Sometimes it’s blamed for weight gain, sometimes it’s praised for protecting the heart and brain. Cholesterol, especially, tends to appear only in the same sentence as heart attack.…
How I Found Biohacking and What it Means to Me
In this article, I am explaining what I mean by biohacking, how I got here, why it might be more familiar than you think. And why you should absolutely give it a try. What I…