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80/20 Longevity
So apparently Pareto’s Principle, or “80/20” is widely enough known that I got good-naturedly laughed at the other night for saying I had never had anyone ask me the 80/20 for longevity 🙂 The 80/20 principle basically states that about 80% of your benefits come from about 20% of your efforts So, here’s my first…
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Amino Acids
One cool thing that emerges from this infographic is how decarboxylated amino acids are some of the most badass molecules around (tryptamine, GABA, agmatine, phenylethylamine, etc.)
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Weeks 2/3: M-F keto, low-cal, weekend metflex
Week 1 saw me get a little leaner, but I decided to re-try keto starting week 2 (6/30/22). These past two weeks lead to unprecedented physique progress! Highlights: Bodyweight 196.4 (down from 215 mid-May!) I don’t think I’ve been under 200 lbs since my sophmore/junior year of high school 🙂 Bodyfat probably 10-12%, but certainly…
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Peptides
I’ve recently become more interested in the world of peptides- short chains of amino acids. There are a number of peptides widely used for therapeutic purposes these days, eg pentadecapeptide BPC-157. I just read Candace Pert’s assertion that “God is a neuropeptide” in her 1997 book Molecules of Emotion. Haha, this immediately makes me wonder…
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Protein aa content
In longevity research, there’s tons of animal studies looking at amino acid restriction- usually Met/Cys or some BCAA combo. In the fitness world, there’s almost exclusively aa-boosted products- high BCAA, high glutamine, etc. At the 2022 AGE conference, there were multiple presentations on the superiority of temporary Met restriction vs. chronic Met restriction. I’m really…
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SCALE
After seeing other galaxies for the first time this Spring through a 20″ Dobsonian telescope near Big Bend (Bortle 1!), I felt compelled to understand the scale of space. Getting these numbers and ratios was extremely satisfying. There’s a pretty nice symmetry with human-scale in the middle, also it’s cool that these are all kind…
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DIY infrared sauna
I bought an infrared reptile heating bulb from PetCo/PetSmart for about $30, and I hold it on my face for about 5 minutes at night before bed when I feel like it. I perceived an improvement in skin quality resulting from this, and I definitely enjoy the warmth on my face 🙂
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Western Canon
Reading the so-called “Western Canon” of classic literature informed my lyric writing and tremendously enriched my life. Below is a list (kind of a trophy case, but also will hopefully help me identify major gaps) of books I’ve read. Also listed are two books of criticism that really helped me orient myself to classic literature.…
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Interesting scientific articles
Here are some peer-reviewed scientific articles that aren’t about longevity but that are fascinating. The Iron Sulfur World, Gunter Wachtershauser (1992) A patent lawyer with a chemistry degree, Wachtershauser was encouraged by his philosopher friend Husserl to publish this 125 page article speculating that the proto-metabolism ultimately leading to all life on Earth began around…
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DMT books
Here are some amazon links to and thoughts about some books on dimethyltryptamine (DMT), an endogenous (our bodies/brains make it!) psychedelic that is hypothesized to be responsible for near-death experiences (NDEs) and other mysterious experiences (alien entity contact, outer space travel, formation of the soul in the developing human fetus…). More to come… DMT The…
Ryan J. Rossner, PhD 