Ben Cuan

If you’re not feeling “hell yeah!” then say no

I’ve come to believe that for each respective QoL enhancement there is an optimal level of engagement at which you reap pretty much all of the benefit, and any further cognitive energy and money you funnel into it is just chasing a non-existent white whale.

Two steps! The first step is totally meaningless. You can have one good day and sink back into your old patterns like it’s nothing. You need 2 good days, 2 good days in a row. Then you have something to lose, something worth defending. You have a trend, you’re going somewhere, dim light peers through that great scrim.

Nothing is more powerful, addictive, anti-depressive—I daresay spiritual—than the feeling of motion, the rhythm of progress.

They found that participants who consumed larger amounts of methyl adaptogen foods, such as turmeric, rosemary, garlic, berries, green tea, and oolong tea, had more significant reductions in epigenetic age.