Digestion – more than just breaking down food
No matter how perfect your diet is, it doesn't matter if the body can't break down, absorb and use the nutrients. Over the course of a lifetime, up to 60 tons of food pass through our digestive system. It is one of the most advanced systems in the body. Digestion is not just a mechanical process. It is a finely tuned interplay between chemistry, microbiome, immune system and nervous system. And perhaps it is the role of the nervous system that is most underestimated.
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Practical tips to improve your HRV
Heart rate variability (HRV) is a measure of the variation in time between your heartbeats. It says a lot about how well your autonomic nervous system is functioning, i.e. the balance between stress response and recovery. In general, the higher your HRV, the better your body's stress tolerance, recovery, and resilience. That's why many people today use HRV as a biohacking tool to understand how your body is doing. Here are five simple, research-based ways to improve your HRV.
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Mindfulness and meditation as pieces of the self-healing puzzle
In recent decades, mindfulness and meditation have received increasing scientific support as effective methods for strengthening the body's natural healing processes. Research shows that these techniques affect both biochemical and frequency mechanisms in the body. This article explores how mindfulness and meditation support self-healing through physiological and energetic processes.
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STUDY: Saturated fat prevented skin cancer in UV-irradiated mice
An Australian study from 1988 showed that mice fed saturated fat became virtually immune to cancer-causing UV rays – while the same UV exposure in mice fed polyunsaturated fat led to massive tumor growth. What really happens to the skin when we choose the wrong fat? Research can turn upside down what we thought we knew about sun protection and diet.
Read article Is there a risk of consuming too much Omega-6?
Omega-6 is an essential fat. Without omega-6, cell membranes, skin barriers, hormone production, and the immune system cannot function properly. Yet omega-6 has become one of the most problematic nutrients in the modern diet. Not because it is harmful in itself, but because the amount, form, and context have changed in a way that the body is not biologically adapted for.
Read article Fat in the shopping cart
When knowledge is put into practice, it doesn't have to be complicated. Quite the opposite. A good way to think is to let the body be the answer. Here's how to think about fat when you shop, when you're in the store: Choose fats that your body recognizes and has used for a long time in its evolution. Fats that come from whole foods – fish, olives, avocados, nuts, seeds, butter, meat and natural oils – generally act as building blocks rather than burdens. They contain fatty acids in forms that cell membranes, hormones and the nervous system can use without having to compensate or "clean up" afterwards.
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