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Health Goals

Start from what you want to fix. Each guide ranks what to do, shows how it works, and links to the research.

The rest of the site is sorted by nutrient, food or paper. These pages are sorted by outcome: a short list ranked by how much each habit moves, one picture of the mechanism, and a few paragraphs on each lever. They're meant to read in about five minutes. The evidence, doses and references live on the entry and paper each guide links to, with the same grading as everywhere else.

Quick guides

Quick guide

Heart Health

Plaque, blood pressure and clotting. Hard intervals, insulin sensitivity, fewer seed oils, potassium, arugula and beets, magnesium, wild fish and sun, and what to skip.

9 levers · links to the statins paper
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Skin Health

The barrier, the collagen scaffold and what sunlight does to both. Sun without burning, vitamin A, collagen building blocks, tomato paste, wild fish, fewer seed oils, steady blood sugar and zinc.

8 levers · links to the sunlight and linoleic acid papers
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Sleep

The clock, the pressure and the off-switch. Fixed wake time, morning light, coffee before noon, no late alcohol, open airway, cool room, exercise, glycine and magnesium.

8 levers · what OTC sleep aids really are
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Gut Health

Digestion, the bacteria and the one-cell lining. The right fiber, fermented food, no emulsifiers, fewer NSAIDs, keeping stomach acid, bone broth, glutamine and mastic.

8 levers · which gut tests are worth it
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Thyroid & Cold Tolerance

Make it, activate it, use it. Iodine (and why sea salt lacks it), enough food, selenium, iron, less stress, cold training, vitamin A and zinc.

7 levers · which thyroid tests to ask for
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Immune System

Keep it out, hit hard, then stop. Sleep, vitamin D, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin C, exercise, the gut and wild fish, plus what to do when you're coming down with something.

8 levers · why "boosting" is the wrong goal
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Longevity

The engine, the chassis and the terrain. VO2max, muscle, insulin sensitivity, walking, protein, sleep and people, plus why most longevity pills don't earn a place.

8 levers · the measures worth tracking
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Brain & Focus

Fuel, building materials and signals. Sleep, exercise, B12 and iron, steady blood sugar, wild fish, choline, creatine and caffeine with theanine.

8 levers · what to check for brain fog
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Joints & Bones

Load, materials and the joint itself. Heavy lifting and impact, balance, weight off the knees, protein, the calcium–D–K2 team, and gelatin with vitamin C before training.

8 levers · what glucosamine and calcium pills don't do
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Testosterone

Signal, factory and loss. Sleep, losing fat, eating enough fat, lifting without overtraining, zinc and vitamin D, alcohol and plastics, and why most T boosters are empty.

7 levers · how to read a hormone panel
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Teeth & Gums

Biofilm, enamel and saliva. Keep the mouth wet, cut acid frequency, brush gently, treat bleeding gums, skip antiseptic mouthwash, hydroxyapatite and xylitol.

9 levers · what fluoride does and doesn't do
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Stress & Cortisol

Why "adrenal fatigue" is really a flattened daily rhythm. Morning light, sleep, salt, enough food, vitamin C, magnesium, hard training with recovery, and coffee before noon.

8 levers · what to check if you still feel burned out
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Fat Loss & Blood Sugar

Intake, disposal and the storage signal. Real food, protein, lifting, walking after meals, sleep, food order, earlier carbs, and when a GLP-1 makes sense.

8 levers + GLP-1 · the numbers that matter
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Eyes & Vision

Growth, retina and surface. Daylight for kids, blood sugar, no smoking, AREDS2 only when it fits, egg yolks and greens, screen breaks and wild fish.

8 levers · what blue-light glasses don't do
Quick guide · new

Energy & Fatigue

A checklist for "always tired": sleep and apnoea, ferritin, thyroid and B12, eating enough, fitness, salt and water, morning light, caffeine timing and alcohol.

8 levers · the tests to ask for

Longer reads by goal

These came first and go deeper. They're full papers, not quick guides.

Paper

Metabolic Health

Insulin resistance as the upstream problem, and the short list that fixes it.

Paper

Liver & Alcohol Recovery

What helps a liver recover after drinking, and what doesn't.

Paper

Grey Hair & Hair Loss

Which deficiencies reverse greying, and what actually regrows hair.

Paper

Fitness

Lifting, running, walking and intervals compared.

Not medical advice. If you take a prescription drug for the thing a guide covers, talk to your doctor before you change it.