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Austin Ollis
Feb 21, 20221 min read
What Would Happen If You Didn’t Sleep?
We’ve all had sleepless nights. When we lose sleep, learning, memory, mood and reaction time are affected. Sleeplessness may also cause...
Austin Ollis
Feb 18, 20221 min read
Why We Eat & What We Do
“Let food be thy medicine and let medicine be thy food.” Hippocrates Americans have a love affair with food, and trends suggest that...
Austin Ollis
Feb 17, 20221 min read
Walking For Your Brain
How much are you walking every day? "The gray matter, which is the part of the brain that holds the nerve cell bodies responsible for...
Austin Ollis
Feb 15, 20221 min read
How Long Should Your Naps Be?
Naps aren’t just for babies. Timing a solid nap during the day can rejuvenate you, so you can be more productive for the rest of the day....
Austin Ollis
Feb 14, 20221 min read
How To Increase Motivation & Drive
There’s a fundamental relationship between dopamine & your desire to exert effort. Getting excited about something in anticipation...
Austin Ollis
Feb 11, 20221 min read
The Neurology of Obesity
We are hardwired to look for palatable, calorie dense foods. . Foods that are highly palatable and high in calories cause dopamine to be...
Austin Ollis
Feb 8, 20221 min read
Our Underappreciated Digestive Tract
5 Large apples = 1 King size bag of M&Ms.. Calories are the same but the volume is different. We have volume sensors in the stomach, and...
Austin Ollis
Feb 7, 20221 min read
Science of Mindsets for Health & Performance
Mindset plays such an important role when it comes to pursuing a goal or something as simple as doing a project at work or school. Dr...
Austin Ollis
Jan 31, 20221 min read
The Roots of the Obesity Epidemic
Dr. Jason Fung explains how the 1977 dietary guidelines led to the obesity epidemic. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans changed the way...
Austin Ollis
Jan 27, 20221 min read
What does the liver do?
Without the liver, our bodies would simply stop working.. So this organ is pretty important. The Liver is the heaviest organ in your body...
Austin Ollis
Jan 26, 20221 min read
How Sleep Can Improve Your Immunity
There is a very intimate association between our sleep health and our immune health. Sleep may be one of the best health insurance...
Austin Ollis
Jan 25, 20221 min read
Benefits of Fasting
Fasting can add some complexity to your health and wellness journey but may be very beneficial to one’s long term health. The science is...
Austin Ollis
Jan 24, 20221 min read
How to Make Your Cells Act Young on the Molecular Level
“Think about how amazing your body is at healing itself when you give it the opportunity to do so.” The 2 things you can do to live a...
Austin Ollis
Jan 21, 20221 min read
Importance of Water in Life
Water forms as the most essential liquid on earth. 75% of the earth's surface is made up of water. Without water we cannot survive, and...
Austin Ollis
Jan 20, 20221 min read
Autophagy 101 - Everything you need to know
Autophagy is when a cell eats itself. Autophagy is essentially clearing out damaged cells in the body. Why would our cells want to eat...
Austin Ollis
Jan 19, 20221 min read
Daily Rhythms - The Master Conductor of Health and Disease
Lifestyle is what, when and how much we Eat, Sleep and Move on a daily basis. For the past 100 years, we've been adding 3 months to the...
Austin Ollis
Jan 17, 20221 min read
Is a Calorie a Calorie? Processed Food, Experiment Gone Wrong
Professor Lustig explains the differences between processed food and unprocessed food and why unprocessed foods tend to have negative...
Austin Ollis
Jan 14, 20221 min read
How to Manage Your Time More Effectively (According to Machines)
We are not robots or computers, but understanding how they operate as efficiently as possible may help us become more productive in our...
Austin Ollis
Jan 13, 20221 min read
Nutritional Psychiatrist Shares Diet Mistakes that Cause Depression and Anxiety
“If you feed kids, pregnant women and individuals more seafood you see lower rates of depression and bi-polar disorder.” Eat a nutrient...
Austin Ollis
Jan 10, 20222 min read
Body Hacking: Using Exercise Physiology to Slow Aging
“Everything is trying to make your life more convenient and less work.” This can be every beneficial feature in some areas of life and...
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