Most people treat fiber as a singular nutrient, but in functional medicine, we know that biochemistry is never that simple. The standard advice to “eat more roughage” is often responsible for the persistent bloating and digestive distress seen in many high-performance athletes and biohackers. To optimize your metabolic health and reduce your biological age, you…
Ever feel like you’re on a merry-go-round of prescriptions, each one leading to another? You’re not alone. Many of us are taking medications that might not be helping, and in some cases, could be making things worse. One of the biggest culprits? Stomach acid suppressants. We’ve been taught that acid reflux means “too much acid,”…
When temperatures drop and the days get shorter, it’s common for fitness routines to shift or stall. It’s not just the chill in the air that makes it hard to stay on track. There’s the added darkness, the damp weather, and the slow grind of winter fatigue. For anyone trying to keep momentum with fitness…
The “January Rush” is officially over, and for most, the initial surge of motivation has hit a wall of biological friction. If you have struggled or failed your resolutions, it isn’t a character flaw; it is a failure of your current physiological and neurological programming. As an anti-aging researcher and founder of X Gym, I…
The NYT came out with an article last week, “How Little Exercise Can You Get Away With?” In it, they mentioned “new research” and discoveries that we have been doing at X Gym since 1998. It’s nice to see mainstream catching up, even if it is more than a quarter-century behind X Gym. Here are…
Winter can throw off even the most committed routines. Shorter days, colder mornings, and longer commutes in Bellevue or Kirkland make it tempting to skip the gym. But if your goal is to actually stick to your winter workout plans, the gym you choose matters more than you think. A fitness gym in Bellevue that…
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