Healthy lifestyle

Decoding the Social Media Oxalate Hysteria

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If your social media feeds look anything like mine, you’ve likely noticed a growing chorus of wellness influencers sounding the alarm on a new dietary villain: oxalates. This is happening now, in the first part of 2026, but it will blow over soon, so if you are reading this in 2027 or later, you might…

Forced Biological Beta-Testing: The State’s War on Healthy Light

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The Great Flicker: Why the State Is Killing the Analog Glow The federal government has officially set the date for the final execution of the analog bulb. According to the Department of Energy’s latest ruling, by July 25, 2028, the efficiency floor for General Service Lamps (GSLs) will be jacked up to a staggering 120…

The Fiber Paradox: Why Your “Healthy” Roughage Might Be Wrecking Your Gut

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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…

The Surprising Truth About Stomach Acid

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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,”…

Top 7 Resolution Rescue Tips

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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…

New York Times Finally Prints Fitness Truth

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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…