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Why Don’t I Snack Anymore?
My suggestion is if you are snacking right now, pause a moment. Read this story highlighting my experience with snacks. After reading this article, you may continue your indulgence if you want.Why Don’t I Snack Anymore?
Snacks never worked for me. I found the reasons later, after suffering a lot.medium.com
I Fixed My Brain Fog With 7 Simple Hacks
Brain fog affects many of us. Living with brain fog is not fun at all. It prevents us from enjoying life thoroughly. Everything looks colorless and life seems to be meaningless. When I was experiencing brain fog, all I wanted was to sleep and stay away from the excitement of life around me. Even small things were upsetting or irritating me.I Fixed My Brain Fog With 7 Simple Hacks
After a decade of trial and errors, I found some practical ways to overcome brain fog and prevent it from happening…medium.com
Do We Really Need A Morning Routine?
Morning routines can be fine. I am not against them. However, I wonder why only morning routines are emphasized, instead of midday routine, or evening routine. Some people stick to morning routines. They spent their time to follow the exact routine because they believe that many successful people have morning routines. I used to have a morning routine influenced by successful people but ditched it for various reasons.Do We Really Need A Morning Routine?
I used to have a morning routine influenced by successful people but ditched it.medium.com
Having Six-Packs After 50 Years Old
Even though fitness is passion for me, I am not obsessed with a six-pack belly and did not make it my specific fitness goal. Experiencing a six-pack abdomin happened as a by-product of my lifestyle choices. It served as an indication of my fitness progress on the right track. Being able to lose abdominal fat was a significant achievement for me. Redefining my fitness goals and a small changes in my lifestyle choices helped me gain a defined body structure after a century in my lifespan.Having Six-Packs After 50 Years Old
I don’t believe in age limit to fitness and heath improvementmedium.com
How I Defeated Arthritis
According to my health care professionals, I was supposed to be disabled or dead by now. But I’m healthier, happier, and more successful now. Knowledge is power but using knowledge wisely can be more powerful. The words of my rheumatologist still echo in my ears. He confirmed that my arthritis was a lifetime condition. He pointed out that no treatment to arthritis. My specialist wanted me to accept and move on with my life by addressing the symptoms with pain killers and anti-inflammatory medicine. Even though I naively believed these claims, I later debunked these words by taking full personal responsibility for my health. I believe having immense healing power in my my body.How I Defeated Arthritis
My journey to overcoming inflammation and freeing from painmedium.com
Preventing Gum Disease With A Simple Hack
Learning about severe inflammation of the arteries could cause the development of atherosclerotic plaques was an eye-opener for me. Plaques in the arteries can increase the risk of a heart attack or even cause a stroke. With this knowledge, I paid more attention to my dental health. I became pedantic about it. A straightforward measure was to increase brushing my teeth three times a day. I used to brush once or twice sometimes.Preventing Gum Disease With A Simple Hack
No more debris, plaque, and bacterial colonization in my mouth.medium.com
How I Fixed My Leaky Gut
The symptoms of leaky gut for me was excessive allergies, food intolerance, constant bloating, excessive inflammation, mild arthritis, and skin disorders. I used to take anti-acid supplements that dented my digestive health and caused other health issues. Stomach needed more acid to digest food but I was reducing the acid to feel comfort. My decision was to fix my gut using the techniques I acquired from the body of knowledge. I wanted to try one thing at a time to record the progress, try the next compelling items, and integrate them to my regime.How I Fixed My Leaky Gut
With two simple hacksmedium.com
Fat Loss Has Nothing To Do With Calories
The notion of fat adaptation is invaluable piece of knowledge. To achieve being fat-adapted, I needed to focus on a crucial hormone called insulin. It is the master hormone for metabolism. Insulin is critical for health. Insulin regulates blood glucose for survival. Excessive glucose in our bloodstream can be toxic, therefore insulin removes it naturally. Insulin does its work. But too much of this hormone triggered frequently and over a long period is the primary reason for not losing fat.Fat Loss Has Nothing To Do With Calories
Our hormones have the final say for fat burning.medium.com
Loneliness Is In The Mind
I transformed loneliness into pleasant solitude and serenity. We are born lonely and will die lonely. I learned that dependency on others would not bring joy but disappointment and pessimism. I found real joy when I learned to love myself. Accepting the disturbing emotions, observing them without judging, and allowing them to wash through us can help bring pleasant emotions such as excitement, joy, hope, serenity, and optimism. All emotions are ephemeral, and they don’t define us.Loneliness Is In The Mind
I Used To Feel Lonely; It Was Unbearable.medium.com
Tricking Brain To Stop Smoking
Whenever craving was coming, I started seeing it as an object. I was talking to it. Here we go, another message from my brain. It was only a thought. I did not entertain the thought; hence they did not turn into feelings. Some advice from this psychologist was critical. She said thoughts could turn into emotions, and emotions come and go. They were not permanent. By observing the emotions, and not judging them, I noticed that the unpleasant feelings were disappearing.Tricking Brain To Stop Smoking
My personal story on how I quitted smoking 40 years ago and never smoked againmedium.com
Physical Health Transformation
1 — Sleep
Sleep is critical for health and happiness.
I learned the importance of sleep when I was very young and adopted the conventional wisdom of going to bed early and rising early.
My aim has always been to get at least eight hours of sleep. However, I still suffered.
In this article, I share my experience on how I improved my sleeping problems caused by my active mind, work stress, metabolic activities, and environmental factors.Simple Sleep Hacks
How I resolved my sleep problems to gain a better mood, improve memory, increase libido, reduce stress, and lower my…medium.com
2 — Fitness
Fitness is a topic close to my heart.
I believe that a strong mind requires a healthy body. One way of improving health is regular and smart exercises.
The purpose of this story is to share my experience with a practical fitness regime in my transformation program.
I introduce three joyful activities to make us happier, stronger, and healthier.
After reading this article, you may cancel your gym membership, sleep extra few hours in the morning or work on a business plan, and become a lifetime exercise lover.Fitter, Stronger, Healthier
How I transformed my fitness with flexible exercises at home, without going to a gymmedium.com
3 — Diet and Nutrition
Diet and nutrition play critical roles in maintaining our health and improve our performance.
In this story, I share my experience with intermittent fasting implemented as one meal a day. I experienced many noticeable benefits from this lifestyle.
This regime helped me reduce my body fat, improve my lean muscle mass, mental sharpness, blood markers, e.g. stable glucose, reduced inflammation, an optimal level of insulin, cortisol, testosterone, and growth hormone.Breakfast Not Necessarily The Most Important Meal
Remarkable health benefits of one meal a day, intermittent fasting, ketosis based on personal experiencemedium.com
4 — Stress Management
Stress management is a critical factor for improving health.
Focus on stress management provided many benefits to me, but the key point was improving my immunity using natural approaches.
In this story, I share my experience improving my immunity, muscle health, and stress reduction.
Discovering the use of Epsom salts to use in my baths made a positive difference in my physical sensations.
Epsom salts helped relax my muscles, especially after a workout or a stressful situation.Epsom Salts: An Incredible Substance for Immunity
Healing power of magnesium sulphate based on experiencemedium.com
5 — Body Fat and Lean Muscle
Cold exposure is a regime that I use to improve my health conditions.
In this story, I share my experience to improve my energy, increase the immune system, and keep healthy body fat.
By using this simple lifestyle hack, I gained energetic alertness, improved mood, increased courage, improved immunity, reduced risk of depression, improved sleep, enhanced tolerance, fast recovery, reduced pain, reduced body fat, and even increased lean muscle.
All benefits were by a natural hack based on a challenging habit.Instant Mental Boost for Leaders
I had more energy, gained alertness, improved mood, increased courage, improved immunity, reduced risk of depression…medium.com
6 — Disease Prevention and Longevity
Similar to cold, heat exposure can also be used to improve health conditions.
In this story, I share my experience with dry sauna supported by science.
It is a fact that the heat in a dry sauna induces quickly noticeable physiological effects in our bodies. More specifically, the heat can increase skin and core body temperature quickly. This quick increase in body temperature can also increase heart rate, skin blood flow, and cause perspiration rapidly.
This simple yet powerful physical phenomenon can have tremendous health benefits.
Research on longevity gene expression inspired me to start this bio-hack. It has been an excellent addition to my transformation program.Wonders of Dry Sauna
Reduce stress, improve sleep quality, speed up recovery from exercise, increase energy, reduce inflammation, and moremedium.com
7 — Mitochondrial (cellular) Health
Energy is essential for productivity and satisfying life.
In this article, I highlight the importance of mitochondrial health for leaders.
The reasons for this awareness and actions for leaders are the energy we need to thrive and perform rising above mediocrity and perform sustainably.
When our mitochondria are damaged or malfunctioning, our overall energy levels and daily performance drop dramatically. We start feeling sluggish, tired, and lazy. Low energy can be noticeable, mentally, emotionally, and physically.
I point out and highlight 20 key considerations to improve our mitochondrial health aiming to increase our energy.Energy for Excellent Leaders
Critical awareness for mitochondria healthmedium.com
8 — Epigenetics
Genetics has been an important interest for me.
I am passionate about this topic because I learned that our lives are not necessarily prone to genetic predisposition.
When I discovered epigenetics, my outlook on life situations transformed into a more optimistic and joyful state.
We are not slaves of our genes any more.
Trying DNA tests, I applied my knowledge of epigenetics to improve my health conditions and take necessary measures to sustain my good health.Genetics vs Epigenetics
DNA testing is a two-edged sword, but understanding the power of epigenetics can address the concernsmedium.com
9 — Autopathy — Self Healing
One of my trending articles in physical health is related to a science topic. I am pleased that this article is indexed by search engines and used by many reader who want to learn more about this topic.
Through my studies, I learnt that there were practical and simple ways to get rid of loose skin; however, these simple solutions were not necessarily easy.
The solutions required lifestyle changes, persistence, and commitment.
In this article, I explain how autopathy could help us get rid of loose skin after substantial weight loss.
The article guides initiating autopathy with natural lifestyle choices.
Loose skin is only one use case. There are many other health benefits of autophagy beyond the scope of this article.We Can Get Rid of Loose Skin
Effective ways supported by science and experience.medium.com
10 — Dealing with Toxins
Charcoal is a miraculous ingredient in my diet and a powerful tool in my biohacking toolbox.
This miraculous element improved my digestion, increased my energy, made my skin clearer, made my teeth shinier, and activated my health.
I explain what it is, why I needed it and how I used it.
I came across this element when I was reviewing PubMed for the implications of heavy metals for the brain. I bumped into fascinating articles about its use for digestion discomfort in a serendipitous way.
Other popular stories from Transhumanism Leadership
1 — Physical Health
This collection includes common health topics such chronic inflammation, joint pain, leaky gut, sleep issues, longevity concerns, hormones, gum disease, and blood markers.
Fat Loss Has Nothing To Do With Calories
Fixing Allergies And Autoimmune Conditions With Elimination Diet
How I Dealt With Chronic Inflammation
How Blood Monitoring Help Me Thrive
Preventing Gum Disease With A Simple Hack
Finding Health And Longevity In Extreme Temperatures
2 — Mental Health
This collection covers several mental health topics such as anxiety, depression, amygdala hijacks, motivation, smoke cessation, dealing with rejections, silencing internal critic, emotional intelligence, and emotional maturity.
Dealing With Anxiety in Difficult Times
Healing Mild Depression By Scheduling And Prioritizing Fun
How To Deal With Amygdala Hijacks
Everyday Activities As Brain Boosters
Tricking Brain To Stop Smoking
Implications of Fear And Anxiety From Rejections
Why Emotional Maturity Is Critical For Relationships
Silencing The Inner Critic For Success
I Fixed My Brain Fog With 7 Simple Hacks
Emotional Stress As Larger Part Of The Iceberg In Energy Deficiency
One Simple Point to Reduce Cortisol
TikTok Caused An Alleged Dead In Italy
3 — Fitness and Fat Loss
This collection covers stories related to fat loss, weight loss, dealing with excessive loose skin, having defined abdominal, staying fit, joyful workouts, fat adaption, lean muscles, bone density, and the importance of perspiration via heat therapy.
Eliza Shed 30 Pounds In Six Months With Two Tips
How Can We Get Rid of Loose Skin?
Having Six-Packs After 50 Years Old
How I Stay Fit While Traveling
Joyful Workouts to Get Fitter, Stronger, Healthier
What If Workouts Give You No Joy And Don’t Melt Your Belly Fat?
Joyful Exercises for Contributing to Low-Fat, Lean Muscles, and Dense Bones
Dear Mehmet, I’m Stuck. Please Help.
4 — Supplements
This collection covers reviews of effective and popular supplements supported by scientific studies. It includes magnesium in Epsom salts forma, bio-identical hormones for men, hydrolyzed collagen, activated charcoal and pharmaceutical nicotine.
Impact of Supplements on Fitness and Health
Epsom Salts: An Incredible Substance for Immunity
Bioidentical Hormones For Longevity and Vitality
What I Learned From Experimenting With NADH
My Testimony of Hydrolyzed Collagen
How to Benefit from Epsom Salts
1 Mg Pure Nicotine Helped Me Write 10,000 Words
5 — Lifestyle and Diet
This collection includes lifestyle choices, diet, and nutrition. Some key topics are intermittent fasting, energy boosting activities, natural appetite control, refraining from alcohol, and barefoot walking.
Breakfast Not Necessarily The Most Important Meal
How I Turned Off My Hunger Switch
Unless We Fix Our Hormones, Hunger Will Chase Us
Agreeing With Both Biden And Trump On Alcohol
Barefoot Walk for Proprioception
6 — Science
This collection covers science topics such as genetics, epigenetics, authopagy, fatigue, DNA tests, health risks of long distance running, the use of tele-medicine for medical cannabis.
A Holistic View of Biohacking from Multiple Perspectives
Why And How We Should Initiate Autophagy
Impact of Testosterone Replacement Therapy on Mature Men
Understanding Our Genes Is Not A Luxury Anymore
What Science Say About the Health Risks of Running
Permit the Use of Telemedicine for Medical Cannabis
7 — Leadership and Education
This larger collection cover various leadership, education, and learning topics. Some common areas are being an excellent leader, traits of distinguished leaders, increasing leadership energy, going above and beyond, reinventing oneself, brain boosters for leaders, re-framing rejections, learning from successful people, convenient learning, knowledge, skills, competencies, saving energy, and achieving more with less effort.
How to Recognize Distinguished Leaders: Prominent traits that attract us to exceptional leaders
How To Be An Excellent Technical Leader
Inventor’s Perspective to Leadership Growth
How To Be An Emotionally Mature Leader
Six Things Real Leaders Don’t Do
Why bother reinventing yourself
Instant Mental Boost for Leaders
What Rich People Do Differently
How To Deal With Your Bad Boss
Convenient Learning: Inconvenience and stress of reading materials
Why bother reinventing yourself
Knowledge, Skills, & Competencies for Technical Leaders
Do Less Achieve More: Secret to success
8 — Spirituality
This collection cover various stories related to spirituality. It covers perspectives on mortality, manifestation, dealing with uncertainty, equality, life lessons, spiritual aspects of intermittent fasting and other powerful perspectives to life.
“In the end!” : Tackling Mortality with Optimism
Manifestation Starts With Uncertainty And Ambiguity
What Does It Take To Live Above And Beyond?
Do We Really Need A Morning Routine?
Imagine How It Feels To Be Black Or Brown In A White Country
Spiritual Aspect of Intermittent Fasting
A Powerful Perspective to Life
9 — Investment and Business
This collection covers articles about invest topics such as real estate, cryptocurrency investment, design thinking, and learning from wealthy people.
Real Estate Is My Choice Of Investment
Life-Changing Wisdom Of The Wealthiest People
Why And How Anyone Can Be A Designer
Dilemmas Of ICOs And The Rise Of DeFi
10 – collections I compiled On Medium
Education and Learning From Many Aspects
The World Needs Passionate & Compassionate Leaders
Do You Want to Become A Sexy Entrepreneur?
Business Collection: A Mini MBA Bundle
The Power of Freelancing for Writers
Top AI Stories on Technology Hits
NFT Story Collection on ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications
How Storytellers Articulate Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain
Summary of collections are covered in this story.
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Since then, I use this element as a lifesaver.Activated Charcoal
A miraculous element medium.com
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