Run 1,037: The shin, squirrel and shoe
With my right shin feeling tender, but not on a love story way, after the last run, I got up this morning and went back and forth over whether to run today, do a shorter run or something else. In the…
My 1.5-year-long experience with the ketogenic diet, plus research on the health implications.
Disclaimer I'm not formally trained in medicine, nutrition, physiology, etc. I don't claim adequate subject-matter knowledge, nor do I blindly recommend this diet for others. I also don't have…
it's official - i have tourette's
This morning, I sat numbly in the exam room of the neurology department as I was given a very blunt and casual diagnosis. The neurologist sat across from me and the student shadowing him was typing…
Final NAD+ Adjustment
The NAD+ protocol moves to 100mg Wed-Sun AM: same 500mg weekly exposure, 60% lower per-session peak, cleaner timing, simpler hardware, and a monitoring window to prove it.
the most advanced spiritual practice I know
accountability without self-punishment is the most advanced spiritual practice I know. & I don't mean that in the aspirational sense. I mean I have no idea how to do it consistently + I've been…
Tips for New Yoga Teachers (How to Build Your Confidence Instead of Overthinking Every Class)
10 tips for building your confidence as a new yoga teacher, plus an inside look at how yoga scripts help new yoga teachers improve their cueing.
Wired to Withhold: The Neuroscience Behind Hiding Mental Distress and Why Talking Still Matters
By Ishitha Teluguntla In the middle of a conversation, someone asks a seemingly simple question, “Are you okay?” For a brief moment, there is hesitation. The answer could be honest……
Why Every Healthy Diet Agrees on Vegetables
Monday we looked at how vegetables show up differently across the Mediterranean, Blue Zone, and Nordic diets. Same principle, different plates. But why do they all agree on vegetables? The science is…
Simple Mental Health Test
A simple cognitive test in the future will be to share a dozen of Trump's social media posts with someone and ask, "Does this suggest to you a mind in touch with reality?"
Your abnormal is my normal
Thank you for all the responses on my last post, where I told the story of how I got into strength training and got in the best shape of my life this year. The beauty of having musclesThis is the…
softer hair
I'm very sleepy, and going back to sleep in a minute, just getting up to take my hrt. I think it's making my hair even softer, which is so neat cause it was already so nice and soft. I dunno. As…
Documentation | Liftosaur
Contact Us If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us at info@liftosaur.com ! Summary Liftosaur is an app that combines both weightlifting programming part (that people sometimes use…
June 9th : Empowering the Silenced Trauma-focused therapy for psychosis
By Mad in America Online event Tuesday, June 9 • 5 PM – 6:30 PM GMT+1 An overview of the findings and therapy guide from the STAR (Study of Trauma and Recovery) trial (Peters et al., 2025). Mad…
Distance running and finishing books
I’ve spent the last year fixated on how similar writing books is to distance running. If you treat the task as a singular thing, it can be overwhelming, whereas if you chunk it up into…
Clearing our heads
A few days recently where I found myself unable to think through a problem that was, objectively, pretty straightforward. The thinking was just muddled. In both cases, all it took was a good night of…
Leo's desk pt XII.......
Yesterday when I quit the shop my lower back hurt and my joints were achy. I thought after a good nights sleep that all would be well in Disneyland. Well boys and girls that didn't happen. I woke up…
Conquer Cancer - Hour Two
Our 11-year-old was keen to be a part of the Conquer Cancer Australia World Record attempt, so he was up before me this morning to join the runners and joggers and walkers taking one-hour shifts.…
I got my first push-up!
I've never done a single push-up in my entire life... until now. I've been skinny and sedentary for basically my whole life and my arms are made of jello. Being female doesn't make it any easier…
Under the Guise of Respect
After finding my old phone, I was finally able to look deeper into why I had been feeling sick lately. At first I assumed it was because my menstruation was starting, but that has never really made…
PAIN–PLEASURE: 1-0
Avoiding a loss is a powerful motivator, more so than an equivalent gain.
Accessible Metronome Apps For Low Vision
Free accessible metronome apps for low vision and blind users that can be used for playing and practicing music, or as part of Expanded Core Curriculum-related lessons
Cloud Sync Arrives in helth.app
Cloud Sync arrives in helth.app! Data in helth.app remains local-first but now can be backed up automatically with the purchase of a subscription. For the low cost of $1/mo or $10/yr, you can use…
One Leg Weight Training 🏋️
I finally got an MRI a couple weeks ago because my Achilles heel has still been hurting. Then last week the MRI results showed a partial longitudinal tear of my Achilles tendon. So now I’m in an…
What assumptions are baked into your race prediction model?
After launching my power law calculator earlier this week I got a couple emails from readers who noticed some counter-intuitive behavior. Suppose you have an athlete who has run 800m in 2:25 and…
Medical links, Good, Bad and Ugly
The good: How an ‘Impossible’ Idea Led to a Pancreatic Cancer Breakthrough by Gina Kolata and Rebecca Robbins for The New York Times. The breakthrough discussed is the real deal, and they manage to…
Trial By Error: More on Long COVID panel at Psychiatrists’ Gathering
By David Tuller, DrPH I don’t generally write much myself on May 12th, which is an international day of awareness for ME. I’m aware of ME most of the time and write about it constantly, so I don’t…
Ride Monday.
Your browser does not support the video tag. Fun to track my small improvements bodysurfing using @dawnpatrol.app and @surfline — I use @procreate Dreams to add an overlay. Also on Instagram
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health for Personal Wellness
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, a feature connecting medical records and wellness apps for personalised health advice, supporting over 230 million weekly users.
die for 8h daily or die for good
sleep deprivation, anxiety
1 in 5 U.S. registered nurses are now 65 or older
The U.S. registered nurse workforce has split into two extremes: 1 in 5 RNs are now 65 or older, and the under-30 share fell to a 10-year low.
The Ammortal Chamber: Or How to Sell Someone a Lie-Down for £120,000
SPECIMEN #018: Aggregatus immortalis Classification: Device Grifter / Synergy Merchant / Longevity Aggregator Habitat: High-end wellness clinics, glass-fronted rooms containing a single expensive…
Local 4-min Mile
LMM: Why your friends are your real finish line In 1954, Roger Bannister did something the world believed was impossible. He ran a mile in under four minutes. For years, athletes, coaches, and even…
Chapter 11 - Moving Through the Stages | Eden's Flaming Sword
In 1969, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross published a book that changed how we understand grief. She identified five stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Most people know these stages.…
CPTSD Recovery Moving Beyond Survival Mode
The Pull I Couldn’t Explain. I used to think healing from CPTSD was about finding answers in books. It turns out sometimes it’s about buying a plane ticket to Dublin because your body refuses to be…
I can’t believe how much weight I’ve gained!
Trigger – this post may be triggering to those with eating disorders. I’ve been mainly gluten free for the past few weeks as I’d noticed I had started getting super bloated shortly…
being allergic to air
I've spoken on my food allergies before, somewhat lightheartedly. However that was not the full extent of my allergies. I also have pollen allergies. It could be the specific trees in the Great Lakes…
Cardiovascular Health through a Planetary Health Lens
Hot off the presses: our new article “Research Opportunities to Advance Cardiovascular Health through a Planetary Health Lens” has been published in the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology.…
A Pro-Vaccine Resource
After recently learning that infectious disease expert Amesh Adalja has a podcast, I listened to a few episodes while out yesterday. They're all short, but very interesting. One of these episodes,…
AI如何导致和修复了我的失眠问题
作为一个重度AI用户,我在经历长期严重失眠后没有走常规的"排除变量"路线,而是用AI写了一个iOS app导出HealthKit数据,做多变量回归分析找到了真正的原因——晚上使用AI高强度思考。这篇文章分享了AI如何在全链条上提供执行力支持,也反思了人的judgment和认知上的成本结构,在AI时代如何重塑我们的决策路径。
Ironman Training Diary - May 12, 2026
Protein shake recipe, more running
Anxiety vs Depression
Have you ever had depression and anxiety at the same time? I don't mean the mild kind or you likely won't notice it, but the seriously bad kind for both (whatever that may mean). As it turns out,…
Pathologizing Our Own Humanity
📺️ Why toxic positivity is making us miserable When I got cancer, people often told me that everything happens for a reason, and what they meant was that I will learn important lessons that will…
How AI Caused and Fixed My Insomnia
After weeks of severe insomnia, I used AI to build an iOS app that exported HealthKit data and ran multivariate regression to find the root cause—late-night AI-assisted intense multitasking. This…
my tics have gotten worse
Content Warning: This post contains venting about tics. I've had tics almost my entire life. I went undiagnosed for a long time, despite my symptoms. My mother said I began exhibiting them at the age…
Daily Thoughts 11 May 2026
Thoughts 🤢 IBS sucks. Just figured out another thing I'm not able to eat. 🚅 The Uber for tains advertisement is super annoying. It feels like an example of how entitled people are.
More Active Lately
It was Mother's Day yesterday and I got my period 11 days early.. yeah, I don't know!?!? For a second I thought it could've been implantation bleeding but I guess it's not. I wonder what happened…
How We Fit Vegetables Into Our Lives
Vegetables show up in almost every healthy diet — but how they show up is completely different. In the Mediterranean diet, vegetables are the main event. Tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, peppers, leafy…
The Long Walk
It is now two years ago that during a day trip E and I had a conversation about my wellbeing in which I broke down in tears and we came to the conclusion there and then that I was burnt out. A good…
Ki Aikido discussions: moving with Ki
(I train and help teach a style of Aikido called Ki Aikido (more formally “Shinshin Touitsu Aikido” 心身統一合氣道) that has a strong emphasis on applying lessons learned on the mat in real life. If you…