kynurenine pathway stress and depression

Exercise and Depression: How Training Rewires Brain Chemistry

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Reading Time: 5 minutesBuild a Brain That Squats Why stress changes your brain chemistry — and what your muscles can do about it Depression is a complex, multifactorial phenomenon. For decades, it was often framed as a problem of neurotransmitters — especially serotonin, dopamine, and noradrenaline, sometimes with glutamate added to the list. That monoamine framing shaped modern […]

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Sarcopenia and Strength Training

Sarcopenia and Strength Training

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Reading Time: 7 minutesSarcopenia and Strength Training: How to Stop Muscle Loss Sarcopenia: When Muscle Metabolism Digs Its Heels Into Catabolism Muscle does not disappear overnight, despite what you might think — yes, I’m looking at you, bodybuilders. More often than not, muscle fades slowly, almost shyly, and this, over decades. For most of adulthood, skeletal muscle exists

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Red Light Therapy

Red Light Therapy (Photobiomodulation)

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Reading Time: 4 minutesGuest Blog Article by Antonis Kakaniaris: I was first introduced to red light therapy in 2017/2018 by Charles Poliquin when he was testing & using the panels from Joov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-keEWWRu1aQ I remember doing some quick research on the topic but the prices were too high and there was no EU dealer of any red-light panel

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Digestive Enzymes Their Role in Health

Digestive Enzymes and Their Role in Health

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Reading Time: 5 minutesDigestive Enzymes and Their Role in Health Digestive enzymes are one of the most crucial elements that help digest your food. They work together with HCl to ensure that the food you consume can be absorbed. Your food contains a complex structure that your gut cannot absorb easily. The three main components of anything you

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Gallbladder Function: The Science Behind Exercise and Nutrition

Optimizing Gallbladder Function: The Science Behind Exercise and Nutrition

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Reading Time: 6 minutesGallbladder plays a crucial role in health and disease. Diet and exercise are perhaps the most important elements that help improve gallbladder function. Here is how exercise and diet influence gallbladder function. Role of Exercise 1. Effects on Gallstones: Research suggests a direct link between regular exercise and gallbladder health. Gallbladder stones form when the

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Vince Gironda

Revisiting Gironda

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Reading Time: 3 minutesVince Gironda, from the golden era of bodybuilding, was, and probably is still considered The Iron Guru. His knowledge, tricks, techniques, and innovations, primarily based on experimentation, are still applied today and will probably stay around for years to come, for a simple reason; they work! Even Arnold was trained by the Iron Guru! Some

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