Creatine • A few people have sent me this 2025 study that questions the utility of creatine for muscle growth. We never change medical practice based on one study; but this well-done study does raise some questions about how much of the benefit of creatine is due to actual muscle hypertrophy from resistance training (RT). • Multiple…
Breathe through your mouth as often as you eat through your nose • I have been having this conversation with patients a lot lately. Here is a detailed BBC article on nasal breathing. Thanks, Mateo for another resource on nasal breathing. Dental health • Andrew Huberman continues to have great engagement online. A recent guest, Dr. Staci…
Pavel Tsatsouline Pavel is a strength coach who has been around for many years. I hadn’t heard much about him in a while, then noticed this recent Huberman Lab podcast episode. It does not disappoint. Some key takeaways: – “Grease the Groove” – one of the big ideas Pavel always endorses. Basically doing a short set…
New ingredients, managed to bring the price down some as well. Only missing Ubiquinol (CoQ10).
You do not have to be good • Throughout a recent episode of the very funny, The Office-style satire St. Denis Medical, a patient with dementia repeats the phrase “You do not have to be good.” The comment gets under the skin of the trauma surgeon on the show, whose (hilarious) identity is based on being good.…
Retrowalking Check out this BBC article on walking backwards for health purposes. The practice may have originated in ancient China (“100 steps backward is worth 1000 steps forward”), but recent research confirms improved sports performance, muscle strength, brain benefits, and higher calorie burn (than walking forward). Thanks Mateo for this article and the many similar ones. My…
Diminishers vs Illuminators • David Brooks’ (The Road to Character, Social Animal, etc) released a new book called How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen. The book is full of pearls on how to let go of our own egos and connect with people. I loved the passage on…
Practice of Wellness now on Substack Hey everyone. UofL email now blocks Mailchimp, the platform I have used for the Practice of Wellness newsletters for years. If you are at UofL, you likely did not receive the September 2024 edition. Do not fear, you can check all prior posts on www.practiceofwellness.com. Going forward, you can…
Carl Richards on White Coat Investor • If you don’t regularly review content from the White Coat Investor, the amount of content Dr. Dahle (the WCI) gives away for free is massive. He recently had guest Carl Richards on the podcast. They discuss the “Behavior Gap” – “the difference between the returns an investment could achieve and the…
Rucking vs Vests • I have written a lot about weighted walking or rucking. Michael Easter wrote an informative post on Vests vs Backpacks. TL;DR – backpacks might be safer and of course cheaper because most of us have one laying around.• A new study went into more depth on this topic, equiping people (of various sizes) with…
