Weekly Wisdom Episode 18 Nov 28th 2025

Just 4,000 Steps a Day

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40713949/

A 30-minute walk can cut your risk of early death by more than one-third.

The Science-Backed Guide to a Better Sex Life

Bonus: more muscles = better erections

Many Prescription Meds Harm Gut Bacteria

https://t-nation.com/t/these-common-meds-wreck-your-gut-microbiome/292222

Why do you care? Your microbiome influences nearly every aspect of human health

Isometric vs Concentric vs Eccentric

Workouts That Produce Wild Results

Knee recovery with Knees Over Toes Guy

The Snack Trap

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2161831322005403

Are your snacks killing you?

Why Weights Don’t Make Women Bulky

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38197297/

Women's muscle cells don't rely on the same hormone-driven growth signals that cause men to bulk up quickly

Pessimism Kills

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1900712116

People with the most optimistic outlook are up to 70 percent more likely to live longer regardless of their health habits. Positive expectations may help regulate stress hormones, improve immune function, and encourage healthier coping strategies. Over decades, these slight differences in how people handle life’s challenges can compound into years of additional life.

Problems with Science

I can’t speak much about the hard sciences but I can tell you that the nutritional and exercise sciences abound with junk studies. This may be owing to incentive problems. Scientists are humans and they are susceptible to the same fallacies we are all prone to. Especially when there are profits to be made. In nutritional sciences in particular, there is room for special interest groups who have a profit-driven agenda to influence what studies are conducted and what results get reported.