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“The nitrate naturally found in leafy greens and beets improves the efficiency of our mitochondria, the little power plants within our cells, boosting athletic performance by extracting more energy from each breath.”
― How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older
― How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older
“Prebiotics are what feed good bacteria. Probiotics are the good bacteria themselves. And postbiotics are what our bacteria make.”
― How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older
― How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older
“When we eat a fiber-depleted diet, we starve our microbial selves. Our famished flora, the microbes in our gut, have to then compete for limited resources and may consume our own mucus barrier”
― How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older
― How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older
“ANTI-INFLAMMATORY FOODS In the Dietary Inflammatory Index, the spice turmeric is the single most anti-inflammatory food, followed by ginger and garlic, and tea, green or black, is the most anti-inflammatory beverage.”
― How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older
― How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older
“In terms of the most anti-inflammatory food components, the top two are fiber and flavones.1155 Dietary fiber, found in all whole plant foods, is most highly concentrated in whole grains and legumes, such as chickpeas, beans, lentils, and split peas.1156 Flavones are plant compounds concentrated in fruits, herbs, and vegetables,1157 with apples, oranges, parsley, celery, and bell peppers the leading sources in the American diet,1158 while chamomile tea is the most flavone-filled beverage.”
― How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older
― How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older
Peter’s 2025 Year in Books
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