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Children Operating Manual

Children Operating Manual (Still in Development) All children are different, but just like an adult’s body, environmental circumstances will more often than not be the origin of dysfunction and disease. However, this is a just a guide and not intended to be taken as gospel.  Getting Pregnant Vitamin K deficiency: insulin resistance, inadequate insulin and […]

Testing Nutritional Status

Testing Nutritional Status Author: Chris Masterjohn Topics: Nutrition All information is attributed to the author. Except in the case where we may have misunderstood a concept and summarized incorrectly. These notes are only for reference and we always suggest reading from the original source. Contents Comprehensive Nutritional Screening Tests The Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Related Minerals […]

The Immunity Fix: Strengthen Your Immune System

The Immunity Fix: Strengthen Your Immune System Authors: Siim Land and James DiNicolantonio Topics: Immune system, sleep, nutrition, exercise, fasting  All information is attributed to the authors. Except in the case where we may have misunderstood a concept and summarized incorrectly. These notes are only for reference and we always suggest reading from the original […]

Longevity

Longevity Things That Decline with Age Bones and Skeletal System: In men, bone density diminishes at age 35. In women, peak bone density is age 30, and postmenopausal women experience an accelerated rate of bone loss. Foot arches become less pronounced, contributing to reduced height. The discs that separate the vertebrae lose fluid, the long […]

Metabolic Autophagy: Practice Intermittent Fasting and Resistance Training to Build Muscle and Promote Longevity

Metabolic Autophagy Practice Intermittent Fasting and Resistance Training to Build Muscle and Promote Longevity Author: Siim Land Topics: Sleep, nutrition, exercise, fasting, ketosis, autophagy, longevity All information is attributed to the author. Except in the case where we may have misunderstood a concept and summarized incorrectly. These notes are only for reference and we always […]

True to Form: How to Use Foundation Training for Sustained Pain Relief and Everyday Fitness

True to Form How to Use Foundation Training for Sustained Pain Relief and Everyday Fitness Author: Eric Goodman Topics: Movement, developmental, breathing All information is attributed to the author. Except in the case where we may have misunderstood a concept and summarized incorrectly. These notes are only for reference and we always suggest reading from […]

Global Level Resources

Global Level Resources Coordination Without Capture: Governance Ostrom, E. (1990). Governing the commons. Cambridge University Press; and Ostrom, E. (2010). Polycentric systems for coping with collective action and global environmental change. Global Environmental Change, 20(4). The Nobel-laureate backbone of the whole level: shared problems can be governed by multiple overlapping, autonomous centres under shared rules, […]

Organizational Level Resources

Organisational Level Resources The Evidence on Workplace Wellbeing Fleming, W. J. (2024). Employee well-being outcomes from individual-level interventions. Industrial Relations Journal.  The large study finding that individual wellness programs, mindfulness, resilience training, apps, produce no meaningful benefit, while only connection-building (volunteering) helped. The empirical floor under “perks won’t fix a sick system.” Marmot, M. (2004). […]

Educational Level Resources

Educational Level Resources How Humans Learn Brown, P. C., Roediger, H. L., & McDaniel, M. A. (2014). Make it stick: The science of successful learning. Harvard University Press.  The best evidence-based account of how learning actually works, spaced practice, retrieval, interleaving, desirable difficulty, and why the intuitive study methods (rereading, cramming) are the weakest. The […]