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Sickness, Healthspan, and Longevity

Sickness, Healthspan, and Longevity Contents I. The Body as an Economy of Damage and Repair II. The Hallmarks of Ageing III. Healthspan, Not Lifespan IV. Measuring How Fast You Are Ageing V.  The Longevity Field What Works What’s Promising Too Ambitious VI. Tying It Together Why the body breaks down. The foundation of this section, […]

Autoimmunity

Autoimmunity Contents I. The Foundation II. How Tolerance Fails III. The Causes That Converge IV. Diet and Trigger Foods V. The Foundational Toolkit VI. The Frontier VII. Know Your Markers VIII. Where Self-Management Meets Medicine IX. Summary X. Cross-Links What happens when the body’s defence system loses the ability to tell self from invader? Autoimmunity […]

Mental Health Cheat Sheet

Mental Health Cheat Sheet Contents I. Read This First II. The Foundations III. Targeted Physiological Tools IV. Nutrients and Supplements V. Psychological and Behavioural Tools VI. The Frontier VII. How to Use This VIII. Cross-Links The full physiological and behavioural toolkit for your mind: dosed, mechanism-anchored, and rated by how strong the evidence is, including […]

Why Do I Feel Like This?

Why Do I Feel Like This? Contents I. Is It Really an Epidemic, or Are We Just Naming It More? II. It Is Mostly NOT Your Genes III. The Core Answer: A Mismatch IV. The Specific Mismatches V. Phones, Social Media, and the Young VI. “Chemical Imbalance” VII. Feeling Bad Is Often a Signal VIII. […]

Pain and Addiction

Pain and Addiction The conditions that make ordinary living feel intolerable, and the trap of escape. Contents Before We Begin: Three Walls of One Room The Shared Substrate Genetics and Development DEPRESSION Lens One: The Energy Economy Lens Two: The Immune System Lens Three: The Drugs and the Story Sold Lens Four: The Loop Lens […]

Neurodivergence

Neurodivergence Contents I. Difference, Cause, and the Spectrum II. Why These Brains Develop Differently III. The Nervous System Underneath IV. One More Thing Before the Three: They Are Not Three V. Dyslexia VI. ADHD VII. Autism VIII. The Convergence IX. Build the Life Around the Brain X. The Takeaway XI. Cross-Links Autism, ADHD, dyslexia and […]

Fear and Hypervigilance

Fear and Hypervigilance Contents I. The System That Is Supposed to Run Hot II. A Learning Machine for Danger Why You Can’t Reason Your Way Out How the Circuit Learns to Fear How the Circuit Is Supposed to Unlearn III. One Dial with Different Targets Generalised Anxiety Phobias IV. Panic: The Alarm V. PTSD: The […]

When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress

When the Body Says No The Cost of Hidden Stress Author: Gabor Mate Topics: Psychology, emotional competence, autoimmunity, cancer, disease 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 […]

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 […]