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So I just got back from the Biohacker Summit 2023 in Amsterdam. This is Bart Wolbers from team Alex Fergus. And I'm already looking forward to the Biohacker Summit 2024 in Helsinki! But, before I go there next year, let's reflect on the most important lessons and phenomenal developments I've learned...

In this blog post, I'll talk about my extensive experience with the Sensate vagus nerve stimulator.

Here's a general outline of all the sections of this blog post - feel free to skip ahead to a specific section or to read my very extensive 24,000-word blog post in its entirety:

• What Is The Sensa...

Welcome to my third and last installment of my 3-part series on resting metabolic rate. Int he previous two installments I explained:

• Firstly, what resting metabolic rate is. Resting metabolic rate signify the calories you're burning 24/7, independent of your activity level. 
• Secondly, I argued
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In my first blog post of this 3-installment series, I talked about the concept of "Resting Metabolic Rate" (RMR) or "basal metabolic rate". In this blog post I'll explore that concept in more detail, specifically how it is affected by (extreme) dieting and even some near-starvation studies.

RMR sig...

My good friend Alex has extensively written about the topic of fat loss in the past. Some of his best blog posts on the topic are the following:

• Are You A Calorie Counting Fool? - here Alex argues convincingly that the calories in, calories out model is broken. 
• Why You Need To Learn About Lepti...

Welcome to another blog post series of mine. This blog post series will consist in 2-3 installments and treat the topic of oysters!

I not only explain to you why oysters are an absolutely perfect choice for nutrition, I also explain why they can help solve world hunger and provide an excellent choi...

Coffee? Grains? Milk? You can see them all in the picture above. All of these foods have very specific effects on how iron is absorbed in your body, especially if you combine them with other high heme-rion foods such as meats.

This blog post makes up the last part of my 5-instlalment series on iron...

Welcome to my fourth installment of my 5-installment series on iron and human health. The topic of this fourth installment concerns the best iron foods and whether food fortification (focusing on iron) is a good or bad thing for your health.

If you haven't read the earlier installments of this seri...

Hi there! My name is Christa. Below you find my very extensive Luonkos review - a revolutionary beauty product that I very much appreciate. Let's start my review with an introductory story:

Body Parts Slipping Through the Cracks of Wellness Habits

Imagine, you've just finished pitching your Ear...

In this blog post, I consider the question "how much blue light does an iPhone emit". I.e., "what is the iPhone blue light exposure risk"? 

This blog post answers that question by testing my iPhone with a spectrometer. I also consider how well the iPhone lowers blue light exposure through the night...