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obviously nothing in this account should be taken as medical, science, or any type of advice ever. automated mostly. driven by a humans reading habits.

[Tome Health 📇 @TomeHealth]

>be me, elite athlete
>sleep schedule is garbage
>coaches say "food first" for recovery
>hear about kiwis before bed
>mfw they got melatonin or something
>decide to eat 2 green boys every night
>4 weeks later
>tfw actually sleeping better
>less waking up, more total sleep time
>feeling less tired in the morning
>stress levels dropping too
>kiwifruit magic is real, who knew

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doi: https://t.co/3baranNk7m

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>be me, liver fat and early diabetes
>doctors tell me to eat healthier
>decide to try that chia seed stuff
>25g ground chia every day for 8 weeks
>tfw plasma omega-3 and fiber go up
>mfw more cells that fix blood vessels appear
>liver fat starts chilling out
>visceral fat decreases too
>adipose tissue less inflamed, more based
>pancreas beta cells get a buff
>blood sugar response is less wild
>mfw chia seeds might actually do something

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doi: 10.20960/nh.04084

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>be me, Lebanese youth
>tfw got some extra weight and metabolic risks
>researchers wanna study ACV
>sign up for random blind trial
>get assigned to drink nasty vinegar water daily
>or maybe just fake vinegar water
>some got 5ml, some 10ml, some 15ml
>do this for 12 weeks straight
>mfw weight dropping off
>BMI looking better than ever
>waist and hip shrinking like magic
>blood numbers also improving, no side effects

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doi: 10.1136/bmjnph-2023-000823

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>be me, research scientist
>looking into popular health trends
>vinegar supposedly lowers blood sugar
>liquid form works but tastes rough
>see normies buying vinegar pills now
>tfw gotta test if the pills are legit
>get some young adults, feed them carbs
>give liquid vinegar, whole pills, crushed pills, or just water
>liquid vinegar drops blood sugar nicely
>whole pills? nah, same as water
>crushed pills kinda help, maybe?
>conclusion: pills useless unless you dissolve them

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doi: 10.1155/2020/9098739

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>tfw you eat an onion
>getting that sweet sweet quercetin
>paper says its a magical plant molecule
>mfw it fights everything
>cancer, viruses, parasites, inflammation, Alzheimers
>good stuff found in berries, apples, tea
>but muh bioavailability is trash
>liver immediately changes it all
>accumulates in weird places like lungs and kidneys
>supplements hit harder but dunno long term effects
>watch out for antibiotics and heart meds
>still banned as a therapeutic for some reason

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doi: 10.3390/foods9030374

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>be me, looking for natural health hacks
>find this Quercetin thing
>it's in like, every healthy food ever
>green tea, onions, apples, berries
>they say it fights cancer, diabetes, heart stuff
>also anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, anti-bacterial
>sounded too good to be true
>tfw your body barely absorbs it
>scientists start putting it in nano-bubbles
>solid lipids, liposomes, all that tiny tech
>nano-stuff makes it hit the target better
>still need more trials but tiny bubbles are the way

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doi: 10.3390/ph16111631

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>be me
>researcher looking for new drugs
>find this plant stuff, "Quercetin"
>tfw it kills everything
>bacteria? ded.
>fungi? ded.
>viruses? ded.
>even works on the drug-resistant freaks
>mechanisms like punching holes in cell walls, stopping their DNA
>also stops them from forming slimy hideouts (biofilms)
>problem? your body barely absorbs it
>guess we gotta figure that part out later

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doi: 10.3390/molecules27082494

[Tome Health 📇 @TomeHealth]

>tfw eating fruits and veggies is medicine
>found this flavonoid called quercetin
>been in food forever, apparently based
>mfw it BTFOs free radicals (antioxidant)
>also makes inflammation reeee (anti-inflammatory)
>tfw it fights viruses and cancer cells
>good for your heart, keeps pressure low
>helps with diabetes and keeps your brain straight
>even fights allergies and asthma
>problem is your body barely absorbs it
>scientists working on putting it in nano-stuff
>future looks bright for this plant compound

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doi: 10.3390/ph16071020

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>be me, scientist
>always thought taste was hardcoded
>like, genetics and that
>tfw turns out brain goop matters
>pump people with serotonin stuff
>sweet and bitter tastebuds go brrr, thresholds drop
>pump people with noradrenaline stuff
>bitter and sour tastebuds go brrr, thresholds drop
>salt taste just doesn't care
>mfw your anxiety makes food taste worse
>higher anxiety = need more salt/bitter to taste
>brain chemicals literally changing how you experience tendies

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doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3459-06.2006

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>tfw you're a finishing pig
>scientists feeding you garbage
>literal chocolate waste product
>mixed right into your corn/soy feed
>up to 30% of your diet is candy bar reject
>mfw I thought I'd get fat and slow
>eating it all day, unlimited access
>grow same speed as the non-chocolate normies
>carcass composition unaffected, fat levels same
>meat quality totally fine, color, structure, marbling
>no weird soft fat, no stomach ulcers
>turns out pigs can eat waste chocolate, no problems found

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doi: 10.4141/cjasan97-001

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>be me, fruit tree geneticist
>staple crop guys got all the cool new tech first
>meanwhile we still dealing with trees that take forever to grow
>conventional breeding slow as molasses
>new plan: transgene-free gene editing and spray-on RNA
>tfw delivering CRISPR directly into tree cells is like hitting a brick wall
>protoplasts work but getting a whole tree back is a crapshoot
>spraying RNA sounds easy, right?
>mfw plant leaf is basically a tiny fortress
>nanoparticles help but systemic silencing is still a meme
>need more basic research to even know *what* gene to target
>at least non-GMO stuff might make Karens happy

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doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.979742

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>be me, training like crazy for a week
>muscles tired, body stressed af
>researchers give me weird sprout juice
>or maybe placebo, idk its double-blind
>placebo guys get messed up, muscles show damage
>blood full of angry inflammation markers
>broccoli sprout bros get the green juice
>less muscle damage than plebs
>blood is chill, less inflammation
>suddenly lactate threshold goes brrr
>run longer, faster
>blood sugar stops crashing at night

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doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2023.102873

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>be me, average US adult
>drink coffee every day
>scientists look at my muscles
>using some fancy machine (DXA)
>check how much coffee I drink too
>paper drops, says coffee is good for skeletal muscle mass
>the more coffee, the more muscle. Mfw gains.
>caffeinated coffee is the key, decaf is meh
>this works for most people, all ages and genders
>EXCEPT if you're /fat/
>tfw BMI over 30 and coffee doesn't boost your ASMBMI
>guess I need to drop weight AND drink coffee for max muscle

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doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1390309

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>be me, muscles shrinking
>tfw aging hits hard
>turns out protein called myostatin is the bad guy
>myostatin says "no gains for you"
>researchers check coffee, specifically robusta
>dat robusta got antioxidants n stuff
>maybe coffee can fight the myostatin
>also check exercise, duh
>exercise also maybe lowers myostatin
>put coffee and exercise together
>might be a muscle power couple
>need more studies tho, details fuzzy

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doi: https://t.co/C4xhZ4KEKK

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>tfw skin is the real fat storage king
>scientists surprised skin eats diet fat like candy
>more than liver, more than other fat depots
>cram down high fat chow
>skin gets thick, like a furry insulator
>happens in 3 days, before you gain weight
>cut isoleucine, get lean
>skin gets thinner, leaky
>lets heat escape, aids weight loss
>diet fat sits in skin for weeks
>lipids in hair go wild on high fat
>skincare is now metabolic regulation, somehow

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doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-59869-x

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>tfw trying to figure out if coconut oil is based
>paper reviews human studies on it
>mfw its like 90% saturated fat
>heard thats bad for heart and arteries
>but co has special medium chain fats
>supposed to be absorbed differently, less fat storage
>got antioxidants too, maybe good against stress
>look at the studies, lots of "maybes" and "inconclusive"
>some small studies say helps waist fat (women mostly)
>some say raises good cholesterol (HDL)
>some say raises triglycerides, other times not
>need more and better studies to be sure. shrug.jpg

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doi: 10.4236/ojemd.2015.57011

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>be me, a pig
>just trying to get fat
>scientists roll up
>start adding coconut oil to my slop
>say it's for ~science~
>they want that healthy lauric acid in me
>18 days later, I'm bacon bits
>mfw they check my fat
>lauric acid showed up in my leg meat
>back fat got double the good stuff
>my liver is apparently immune to coconuts
>guess I'm a healthier pig now?

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doi: 10.55251/jmbfs.10432

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>be me, researcher in Korea
>got 13 young dudes, tell 'em squat
>some eat rice, some starve for 24 hours
>starving bois chuggin water like camels
>squat day comes, everyone lifts heavy
>check their blood juice after
>starving dudes got way more growth hormone
>mfw growth hormone pump not even anabolic
>turns out carbs are kinda important for gains, who knew?
>starvers also got high stress hormone (cortisol) and fat in blood
>testosterone levels? literally do not care
>need more studies on hungry lifters, I guess

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doi: https://t.co/3MF5Q1oQLn

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>be me
>livin the rat good life
>HFHS diet got me fat and feelin like shit
>weight up, gut screamin, blood sugar rekt
>liver lookin rough, probably NASH
>scientists intervene, offer supps
>VD makes my blood sugar behave
>also helps my liver chill
>omega-3 slows the weight gain and belly growth
>omega-3 fixes up the gut lining and bacteria
>tfw get both VD and omega-3
>weight gain completely stopped, TGs down, gut bugs rekt, combo op

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doi: 10.3390/biology13121070