Biohacking and self-development

2021-12-28 23:52:17 #fact Our Brain Requires Less Electricity Than a Light Bulb in the Fridge

The main human organ consumes an enormous amount of energy, yet is highly economical to operate. Neurons and synapses are so efficient that the brain requires only 12 W of power, even though it does a lot more than the dim light bulb on the back of your refrigerator. Open / Comment

2021-12-27 23:26:40 Feelings Help with Memorization

The feeling method allows us to create memorable associations.

To do this, you have to learn to engage all five senses. For instance, make associations to the word "airplane". How do you see it? What do you hear? What do you feel when you touch it? What flavor do you taste? What is the smell?

In this way, you can train yourself to perceive more acutely and remember new data reliably. It's hard to forget something that triggered the activity of several senses at once. Open / Comment

2021-12-27 00:03:46 The Brain Feels No Pain

Here's a clear example in the video The musician was playing the violin while surgeons were operating on her brain to remove the tumor.

The brain doesn't contain pain receptors, so it can't feel pain. For this reason, brain surgery can be performed on a patient who is awake!

Such a tactic is necessary to ensure that the parts of our brain responsible for controlling smooth arm movement and coordination are not harmed. Open / Comment

2021-12-25 21:42:13 The Biohacker's Tools: Walking

"Scary" secret — jogging and strength training are not so safe — it is a serious strain on the body, especially with the wrong technique, which 90% of beginners sin!

In this case first of all joints, bones and ligaments suffer, there can be problems with the cardiovascular system, not to mention the risk of injury.

Running itself is pretty useful, but for a perfectly healthy body!
And for everyone else, we advise you to be thoughtful about your choice of activity.

Low-intensity exercise is almost a cure-all. All long-livers are active and walk distances of up to eight kilometers daily. The key word is "daily." Regularity is very important. If you "raid" the gym from time to time, it will be of little use.

Important: choose the right shoes, it's a guarantee of success in your endeavor, and most importantly the health of your joints and spine. Open / Comment

2021-12-24 23:26:46 Health Monitoring

Risk clarification system:
- Assess your health resources
- Get a genetic test for predisposition to a number of diseases
- Study your history and family history for four or five generations (what they were sick with and what they died of).

For example, you can do a screening test for cancer antigens

Cost: half an hour a year, wrapping up at the lab (or fifteen minutes, making a house call if you're super busy).
The payoff: detecting cancer in the first (hidden stage) has a 95% chance of a successful cure, and in the neglected (fourth) stage, about 10%. Thus, your gain is essentially your life, the opportunity to avoid large costs.

For sure, it makes no sense to submit to all sorts of tests twenty times a year, because it will slightly increase your gain, but significantly affects the costs. So you have to act on your specified risks, on your Achilles' heel. Everyone has one. Open / Comment

2021-12-24 00:13:03 ​​Is It Possible to Replace Sunshine with Vitamin D Supplements and What's the Difference?

High levels of vitamin D reduce the risk of many diseases, from cancer and autoimmune diseases, to obesity and diabetes.

Moreover, this mainly applies to naturally produced vitamin D in the body, but vitamin D supplements show markedly more modest results.

Vitamin D levels can be linked to low disease risk not only directly, but also obliquely as an indicator of sufficient sunlight.
For instance, vitamin D supplements improve the state of the liver for liver disease, BUT ultraviolet light works as well, even more effectively!

One study showed that UV light independently of vitamin D reduces obesity, signs of metabolic syndrome, lowers blood glucose and cholesterol levels, and improves insulin sensitivity. The authors emphasize the majority of positive effects were not reproduced by vitamin D supplementation alone.

In summary: Vitamin D is good, but it's even better with sunshine! Sunlight has many mechanisms of action, but remember that like all effective tools, it also has side effects. Your risk of melanoma is higher if you are exposed to unexpectedly high sun exposure (simply put, getting sunburned). Open / Comment

2021-12-21 21:18:49 ​​How to Keep Your Brain From "Drying Out”

Just a few exercises for daily life to help you think faster:

Remember phone numbers

Memorizing people's names and phone numbers strengthens the connections between your brain cells and naturally trains your memory.


Calculate in your head

Do not rush to use a calculator to count anything: try doing it in your head.


Eat using chopsticks

Using chopsticks to eat will be a great workout for your brain, especially if you haven't used them before. Open / Comment

2021-12-20 23:36:13 DNA Testing As a Way to Prevent Disease

DNA tests range in variety, but in our case we need exactly the analysis of predisposition to diverse diseases.

It's one of the surest preventative measures possible!

What does the test reveal? It shows the risk of developing a specific disease. For instance, predisposition to cancer, cholesterol accumulation in blood vessel walls, etc.

How to use it? A positive test result for a predisposition to a disease may serve as the basis for making recommendations to prevent further conditions. In essence, it's your personal action plan to be as healthy and effective as possible. Open / Comment

2021-12-19 23:25:34 Immediate concentration with a few exercises

Pick up an object, look at it carefully for 30 seconds, then close your eyes and try to reproduce it as accurately as possible. If some details do not appear clearly, look at the object again, then close your eyes, and so on, until the object is completely reproduced.

Brain Box Exercise

Choose 3 objects to think about. Devote 3 minutes to thinking about each of the three subjects. During the first 3 minutes, think only about subject 1; then move on to subject 2; finally, to subject 3. During each phase, avoid scattered thoughts and especially memories of other subjects.

Do this wonderful experience, which will develop your ability to pay attention and focus on sounds. Open / Comment

2021-12-18 23:00:25 Read paper books

This is especially true if you don't just want to read, but to apply that knowledge.

Numerous studies show that information from paper sources (which we hold in our hands, breathe in their smell, look at the covers) is remembered and analyzed much better than electronic counterparts! Open / Comment