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The Health & Performance Benefits of Carbon Monoxide! And How 1 Cigarette Per Day COULD Support Health and Performance. NOTE: WE DO NOT RECOMMEND SMOKING OR INHALING CARBON MONOXIDE AT ANYTIME FOR ANY REASON. PERIOD!!!  UPDATE 2024 July: We were on to something there, now Tour de France riders inhale carbon monoxide article. But you should NOT! It's time for a deep dive into the research to bring out something new, and possibly a bit controversial. Were the 50's doctors actually right about smoking for health? No! YET, when we research about smoking 1 (and only 1) cigarette per day (and at...

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BREAKING NEWS: Researchers Discovery NEW Essential Fatty Acid, C15:0! This story, like many other exciting ones, includes flipper the dolphin! Research conducted on dolphins in San Diego has shed light on a novel essential fatty acid known as C15:0, or pentadecanoic acid.   Scientists observed a remarkable correlation between the levels of this fatty acid and the lifespan of dolphins. Remarkably, those dolphins that lived longer exhibited significantly higher amounts of C15:0, while those with shorter lifespans had considerably lower levels. To delve further into the significance of this finding, one must first comprehend the importance of essential fatty acids...

8 Key Actions to Optimize Performance & Health Together. Health and performance advice don't always go hand in hand. True top performance may not be healthy and actions to optimize performance may yield suboptimal health results, but this is not the case for all actions.   1. Eat More Protein The evidence continues to mount for the benefits of protein in the diet, for all ages and goals and especially post-exercise for recovery. The large majority of the population, including athletes, likely under consume protein, as we discussed here. The caveats here are in certain disease states and if athletes...