Jhana meditation, blissful pleasure states fare greater than drugs or sex, and long confined to monks in monasteries is finally breaking out and being explored by scientists and laymen.

One of my motivations for writing "The Awakened Ape" was seeing that hardcore meditators were neglecting the other aspects of life that contribute to health and happiness. That's why 2/3 of the book is non-meditation related. Meditate yes, but you are still an animal.

You need to eat two impossible burgers to get the same muscle-building response as eating one beef burger.

Have you heard unmarried, single women are happier? Untrue according to latest GSS survey. Married women with children are the happiest subgroup, followed by married men with children.

New Study: People were assigned to one of two diets in a cross-over study design. One high in Ultra-processed foods, the other-real food. UPF group ate 800 more calories per day and gained 2.5 pounds of fat in two weeks compared to the real food diet. …ubs.pericles-prod.literatumonline.com/doi/10.1111/do…

Is Ricky Rubio playing basketball this season? I don't see his name on either FC Barcelona or Joventud rosters. #rickyrubio Jon Krawczynski

This is a great video on how to get real Extra Virgin Olive Oil, what brands to use to avoid the mafia-produced fake oil (yes, really), and how to store it.

Huberman discovers the Paleo Diet.

Delson Armstrong, a master meditator who claimed full enlightenment, renounces all of his attainments. Full enlightenment (complete end to psychological suffering) is almost certainly a myth. youtube.com/watch?v=lMwZWQ…

Butter, lard, tallow are not deeply ancestral foods. But only became possible after the domestication of animals. I use EVOO, because the outcome data is fantastic for it.

Fascinating, despite being matched for calories and macros, an ultra-processed food diet didn’t result in fat loss (only weight loss) while a minimally processed diet did lose fat.

I just tested mine. It went from 155 -> 98. 57. Bryan Johnson was 37. :) youtube.com/watch?v=WCZ-_l…

New Study: Paleo Diet for Endurance Athletes? pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11… 6-week study, Paleo diet vs Mixed Diet(habitual endurance athlete diet) .. Results: PD ⬇️ Blood Pressure ⬇️ Body Fat 15%-11% + trended(almost SS) ⬆️ VO2 Max ⬆️ Time Trial Performance

The Traditional Maasai were carnivores with low rates of CVD. But that doesn't mean you can too... Maasai -- avg total cholesterol = 135. They have unique genetics to handle cholesterol, live at altitude, have frequent infections that lower LDL, and exercise = a marathon a day.

The Dalai Lama's doctor once said by the standards of Tibetan medicine, everyone in the West would be diagnosed with neurosis.

Shows that Michael Pollan was prophetic when he asked "Do we truly know the soul of a carrot?" Whole foods > supplements.

For those interested in supplements that actually work, and do benefit mental health look to Saffron and L-Theanine.

Almost no one has consistent moral beliefs, and there's a good reason for that.

Tennis Grand Slams under 23 years of age. Bjorg - 6 Nadal - 6 Alcaraz - 5 (has 3 more attempts) Djoker - 1 Federer- 1

Wild game, such as deer and boar have high amounts of PUFA (22-25%) of fat calories. Our farmed meats have largely been bred to have higher amounts of fats and saturated fats than game meat. Not ancestrally consistent. Eat wild game, or lean grass fed varieties.