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Discover Hydrogen Switch – an innovative device for better health! Hydrogen Switch transforms regular water into "super water" enriched with hydrogen, offering numerous benefits: 💧 Improved Hydration – Hydrogen water is absorbed more quickly and efficiently by the body, ensuring optimal hydration levels. ⚡️ Increased Energy – Hydrogen helps...

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Beware, I bought one and it chlorinated my water! Company being investigated

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The Japanese are the leaders in hydrogen water. Look up hydrogen man on YouTube and you will get a good education on infusing hydrogen into distilled water. There is also quality concerns about the metal used in portable infusers.

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Whenever they name a celebrity, it’s an advertisement to sell a product

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Just add a few drops peroxide hydrogen to the water and it does even better

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All water has hydrogen

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Look into “ structured water” you will be amazed.

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Hydrogen water may be delivering unknown amounts of deuterium directly to your mitochondria — not depleting it. "Just stay away from it." That's Dr. Laszlo Boros — Hungarian medical biochemist, retired professor at UCLA School of Medicine, author of 100+ peer-reviewed papers and one of the world's leading deuterium researchers — on the entire hydrogen supplement industry. Two reasons: 1. You don't know the deuterium content — and that's the problem The biological rationale for hydrogen water is real. Your microbiome produces molecular hydrogen gas naturally. Retinal melanin produces hydrogen gas from water photolysis. Dissolved hydrogen penetrates cell membranes easily due to its extremely small molecular size — delivering fuel to mitochondria without requiring a carbon substrate. The theory is sound. The source is not. Commercial hydrogen water is produced by electrolysis — passing an electrical current through water to split it into hydrogen and oxygen — from water of unknown deuterium content. If the source water carries 150–155 ppm deuterium, the hydrogen gas dissolved in it carries that deuterium. Boros: "You don't know the source of hydrogen. You don't know how much deuterium there is in this hydrogen gas that you are consuming. If it's not controlling for deuterium content, you may be inhaling or drinking very high deuterium gas — and that's not good for your system." The danger: hydrogen gas bypasses glycolysis and the TCA cycle — the two systems your body uses to filter deuterium before it reaches your mitochondrial nanomotors. You may be delivering deuterium-loaded hydrogen directly to your mitochondria with no filtration. Boros: "As long as it's not clear to you what you're consuming as far as protium and deuterium ratios — don't put it in your mouth." 2. Even pure hydrogen raises a biochemistry concern This is a theoretical argument — not an established finding. Boros raises it as a biochemist, not as a conclusion supported by data. If pure deuterium-free hydrogen enters your plasma, it reacts with available oxygen rapidly. Boros on The Energy Blueprint podcast: "Hydrogen joins oxygen rapidly — it's called exploding gas because it's such a rapid reaction in chemistry. Hydrogen pills or hydrogen-saturated water soaks the oxygen's ability to deliver its function in the mitochondria. That's the biochemistry argument." He is careful to note: if hydrogen water were genuinely low in deuterium, it may have some beneficial effects. “If it’s just pure hydrogen, then it depletes deuterium in your system. If it’s low in deuterium, you may have some beneficial effects and I’m just not arguing it’s not, I’m just as a biochemist, I’m just saying that it has to be looked at from all different angles.” The data to answer this conclusively does not yet exist. The uncertainty itself is the problem. You cannot verify the deuterium content. You cannot verify what reaches the mitochondria. The reliable sources The reliable source of deuterium-depleted molecular hydrogen for mitochondrial use is biological. Microbial fermentation in the gut. Melanin photolysis during full-spectrum sunlight exposure. Both are biological processes with built-in deuterium regulation. Both produce hydrogen that has already been filtered by the systems that evolved to filter it. Neither can be replicated by a commercial product. Boros: "You need nothing else but what we talked about. You cannot supplement health with anything other than the right food, the right light exposure, the right local habitat. You cannot replace any of that with artificial remedies — which are actually just big business. It's not your business."

no.mind

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DIVINE MATHEMATICS Number One (1) is the Number of God. Everything is from Number. Number One (1) is the Number of Hydrogen. Your DNA is written in the Divine Mathematics of the Fibonacci Geometric Patterns/Sequences. Your DNA is written in Mathematical Number Patterns. That is why Science is filled with Calculations. Nature is written in the Fibonacci Geometric Patterns/Sequences. You do not need religion to know God. You need to understand the nature of existence from the angle of Science and Mathematics. Galileo Galilei, who deserves to be called the Father of Physics said thus how God created the Universe: "God created the Universe in the language of Mathematics" Everything in the Universe is Governed by Numbers. For this Purpose, Zero or Nothing or the Void is counted, not just as a Number, but as the Source of All Numbers. Zero or Nothing or the Void is mentioned in the Bible as early as Genesis because the Zero or the Void or Nothing is the Basis of All Numbers. In Genesis 1: 1-3 it is written thus: 1. In the Heaven and Earth. 2. And the Earth was without Form and Void; and Darkness was upon the Face of the Deep.... 3. And God said Let there be Light and there was Light. What follows are the 7 Days of Creation. Religion deceives and brainwashed the Masses that these are 7 literal Days. They're really about the Fibonacci Geometric Patterns/Sequences. Numbers govern the Chemical Elements that constitute the Universe, with Hydrogen being Number One to emerge from Zero and is the Same as the Zero with the Zero being the Darkness that was upon the Face of the Great Deep mentioned in Genesis 1:2. Number One became the Light which emerged from the Darkness. Without Darkness, there can be no Light. Everything is essentially a Mirror of the Same Thing. This is what is called Polarity. In other Words, Opposite Things depend on the each other in order to exist. Without Darkness, you cannot know what Light is. This is also represented by Gender, with the Female and the Male being diverse Forms of the Same Thing. The Hermetic Principles explain the relationship between everything in some details. In that regards, I suggest that you should look up the Hermetic Principles in the Kyballion. It is because the Numbers begins from Zero or Nothing or the Void that it is said that God made the Universe from Nothing. As already mentioned Number One is the Number of Hydrogen. The Hydrogen Atom permeates Everything in the Universe. It is because there is Hydrogen that there is a Material Universe. Hydrogen is Number One (1) on the Chemical Periodic Table. There is Nothing in the Material Universe that is not from Hydrogen. Hydrogen is the Basis of all Physical Existence. That is why Number One (1) is also the Number of God. The Sun and the Stars and Planets are All comprised of Hydrogen. Oxygen is constituted by the Thermonuclear Synthesis Hydrogen in the Nuclei of Stars. Hydrogen then COMBUSTS with Hydrogen to produce Dihydrogen Monoxide aka WATER. Your very being is literally powered by Hydrogen. As already indicated, Oxygen first came into Existence through Thermonuclear Fusion of Hydrogen Atoms in Stars. Stars are composed of the Hydrogen. Hydrogen is the Medium of Consciousness and Medium of the Material Universe of which we are an Intrinsic part. All of Nature is powered by Number One (1) aka Hydrogen. You're literally made of Hydrogen that has been transformed in Stars. The Sun, as a Star is composed of Hydrogen Atoms. The Circle which represents Zeros Nothing or the Void or the Darkness and also the Light represents the Hydrogen Atom. That is why the Sun and Moon are Circles. The Circle is the Basic Geometric Pattern. The multiplication of identical Circles create the Patterns and Sequences of the Flower of Life which is in All Indigenous Cultures. ✨🙌🏾💫

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Fruit juice carries a higher deuterium concentration than ocean water. Most people drinking it for their health are loading their mitochondria with more deuterium than ocean water delivers. Fruit juices measure between 140 and 170 ppm deuterium. Ocean water sits at 156 ppm. Many fruit juices land above it. The measurement data comes from István Fórizs — Hungarian geochemist and isotope hydrologist who studies the movement and distribution of isotopes through water systems in nature. The mechanism is straightforward. Plants transpire water through their leaves. During transpiration, lighter water evaporates preferentially and the water remaining in the plant becomes deuterium-enriched. When that fruit is pressed into juice, the enriched water it retained comes with it. This is why whole plants tell a different story. Hungarian plants measure at approximately 140 ppm — below the water they grow in, which ranges between 132 and 152 ppm depending on the season. Plants fractionate isotopes during metabolic processes, preferentially incorporating lighter hydrogen into their organic compounds. Whole plant foods arrive at your body modestly deuterium-depleted relative to their water source. Fruit juice reverses this entirely. Juicing concentrates the deuterium-enriched water the plant retained while stripping away the fiber and cellular structure that came with the depletion. You get the heavy fraction without the benefit. The gap between eating a whole apple and drinking apple juice is not just about fiber and sugar. It is an isotopic gap your mitochondria experience directly.

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Dr. Alexis Cowan on Deuterium: How One Simple Water Hack Could Reverse Mitochondrial Damage, Cancer, and Chronic Disease Sweat is deuterium enriched, so it helps your body to deplete deuterium. So, just briefly, deuterium is a heavy form of hydrogen. The amount of deuterium in your drinking water varies depending on what latitude you live at. High latitudes, lower deuterium. Equatorial latitudes, higher deuterium. Deuterium is enriched in plant foods, roots and fruits, starches, and is depleted in animal foods. At more northern latitudes, we’re really only meant to receive deuterium during the part of the year where we can grow and eat plants. Of course, now in the modern environment, we have access to any food at any time of year, and so a lot of people, especially if you’re eating processed foods, are eating deuterium bombs, and then they’re never sweating, they’re never getting out into sunlight to help them remove that deuterium, and deuterium clogs and gums up mitochondria. So, if deuterium levels get too high in the tissue, that creates mitochondrial dysfunction, which then begets more deuterium overload and more inflammation and more disease. So on the converse to that, deuterium depletion is being used in the treatment of cancer and diabetes right now, but there’s a large scope for other diseases as well, to actually reverse some of the root causes of the disease at the mitochondrial level. And so that’s why if people have heard of deuterium-depleted water, it’s something that is leveraged within these clinical trials, for example, to help ameliorate these two disease types. And for people who are interested in that, I’ll just make one brief note that the concentration of deuterium in the water is important. So you don’t want to just drink straight deuterium-depleted water because the deuterium in the bloodstream actually plays an important role. The blood is the most enriched source of deuterium in the body. The tissues have the least. So wherever there’s mitochondria, the deuterium goes away from that ideally. And so it’s concentrated in the blood where red blood cells have no mitochondria, so they don’t have to deal with this issue. But what you’re doing is you’re pulling water out of the blood volume, and because that’s deuterium-rich water, what you’re effectively doing is removing the deuterium-enriched water from the body, and then what you have to do in order to establish equilibrium is to pull deuterium out of the tissues to reestablish the right concentration of deuterium in the blood. So in effect, you’re depleting deuterium from your tissues when you sweat. And similarly with the drinking water, the drinking water is directly in homeostasis with your blood volume, and so if you’re drinking deuterium-depleted water, and the ideal range is between 105 and 120 parts per million, that’s going to very slightly reduce the blood deuterium levels, which then results in the deuterium being pulled out of the tissue to restore the roughly 150 parts per million concentration in the bloodstream. So those are a couple different ways. Obviously, when you’re sweating, you’re releasing deuterium. There’s also some evidence that when you’re getting exposed to full-spectrum sunlight, it also helps to remove deuterium from the water in the body, as well. And so there’s just a couple things. There also makes sense too because when you’re in an environment, like let’s say it’s summertime and there’s more plant foods available, there’s more deuterium in those foods. You’re eating that, but the body has the ability to handle that deuterium load better because the sunlight quality is better. Versus in the wintertime when there’s no plant foods available and you’re meant to be eating animal fats and proteins, which are low deuterium foods, that helps your mitochondria work better in the absence of full spectrum, like UV light and more intense, longer days... Dr. Alexis Jazmyn on Adiel Gorel - Wellness Explorer

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"People Are Brainwashed Into Drinking Too Much Water." Dr Tel Oren, MD "Water Intoxication Is Diluting Your Electrolytes, Damaging Your Kidneys & Lowering Your Stomach Acid." "20 Years Ago No One Carried Water Bottles Everywhere With Them & No One Had Electrolyte Deficiency." Excessive water intake dilutes electrolytes, strains kidneys & stresses adrenal glands. True cellular hydration happens through metabolism, not just by drinking water. Hydration on a cellular level requires crucial unrefined minerals like potassium, sodium & magnesium to enter the cell wall. Listen to your body—drink when thirsty, including unrefined mineral sea salt to water for proper hydration. Avoid drinking with meals which dilutes stomach acid. Drinking liquids during meals can lead to bloating, indigestion & nutrient malabsorption. Your stomach likes to maintain an acidity level of 1 to 1.5 on the pH scale (2nd highest stomach acidity next to vultures), which break down proteins, stimulates the release of digestive enzymes & absorption of vitamins. But when you drink during meals, you slow down the entire process, water has a pH of 7, which leads to bloating & acid reflux. Too much water creates dilution of your electrolytes in your blood & damage to your adrenals that depend on those electrolytes. So you end up in greater stress & it becomes a vicious cycle for the health 'set point' of your kidneys. Gradually break free from the habit of constant hydration for healthier balance and real cellular wellness. Slowly break your water addiction to whatever your body tells you it needs when you're thirsty. Drink when thirsty & rehydrate with water & crucial minerals during times of high heat & perspiration. 👇Water Intoxication Symptoms & Science👇 👇Too Much Water Causes Heartburn & GERD👇 👇Over Hydration Is Harmful To Kidneys & Heart👇 Speaker: Dr Adiel Tel Oren, MD Video: WR

Valerie Anne Smith

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The water you drink affects how long your muscles can perform before they give out. A controlled study gave 7 Hungarian national rowing team members deuterium-depleted water (105 ppm) for 44 days. 5 team members drank normal water. Both groups performed the same rowing ergometer test — with increasing intensity — on day 0 and day 44. The group that drank deuterium-depleted water? Resting lactate dropped significantly: Day 0: ~2.54 mmol/L Day 44: ~1.44 mmol/L The group drinking normal water? No meaningful change after 44 days. Lactic acid appearance is a direct marker of when mitochondria can no longer meet energy demand aerobically. Pushing that threshold later means more output before the system shifts into oxygen debt. The mechanism: lower deuterium concentration allows ATP synthase — the mitochondrial nano-motor rotating ~6,000–9,000 times per minute — to operate more efficiently. ATP synthase prefers the lighter hydrogen isotope and discriminates against deuterium. Gábor Somlyai, a Hungarian molecular biologist and cancer researcher who conducted this study, observed the same pattern across both cancer patients and healthy individuals consuming deuterium-depleted water: - Lower lactate production - More sustained energy output - Better sleep - Improved endurance and recovery Somlyai himself played competitive basketball from age 11 until his hip gave out at 66. His explanation was always the same: the mitochondria work better at lower deuterium.

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Rebounding, or jumping on a mini-trampoline, offers a variety of health benefits for the body that are both surprising and impressive. Here’s a detailed look at some of the key advantages: 1. Improved Cardiovascular Health ❤️ Rebounding is an excellent way to get your heart pumping and improve cardiovascular health. The rhythmic motion increases heart rate, promoting better circulation and strengthening the heart muscle over time. 2. Lymphatic System Boost 🌿 Unlike many other forms of exercise, rebounding is particularly effective at stimulating the lymphatic system. The up-and-down motion helps to flush out toxins, waste, and other unwanted materials from the body, which can enhance your immune system and overall health. 3. Enhanced Balance and Coordination ⚖️ The unstable surface of the trampoline forces your body to engage multiple muscles to maintain balance, which over time improves your coordination and stability. This can be especially beneficial for older adults looking to maintain their independence and reduce the risk of falls. 4. Low-Impact Exercise 🌟 Despite its effectiveness, rebounding is gentle on the joints. The trampoline absorbs much of the impact, making it a great option for those with joint pain or those recovering from injuries, while still providing a high-intensity workout. 5. Muscle Toning and Strengthening 💪 Rebounding works out various muscle groups, particularly in the core, legs, and lower back. Regular sessions can lead to improved muscle tone, increased strength, and better posture. 6. Improved Bone Density 🦴 The gentle impact on bones from rebounding can stimulate bone growth and increase bone density, which is crucial for preventing osteoporosis and maintaining bone health as we age. 7. Stress Relief and Mental Health 😌 The rhythmic motion of bouncing has been shown to have calming effects, reducing stress and anxiety. Additionally, the physical activity releases endorphins, the body's natural mood lifters, which can help to combat depression and improve overall mental well-being. 8. Better Digestion and Gut Health 🍎 Rebounding can also positively impact digestion by stimulating the digestive tract, promoting better nutrient absorption, and reducing issues like constipation. The gentle motion helps to massage the intestines, aiding in regular bowel movements. 9. Increased Energy Levels ⚡️ Regular rebounding can lead to higher energy levels. The exercise helps to improve circulation and oxygen flow throughout the body, which can leave you feeling more energized and less fatigued throughout the day. 10. Weight Loss and Fat Burning 🔥 Rebounding is an effective calorie-burning exercise. It increases metabolism and helps to burn fat, making it a great option for those looking to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight. Incorporating just a few minutes of rebounding into your daily routine can provide a wide array of benefits, making it a versatile and effective way to support your overall health and well-being.

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2023 is the International Year of Millets! Foxtail millet is one of the oldest millets in the world and was an important source of food for early human civilizations. In fact, foxtail millet is referred to in some ancient texts, such as the Yajurveda. Grown in semi-arid regions, it has a short growing season, requiring minimal water and can be planted even when it’s too late to plant other crops. High in iron content, it helps promote good cardiac health and helps control blood sugar and cholesterol levels. Full recipe below: Foxtail Millet Upma Ingredients 1 cup foxtail millet 2 tbsp ghee or oil 1 tsp mustard seeds 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 big capsicum, finely chopped 3-4 chopped tomatoes 1 tbsp ginger, grated 1 carrot, finely chopped ½ cup peas, fresh or frozen ½ cup green beans, finely chopped 2 cups water Salt for taste ¼ cup fresh coriander, chopped Method: Dry roast the millets over a low flame for 4-5 mins and then soak in water for 2-3 hours. Rinse the millet in several changes of water until the water runs clear. In a saucepan, heat the ghee or oil over medium heat. Add the mustard seeds and cumin seeds and cook until they begin to sizzle. Add the chopped tomatoes, chopped capsicum, ginger and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add the carrot, peas, and green beans and cook covered for an additional 2-3 minutes, or until the vegetables are slightly softened. Add the foxtail millet to the saucepan and stir it in with the vegetables and salt. Add the water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, covered, for 15-20 minutes, or until the water is absorbed and the millet is tender. Stir in the chopped coriander leaves. Serve the upma hot, garnished with additional coriander, if needed. Food and Agriculture Organization International Year Of Millets 2023 #IYM2023 #YearOfMillets #SaveSoil

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You are probably drinking too much water. Dr. Laszlo Boros strongly warns against drinking water habitually or in large quantities without the natural cue of thirst. This directly contradicts much of the conventional hydration advice that encourages people to drink three liters of water per day, a gallon per day, or hit a predetermined hydration target. He considers environmental water one of the sneakiest sources of deuterium because it enters the body directly. Unlike food, it arrives without carbon. It absorbs into tissues and mixes directly with your cytoplasmic water. This matters because the body is already designed to produce its own deuterium-depleted water. Every day. As mitochondria combine protons with oxygen, they create metabolic water inside the mitochondrial matrix. According to Dr. Laszlo Boros — Hungarian medical biochemist, retired professor at UCLA School of Medicine, author of 100+ peer-reviewed papers and one of the world's leading deuterium researchers — this is the most important water in the body. And the amount of metabolic water you produce depends heavily on the fuel you burn. Approximately 100 grams of fat generate around 110 grams of metabolic water. 100 grams of carbohydrates produce only around 55 grams. Nearly half as much. Fat produces substantially more metabolic water per unit of food consumed. This is one reason Boros spends so much time discussing fat metabolism and follows a carnivore ketogenic diet himself. Excessive water intake creates a different problem. According to Boros, drinking too much water — especially without salt — lowers blood osmolarity, which causes the brain to swell. The pituitary gland sits inside a tight bony compartment at the base of the skull called the sella turcica. When the brain swells from excess water, it physically compresses the pituitary gland inside this rigid bone. That can shut down its ability to release crucial hormones. Because the pituitary regulates sex hormones, fertility hormones, and thyroid-stimulating hormones, overdrinking can disrupt the entire endocrine system and contribute to chronic conditions like infertility and autoimmune thyroid issues. The most critical hormone affected is antidiuretic hormone (ADH), also called vasopressin. ADH normally signals the kidneys to reabsorb and preserve the body's own deuterium-depleted metabolic water. Without ADH, your body cannot hold onto its clean water. Boros points out that if you drink a liter of water in 30 minutes, you will simply pee it right back out. Because people constantly suppress ADH by forcing themselves to drink water, Boros notes that the average American has an ADH level of about 0.6, compared to a normal level of 1.0. In his view, the general population has essentially given itself a water-wasting disease called diabetes insipidus. Diabetes insipidus is a condition where the body cannot properly balance fluid levels, leading to excessive production of large volumes of urine and intense thirst. The downstream consequence is not just water loss. The suppression of these metabolic regulators can contribute to the buildup of visceral and subcutaneous fat. To show how dangerous overriding thirst can become, Boros gives an extreme example. A mother in New Jersey took her kids on a mountain walk and drank approximately 1.5 liters of water in 15 minutes. The rapid water influx caused severe brain swelling. By the time she drove back to her garage, she fell into a coma and died. Extreme case. But the principle is clear. More water is not always better. Now, the natural objection arises: "What about the studies showing performance drops before thirst kicks in? You can't rely on thirst — it lags behind the actual need." Boros addresses this directly. His argument: Those studies were almost certainly run on subjects whose ADH system was already suppressed from years of chronic overdrinking. If you have spent years forcing yourself to drink 3-4 liters a day whether thirsty or not, you have gradually damaged your hypothalamic cells' ability to produce ADH. It takes approximately six months of gradually reducing water intake to restore ADH production to normal levels. A subject with suppressed ADH entering a dehydration study will show impaired performance before thirst — not because thirst lags, but because their thirst signal itself is broken. They lost the ability to produce sufficient ADH — the key hormone in the hypothalamic system that drives both water retention and thirst signaling. Prime the subjects correctly — gradually restore their ADH production before the study begins — and Boros argues you would see a completely different result. The studies are not wrong. They are measuring the wrong population. Boros does not see a reason to drink water when you are not thirsty. Thirst is the signal. It tells you when to drink. It also tells you when to stop. His argument is not that people should restrict water. His argument is that people should stop overriding the signals that evolved to regulate it. This is an important distinction. Boros is not saying: Don't drink water. He is saying: Drink when thirsty. Drink enough. Then stop. Even Dr. Gabor Somlyai's deuterium-depleted water protocols in his book "Deuterium Depletion" recommend around 1.5–2 liters per day. Not a gallon per day. Not constant hydration. This is the researcher who has followed 2,649 cancer patients over 32 years and whose company sells deuterium-depleted water. If anyone had an incentive to recommend drinking more of it, it would be him. Yet his protocols still recommend around 1.5–2 liters per day. Thirst is a precise physiological signal. Just like hunger. Like sleepiness. You don't go to sleep just because a bed is in the room. The body already knows when it needs water. The problem begins when we stop listening.

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A 72-hour water fast (drinking water but consuming no calories) can trigger several changes in the body. Some are well supported by research, while others are still being studied. Potential benefits 1. Autophagy may increase * Autophagy is the process by which cells break down and recycle damaged components. * Animal studies show fasting can stimulate autophagy, and in humans it is thought to increase during prolonged fasting, although exactly when and by how much varies and is still being researched. 2. Ketosis * After around 24–48 hours, most people begin producing ketones from stored fat. * By 72 hours, many people are in deeper ketosis, which can: * Increase fat burning. * Provide an alternative fuel source for the brain. * Reduce hunger in some people once ketosis is established. 3. Improved insulin sensitivity * Fasting lowers insulin levels. * Short-term fasting can improve insulin sensitivity after the fast, which may help with blood sugar regulation in some individuals. 4. Reduced inflammation * Some studies have found short-term fasting can lower certain inflammatory markers, although results vary. 5. Weight loss * You’ll lose weight during a 72-hour fast. * Part of this is fat, but a significant amount is also water and depleted glycogen stores. * Some weight is regained once you eat normally again. 6. Lower blood sugar * Blood glucose typically falls during fasting, particularly in people without diabetes. 7. Potential cardiovascular benefits * Temporary reductions in blood pressure may occur. * Triglycerides may improve in some people. * Long-term benefits depend more on overall diet and lifestyle than occasional fasting. 8. Mental clarity * Some people report improved focus and concentration after the first 24–48 hours, possibly related to ketone production. * Others experience fatigue or brain fog instead. 9. Digestive rest * The digestive system gets a break from processing food

Anthony Fowler

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Rooh Afza: The Truth About This Summer Drink Hamdard Laboratories (India) was founded in 1906 by Hakeem Hafiz Abdul Majeed. It is managed as a Waqf (an Islamic trust). Hakeem Hafiz Abdul Majeed founded the company in 1906 as a small Unani clinic in Delhi. Every summer, this bottle comes out of the fridge and someone in the house says yeh body ko thanda rakhta hai. Let's check that. One standard pour of Rooh Afza, 30ml, contains 23 grams of sugar. That is more sugar than a full can of Sprite. 87.8% of what is inside that bottle is sugar. The remaining 12% is water, rose distillate, kewra extract, citric acid, food colour, and preservative. Two glasses of Rooh Afza with milk and you have consumed more added sugar than most nutrition guidelines recommend in an entire day. Now the bigger question. Does it actually cool your body? No. The syrup has no physiological mechanism to lower core body temperature. The cooling sensation you feel is from the cold water, the ice, and the hydration. Plain iced water does the same thing without 23 grams of sugar per glass. Rooh Afza is not the villain here. It is a sharbat, a concentrate designed to be enjoyed occasionally the way mithai is enjoyed occasionally. The problem is that somewhere along the way it got repositioned as a summer health drink. And nobody questioned it because it has been in our homes for over 100 years. This summer, if you want actual cooling and actual hydration, try nimbu pani with kala namak for electrolytes, coconut water for potassium and natural hydration, aam panna for digestive support, and buttermilk for probiotics and genuine cooling. All of them hydrate better. Most of them cost less than a bottle of Rooh Afza. Credit : theavanishway

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Engineers discover a new class of materials that passively harvest water from air | University of Pennsylvania A serendipitous observation in a Chemical Engineering lab at Penn Engineering has led to a surprising discovery: a new class of nanostructured materials that can pull water from the air, collect it in pores and release it onto surfaces without the need for any external energy. The research, published in Science Advances, was conducted by an interdisciplinary team, including Daeyeon Lee, Russell Pearce and Elizabeth Crimian Heuer Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE), Amish Patel, Professor in CBE, Baekmin Kim, a postdoctoral scholar in Lee's lab and first author, and Stefan Guldin, Professor in Complex Soft Matter at the Technical University of Munich. Their work describes a material that could open the door to new ways to collect water from the air in arid regions and devices that cool electronics or buildings using the power of evaporation. "We weren't even trying to collect water," says Lee. "We were working on another project testing the combination of hydrophilic nanopores and hydrophobic polymers when Bharath Venkatesh, a former Ph.D. student in our lab, noticed water droplets appearing on a material we were testing. It didn't make sense. That's when we started asking questions." Those questions led to an in-depth study of a new type of amphiphilic nanoporous material: one that blends water-loving (hydrophilic) and water-repelling (hydrophobic) components in a unique nanoscale structure. The result is a material that both captures moisture from air and simultaneously pushes that moisture out as droplets. Water-Collecting Nanopores When water condenses on surfaces, it usually requires either a drop in temperature or very high humidity levels. Conventional water harvesting methods rely on these principles, often requiring energy input to chill surfaces or a dense fog to form to collect water passively from humid environments. But Lee and Patel's system works differently. Instead of cooling, their material relies on capillary condensation, a process where water vapor condenses inside tiny pores even at lower humidity. This is not new. What is new is that in their system, the water doesn't just stay trapped inside the pores, as it usually does in these types of materials. "In typical nanoporous materials, once the water enters the pores, it stays there," explains Patel. "But in our material, the water moves, first condensing inside the pores, then emerging onto the surface as droplets. That's never been seen before in a system like this, and at first we doubted our observations." A Material That Defies Physics Before they understood what was happening, the researchers first thought that water was simply condensing onto the surface of the material due to an artifact of their experimental setup, such as a temperature gradient in the lab. To rule that out, they increased the thickness of the material to see if the amount of water collected on the surface would change. "If what we were observing was due to surface condensation alone, the thickness of the material wouldn't change the amount of water present," explains Lee. But, the total amount of water collected increased as the film's thickness increased, proving that the water droplets forming on the surface came from inside the material. Even more surprising: the droplets didn't evaporate quickly, as thermodynamics would predict. "According to the curvature and size of the droplets, they should have been evaporating," says Patel. "But they were not; they remained stable for extended periods." With a material that could potentially defy the laws of physics on their hands, Lee and Patel sent their design off to a collaborator to see if their results were replicable. "We study porous films under a wide range of conditions, using subtle changes in light polarization to probe complex nanoscale phenomena," says Guldin. "But we've never seen anything like this. It's absolutely fascinating and will clearly spark new and exciting research." A Stabilized Cycle of Condensation and Release It turns out that they had created a material with just the right balance of water-attracting nanoparticles and water-repelling plastic -- polyethylene -- to create a nanoparticle film with this special property. "We accidentally hit the sweet spot," says Lee. "The droplets are connected to hidden reservoirs in the pores below. These reservoirs are continuously replenished from water vapor in the air, creating a feedback loop made possible by this perfect balance of water-loving and water-repelling materials." A Platform for Passive Water Harvesting and More Beyond the physics-defying behavior, the materials' simplicity is part of what makes them so promising. Made from common polymers and nanoparticles using scalable fabrication methods, these films could be integrated into passive water harvesting devices for arid regions, surfaces for cooling electronics or smart coatings that respond to ambient humidity. "We're still uncovering the mechanisms at play," says Patel. "But the potential is exciting. We're learning from biology -- how cells and proteins manage water in complex environments -- and applying that to design better materials." "This is exactly what Penn does best, bringing together expertise in chemical engineering, materials science, chemistry and biology to solve big problems," adds Lee. The next steps include studying how to optimize the balance of hydrophilic and hydrophobic components, scale the material for real-world use and investigating how to make the collected droplets roll off surfaces efficiently. Ultimately, the researchers hope this discovery will lead to technologies that offer clean water in dry climates or more sustainable cooling methods using only the water vapor already in the air. Read more:

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