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62,054 views • 7 months ago

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72,765 views • 1 year ago

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After a busy week of study seshes with your besties, head to the Castle Dormitories, sparkly winged key in hand, and take time for yourself by relaxing by the pool or making your dorm your very own cozy safe haven! Your dorm is your home away from home, decoratable however you see fit! Check out your friends dorms by knocking on their door, or if you’re feeling devious, a clever game of ding dong ditch could be what you’re in the mood for! The new dormitories are now out for everyone to enjoy in Campus 3, along with the Bathing Quarters out now in beta for lvls 500+!

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196,620 views • 3 years ago

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TheNewPhysics

75,999 views • 1 month ago

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Mario Nawfal

49,963 views • 3 months ago

What happens when a bullsh*tting integrative holistic wellness coach meets the pseudoscience poster boy of India? Intense mental constipation and explosive verbal diarrhea. In todays edition of "This Does Not Happen", we discuss "Fasting, Gut Health and Gut "Reset." First, intergrated medicine is a fraudulent practice. And make no mistake, functional medicine is too. See here and here Fasting is overrated. For those who did not understand that Overrated meaning: valued too highly or have a higher opinion of (someone or something) than is deserved. There is nothing called as "gut health." Microbiome scientists have never identified or defined what a "healthy microbiome in the gut is," but have only figured out some beneficial gut bacteria. Every holistic coach, every alternative medicine practitioner, every half-baked gastroenterologist (*cough* Pal *cough* *cough*), every overconfident nutritionist and science-defying dietitian-influencer on the internet has abused the word "gut health" so much that it has started featuring on Ayurvedic, Homeopathic and Naturopathic products which science-illiterate people lap up wholesale. Trust me, none of them have any clue what the gut microbiome means and what its functionality & potential truly are. No one knows in fact and medical science is only figuring it out - one step at a time. The only time where medical science actually found value of a "gut reset" is the role of healthy donor stool transplant to treat severe, recurrent Clostridium difficile infections. Fasting does modulate the intestinal bacteria. But NOT so much that it RESETS the whole gastrointestinal system. It is quite stupid to think of it that way. Fasting was shown to increase populations of certain bacteria. But this is in no way a "detox" (another fraudulent wellness selling term) and no way a "reset." For example, when the gut is empty, mucosal slime inside intestines increase and a specific bacteria that feeds of the slime outcompetes other bacteria and increases - called Lachnospira. That is not a reset at all. Every study on fasting and "gut health" has been very basic, based on biochemical or molecular parameters and none clinically translated into beneficial interventions. Even the other commonly used term "autophagy" in the exercise/diet/nutrition/health-influencer circles is complete hocus pocus. Yes, autopaghy exists, but there is absolutely NO clinical evidence that such a process with fasting does anyone anything good. "Fasting and autophagy" related speculative benefits have NOT yet been demonstrated in real-world clinical trials involving people. Fast is you feel like it. If you can tolerate it. If you are pious and your religion warrants it. But dont think its resetting anything, other than your confirmational bias, which has been strengthened by your personal, anecdotal experience which is further strengthened by your exposure to videos that "hijack science sounding terms" narrated by "overconfident medical-science-pirates," who keep lying, day in and day out on the internet.
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What happens when a bullsh*tting integrative holistic wellness coach meets the pseudoscience poster boy of India? Intense mental constipation and explosive verbal diarrhea. In todays edition of "This Does Not Happen", we discuss "Fasting, Gut Health and Gut "Reset." First, intergrated medicine is a fraudulent practice. And make no mistake, functional medicine is too. See here and here Fasting is overrated. For those who did not understand that Overrated meaning: valued too highly or have a higher opinion of (someone or something) than is deserved. There is nothing called as "gut health." Microbiome scientists have never identified or defined what a "healthy microbiome in the gut is," but have only figured out some beneficial gut bacteria. Every holistic coach, every alternative medicine practitioner, every half-baked gastroenterologist (*cough* Pal *cough* *cough*), every overconfident nutritionist and science-defying dietitian-influencer on the internet has abused the word "gut health" so much that it has started featuring on Ayurvedic, Homeopathic and Naturopathic products which science-illiterate people lap up wholesale. Trust me, none of them have any clue what the gut microbiome means and what its functionality & potential truly are. No one knows in fact and medical science is only figuring it out - one step at a time. The only time where medical science actually found value of a "gut reset" is the role of healthy donor stool transplant to treat severe, recurrent Clostridium difficile infections. Fasting does modulate the intestinal bacteria. But NOT so much that it RESETS the whole gastrointestinal system. It is quite stupid to think of it that way. Fasting was shown to increase populations of certain bacteria. But this is in no way a "detox" (another fraudulent wellness selling term) and no way a "reset." For example, when the gut is empty, mucosal slime inside intestines increase and a specific bacteria that feeds of the slime outcompetes other bacteria and increases - called Lachnospira. That is not a reset at all. Every study on fasting and "gut health" has been very basic, based on biochemical or molecular parameters and none clinically translated into beneficial interventions. Even the other commonly used term "autophagy" in the exercise/diet/nutrition/health-influencer circles is complete hocus pocus. Yes, autopaghy exists, but there is absolutely NO clinical evidence that such a process with fasting does anyone anything good. "Fasting and autophagy" related speculative benefits have NOT yet been demonstrated in real-world clinical trials involving people. Fast is you feel like it. If you can tolerate it. If you are pious and your religion warrants it. But dont think its resetting anything, other than your confirmational bias, which has been strengthened by your personal, anecdotal experience which is further strengthened by your exposure to videos that "hijack science sounding terms" narrated by "overconfident medical-science-pirates," who keep lying, day in and day out on the internet.

TheLiverDoc™

380,107 views • 2 years ago

🚨 SCIENTISTS JUST REVERSED AGING IN BLOOD STEM CELLS Researchers at Mount Sinai restored old blood stem cells to a youthful state by repairing tiny cellular recycling systems called lysosomes. In mice, aged stem cells regained the ability to: • regenerate healthy blood • rebuild immune cells • reduce inflammation • behave like young stem cells again One treatment increased blood-forming capacity by more than 8x. Why this matters: Your blood stem cells are responsible for constantly rebuilding your immune system and blood supply throughout life. As they age: • immunity weakens • inflammation rises • cancer risk increases • regeneration declines But this study suggests aging inside these cells may not be permanent. Scientists may have found a biological “reset switch.” The future of anti-aging may not come from replacing organs… …but from restoring the cells that rebuild the body itself. Follow for more future physics and biotech breakthroughs.
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🚨 SCIENTISTS JUST REVERSED AGING IN BLOOD STEM CELLS Researchers at Mount Sinai restored old blood stem cells to a youthful state by repairing tiny cellular recycling systems called lysosomes. In mice, aged stem cells regained the ability to: • regenerate healthy blood • rebuild immune cells • reduce inflammation • behave like young stem cells again One treatment increased blood-forming capacity by more than 8x. Why this matters: Your blood stem cells are responsible for constantly rebuilding your immune system and blood supply throughout life. As they age: • immunity weakens • inflammation rises • cancer risk increases • regeneration declines But this study suggests aging inside these cells may not be permanent. Scientists may have found a biological “reset switch.” The future of anti-aging may not come from replacing organs… …but from restoring the cells that rebuild the body itself. Follow for more future physics and biotech breakthroughs.

TheNewPhysics

10,676 views • 2 months ago