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GM 🦁 This is Andrew's Apples, the health email that makes you want to not-vote and vote at the same time. Gimme 2 min. Let's go.
😺 What is happiness? Happiness is a sensation, not a condition. You cannot hack your way into a perpetual state of happiness. Peppy staffers at Trader Joe's, trust me, are not always that happy. It's theater. You can certainly try the hack... it does not work. Light is only possible because there is a dark counterpart. Anything that promises constant happiness is either selling you something or a prison. No prison will free you, comrade.
🏃 Breathe hard, live longer. Looking at a 2018 study covering VO2 Max ("going all out in a run, sprint, bike, etc."), there seems to be a strong correlation between fitness and longevity. The higher your VO2 Max, the longer you'll live. More specifically, by far the biggest gap in the bell curve is between the people in the bottom 25% (of fitness levels) and basically everyone above them. Hate cardio? Fine, 10k steps a day will do, dude.
💓 Magnesium: the forgotten healer. Sorry fellas, whey protein and creatine are not wonder drugs. Cocaine is. JK but magnesium is the most underrated and underappreciated supplements out there. Few doctors (many either fat or skinny-fat themselves) recommend it and practically no normies know about it period. "It helps maintain muscles and nerves, regulates blood sugar levels, promotes normal blood pressure, and prevents heart attacks." When shopping for a good Mag, look for active compounds that end with "-ate"... it's a good rule of thumb.
👑 Sloppy perfect. This tweet below. While I can't speak to the final sentence of this tweet, the rest is money. There is no ideal diet... just eat clean 80-90% of the time, and boogie for the rest. Pair such diet with movement and IRL friends = you a king.
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