Food Delivery – Singapore (April 2020)

Jumbo Group Bento Boxes http://jumbogroup.sg/bento/MenuSelections.pdf TungLok Group Home FiestaFree delivery for orders >$100http://www.homefiesta.tunglok.com/ Founder Bak Kut Teh https://www.facebook.com/pg/founderbakkutteh/menu/ Monga Fried Chicken Singapore https://www.facebook.com/pg/mongasingapore/menu/ Wee Nam Kee Chicken Ricehttps://tinyurl.com/rs2vbz9 Kabuke https://www.kabuke.sg/uploads/1/1/2/4/112425531/kabuke_2020_-_delivery_takeaway_v30_mar.pdf

Tea

"The results found that those who consumed either green tea, oolong tea or black tea at least four times a week for about 25 years had brain regions that were connected more efficiently. Team leader Assistant Professor Feng Lei, from the Department of Psychological Medicine at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, said…

Sleep

Source: Podcast Peter Attia with Matthew Walker #1 Stages of Sleep Humans (Mammals) have 2 stages: Non-REMREM Non-REM has 4 stages: Cleverly titled=Stages 1, 2, 3, and 4 Stages 3 and 4 are the very deep restorative stagesStages 1 and 2 are the lightest stages of sleep REM sleep: (REM=Rapid eye movement, based on the bizarre…

Hormones and Hunger

Source: The Virta Blog Insulin Twenty-five years ago, the only known appetite-controlling hormone was insulin. When blood insulin levels are high, glucose gets stored as glycogen and fats get stored in adipose tissue. The resulting reduction in circulating fuels, such as glucose and free fatty acids, then stimulates appetite. This leads to the common experience…

Walking

“I walked myself into my best thoughts.” —Søren Kierkegaard "Our morning walk is where ideas are born and books are edited. "Walking really is a magic cure for people who want to think straight." - Keep Going, Austin Kleon “Solvitur ambulando,” said Diogenes the Cynic two millennia ago. “It is solved by walking.” The list…

Microbiome

Fasting and microbiome Fasting – a dietary habit as ancient as fermenting – is also beneficial to gut health. “When you’re not eating,” says Spector, “a whole different set of microbes comes and cleans up your gut wall, eating the sugars and things there, and that’s important in keeping a good immune balance.” We are…

Fibre

Podcast interview between Peter Attia and Rob Lustig What is the difference between soluble and insoluble fiber and why do you need both? [1:13:00] ‘Psyllium is soluble fiber, it’s not insoluble fiber: you need bothFiber has soluble enzymes, like pectins, what holds jelly togetherInsoluble fiber, like cellulose, the stringy stuff in celeryYou need both to…

Biomarkers

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ‘ALT is a biomarker for degree of liver fatALT goes up when your liver stores fat’Cutoffs: ideally below 20 (Peter Attia) and 25 (Robert Lustig) Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ‘Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) is a biomarker for mitochondrial functionAST is much more minute to minute (i.e., what did you eat at your last meal?)ALT…

Dementia

“Anyone with a brain is at risk for Alzheimer’s.” —Richard Isaacson From Podcast #18 – Richard Isaacson, M.D.: Alzheimer’s prevention - by Peter Attia MD What are the five actionable things one can do to reduce the risk for Alzheimer’s today? [1:54:30] * Disclaimer * — Richard likes to use generalities about as much as Peter,…

Longevity

Resources Podcast #35 – Nir Barzilai, M.D.: How to tame aging - Peter Attia Even the Long-Lived Smoke, Drink and Don’t Exercise So if it’s not healthy habits, what’s the secret sauce behind their ageless vim and vigor? It may just be in their remarkable genes, the authors said. “People with exceptional longevity may interact…