Every week, we dig through the latest in health, wellness, performance, and mindset, and pull 5 insights that are actually worth your time.
Different voices & different perspectives all in one place, so you can stay sharp, curious, and keep learning.
Let’s get into it.
#1
nature is healing
beyond meat headed to bankruptcy
— #Carnivore Aurelius ©🥩 ☀️🦙 (#@AlpacaAurelius)
3:15 AM • Aug 15, 2025
Beyond Meat is allegedly filing for bankruptcy.
If this is true, health twitter successfully bankrupted a 3.8 Billion dollar company…
#2
Depression may be contagious via a dysfunctional mirror neuron system.
Happiness is also contagious via this same system.
— #Nicholas Fabiano, MD (#@NTFabiano)
6:51 PM • Aug 14, 2025
Your emotional state doesn’t just affect you.
It ripples through the people you interact with.
Spend enough time around someone deeply negative, and your own mood can start to mirror theirs without you even realizing it.
#3
Higher maternal vitamin D levels are associated with higher IQ of their children
— #Brandon Luu, MD (#@BrandonLuuMD)
11:10 AM • Aug 9, 2025
New research links higher maternal vitamin D levels during pregnancy to higher IQ scores in their children, suggesting that a simple nutrient could shape lifelong cognitive potential. Get sun.
#4
My “crazy” take of the day:
For many adults, cancer starts in the mind before it ever develops in the body
Hating yourself, hating your life, burying emotions, living with resent, and lacking purpose will chip away at your health in more serious ways than poor dieting does
— #Peyton Elroy (#@PeytonElroy)
7:22 PM • Aug 14, 2025
Does disease actually start — in the mind?
#5
Study on over 400k people followed for 8 years who said they were "night owls"
10% increased risk of all-cause mortality
30% higher risk of diabetes
94% increased risk of mental health disorders
— #William Lagakos (#@caloriesproper2)
10:48 PM • Aug 14, 2025
“Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man happy, healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
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