Category: Health & Longevity
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Gen Z is drinking significantly less than Millennials or Gen X did at the same age. The decline is not a youthful phase. It is a structural shift in how this generation seeks risk, novelty, and connection. But the drive to lose control has not disappeared. It has moved – from the pub to the…
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Liz Parrish injected herself with experimental gene therapies a decade ago. She was a guinea pig, a visionary, a flagrant rule-breaker – depending on who you ask. Her reported outcomes are spectacular: longer telomeres, sharpened cognition, increased muscle mass. But a single data point does not constitute science. The question is not whether gene therapies…
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*Finland’s birth rate is 1.3. The average age of first-time mothers has climbed past 30. The fertility window slams shut, for most women, somewhere around 40 – not because of any moral failing, but because the ovary is the fastest‑aging organ in the human body, often reaching senescence decades before the heart, the liver, or…
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Finland is a country of monopolies. Alko has exclusive rights to sell alcohol over 5.5%. Veikkaus holds a state monopoly on gambling. These monopolies are not accidents of history. They are deliberate policy instruments designed to minimise harm, control availability, and generate revenue for the public good. The question is no longer whether Finland will…
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For decades, Finns have bonded over a shared glass of Koskenkorva. The workplace beer after shift. The cottage sauna beer. The Friday night bar crawl. These rituals are not just habits. They are the glue of Finnish social life. But the glue is toxic. And as Finland’s birth rate collapses, its workforce shrinks, and its…
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The arithmetic of Finland’s demographic crisis has been laid out in brutal detail. 45,835 births. 70,000 retirements. A fertility rate of 1.3. 27,000 children pushed below the poverty line. Net emigration bleeding working-age adults. The working-age population collapsing from 3.3 million to 2.69 million in ten years. The tax base breaking within a decade. This…
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Why we should want to live longer — but not for the reasons we think We’ve spent a lot of time naming traps. The manosphere, 4B, eat‑the‑rich, nativism, passport bros, tax havens, purity cults, and yes — the longevity cult. And I stand by the critique. When the pursuit of a longer life becomes a…
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What Intermittent Fasting Actually Does to Your System A talk‑radio monologue for anyone who has wondered whether skipping breakfast is a terrible idea, why your ancestors did it without thinking, and when a short, unannounced period of not eating is exactly what your body needs. You have cleaned up your diet. You walk, lift, season…
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How Fermented Foods Feed Your Second Brain You have cleaned up your diet. You walk, lift, season and supplement with intention. You eat your roots, your brassicas, your fruits, your algae and your whole grains. You know which minerals matter and which pills are a waste of money. But there is one category of food…
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Resistant Starch, Your Gut’s Best Friend You have cleaned up your diet. You walk, lift, season and supplement with intention. You eat your roots, your brassicas, your fruits, your algae and your whole grains. You know which minerals matter and which pills are a waste of money. But there is one type of carbohydrate you…