The most metabolically expensive period of a man’s life is not his twenties. It is the seven years after his first child is born. Everyone knows about maternal depletion. Almost no one talks about paternal depletion, because the culture has decided that fathers are the support staff, and support staff do not have stress physiology.…
You have cleaned up your diet. You walk, lift, season and supplement with intention. You eat your roots, your brassicas, your fruits, your algae, your fermented foods and your resistant starch. You know which minerals matter and which pills are a waste of money. But there is one branch of your nervous system that you…