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Dr Joel Yong, PhD
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Our Health Is About Maintaining Multiple Stages Of Dynamic Equilibria. It’s Never A Static Problem.

Not when the cells in our body are alive and have various activities of their own! — We tend to think of our health as something static most of the time. Do X, Y and Z, clear the hurdles, and our bodies should remain healthy. Unfortunately, that’s not how it works. We do have to bear in mind the Goldilocks Principle. Much like how Goldilocks found Papa…

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Our Health Is About Maintaining Multiple Stages Of Dynamic Equilibria. It’s Never A Static Problem.
Our Health Is About Maintaining Multiple Stages Of Dynamic Equilibria. It’s Never A Static Problem.
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We May Need To Re-Frame How We View Our Health.

It’s not about doing something that’s too little, too late — prevention is much better than cure! — It’s common for us as humans to live life as if nothing were wrong — which somehow justifies us leading less than satisfactory lifestyles. Even when those aspects of our lifestyles that we do neglect will inevitably result in our health going awry as we age. In an episode of…

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We May Need To Re-Frame How We View Our Health.
We May Need To Re-Frame How We View Our Health.
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·1 day ago

The Diabetes Issue Carries Some Racist Undertones About It.

The statistics don’t really lie — diabetes can reflect a financial struggle even. Prominent healthcare and health personalities do take to social media to highlight different statistics about the human population. There’s no difference about that with diabetes, which does affect a significant proportion of the human population: …

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The Diabetes Issue Carries Some Racist Undertones About It.
The Diabetes Issue Carries Some Racist Undertones About It.
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Published in BeingWell

·Jan 27

Dopamine Releases In Our Brain Make Us Feel Good.

The problem arises when we want to keep hitting continuous highs. — The idea behind a reward system is tied to the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) in our brains. As it is said in this research article about DA, However, it has been demonstrated that DA is involved in the hedonic component of reward. Several lines of evidence show that…

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Dopamine Releases In Our Brain Make Us Feel Good.
Dopamine Releases In Our Brain Make Us Feel Good.
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Published in BeingWell

·Jan 21

K is For Koagulation… But What Does Vitamin K Really Do?

We’d have to look at the 2 forms of K: K1 and K2. — Vitamin K, as it is known today, was first isolated and analysed by the Danish biochemist Henrik Dam. Hence it is named Vitamin K, where the K stands for the Danish word Koagulation, which we know in English as “coagulation”. It is further said that Vitamin K is required for…

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K is For Koagulation… But What Does Vitamin K Really Do?
K is For Koagulation… But What Does Vitamin K Really Do?
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Published in BeingWell

·Jan 14

The Importance Of The Macrophage In The Immune System

We could depict it as a Pac-Man that eats up all the unwanted “ghosts”, but the macrophage does more than just that. — The macrophage is one of those immune cells in our body that does quite a fair bit of things without us thinking about it. We’re exposed to so many microbes and virues in the environment on a daily basis, and some of them can penetrate through the skin and mucosal…

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The Importance Of The Macrophage In The Immune System
The Importance Of The Macrophage In The Immune System
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Published in BeingWell

·Jan 6

The First Sign Of Weight Loss When Cutting Carbohydrate Consumption Comes From The Water We Lose.

And that’s all dependent on how the body stores excess glycogen. — I’ve written a great deal about the biochemistry of sugar within the body, but I didn’t really associate it with water retention until I came across this article recently, where researchers commented that: Our findings agree with the long held notion that each gram of glycogen is stored in human…

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The First Sign Of Weight Loss When Cutting Carbohydrate Consumption Comes From The Water We Lose.
The First Sign Of Weight Loss When Cutting Carbohydrate Consumption Comes From The Water We Lose.
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Published in BeingWell

·Dec 30, 2022

What Good Does Protein Consumption Have For The Human Body?

We need to make sense of what is sensible and what is nonsensical out there. — Proteins are essential macronutrients that our bodies need. Each protein comes as an assimilation of multiple different amino acids. There are 20 amino acids that can be found in proteins, 9 of which are essential and the rest are non-essential. These amino acids are fused together by amide (also known…

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What Good Does Protein Consumption Have For The Human Body?
What Good Does Protein Consumption Have For The Human Body?
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Published in BeingWell

·Dec 26, 2022

Broccoli And Brussels Sprouts May Not Necessarily Be That Palatable, But They’re Needed For Our Health.

It’s better to have them on our plates, for sure! — Many people tend to dread the idea of eating cruciferous vegetables. These veggies tend to be loaded with glucosinolates, which can make them taste more bitter and unpalatable, especially for people who are more sensitive to taste. And of course, we have those fart jokes that are related to the…

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Broccoli And Brussels Sprouts May Not Necessarily Be That Palatable, But They’re Needed For Our…
Broccoli And Brussels Sprouts May Not Necessarily Be That Palatable, But They’re Needed For Our…
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Published in BeingWell

·Dec 22, 2022

We Are Living Longer But Poorer Quality Lives These Days.

Medical science is prolonging the lifespan of humans. But what are the unmentioned implications behind that? — The common adage is that death and taxes are the only two certainties in life. To delay human death, there is a burgeoning market in developing various healthcare technologies, and this market projects to be valued at approximately $600 billion by the year 2025. But on the flip side, why…

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We Are Living Longer But Poorer Quality Lives These Days.
We Are Living Longer But Poorer Quality Lives These Days.
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Dr Joel Yong, PhD

Dr Joel Yong, PhD

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Crafting strategies for optimising the biochemical pathways in the human body. Learn more at https://thethinkingscientist.substack.com.

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