📸 Shocking Visual:

The infographic explains how gut bacteria impact both our brains and our bodies. It highlights various health conditions associated with imbalances in our gut flora:

1. Depression: A leaky gut, which allows bacteria to seep into the bloodstream, is linked to depression.

2. Anxiety: Consuming beneficial bacteria can improve how the brain responds to the environment, potentially reducing anxiety.

3. Autism: Often co-occurs with gastrointestinal issues like leaky gut.

4. Obesity and Diabetes: Linked to imbalances in gut microbiota.

5. Colon Cancer: Diets high in sugar can promote sugar-loving microbes that might increase colon cancer risk.

6. Parkinson’s Disease: Affected individuals often have different gut bacteria compared to healthy people.

7. Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: Both conditions are associated with abnormal gut flora.

8. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS): Characterized by an overgrowth of bacteria in the intestines.

Additionally, it mentions specific types of bacteria found in the gut, such as:

• Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, which can reduce anxiety and depression.

• Helicobacter pylori, a harmful bacterium that causes ulcers.

The visual underscores the critical role of gut health in our overall well-being and suggests that maintaining a balanced gut microbiome is key to preventing various diseases.

📽️ Workout Tips:

1. Utilizing Tempo Changes in Workouts:

    

   

    

   Change the tempo of your exercises to challenge your muscles in new ways.

    

   For example, you can extend the eccentric phase (the lowering phase) of your lifts to 4-5 seconds.

    

   This technique increases time under tension, a critical factor for muscle growth and strength.

    

   By slowing down the movement, you force your muscles to work harder and enhance your control over the lift, improving both neuromuscular coordination and overall muscle growth.

    

2. Include Unilateral Exercises:

    

   

    

   Include unilateral exercises (those performed with one limb at a time) to identify and correct imbalances between the sides of your body.

    

   Exercises like single-leg deadlifts, one-arm shoulder presses, or single-arm rows ensure that both sides of your body do equal work and help prevent the dominant side from taking over, which can lead to injuries and imbalances.

    

   This approach not only helps in strengthening weaker muscles but also improves overall body mechanics and functionality.

🔗 Useful Resources

1. 9 WORST Foods that Feed CANCER Cells

    

   Renowned health teacher Barbara O’Neill shared 9 foods that we should mainly consume to keep cancer away from our body.

    

   In this video, you will learn from Barbara about 9 acid-forming foods we should try to avoid in order to provide a healthy environment for our body to naturally protect against cancer and other diseases.

    

2. Sitting more than 10 hours a day may increase heart failure, death risk

    

   Living a sedentary lifestyle can harm your overall health, and sitting too much each day can be particularly harmful to your heart.

    

   A new study suggests that sitting for 10.6 hours or more a day is significantly linked to future heart failure and cardiovascular death risk.

    

3. The most dangerous modern diseases aren't: Depression. Obesity. ADHD.

    

   This one silent disease is the worst.

    

   And it causes the three above.

    

   Here it is (and how to protect yourself):