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Your Body and Brain

The machine you live in: why you feel, sleep, hurt, crave, heal and age the way you do.

For: anyone who has been stressed, tired, in pain or curious about why they react before they think.

14readings
1.1 hoursof reading
3stages
5 quick reads · 9 reads
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Stage 1

Start

4 readings · 14 min
  1. 01Quick readQuiz3 min

    Why You Feel Before You Think

    Your feelings arrive before your reasons; this is why.
  2. 02Quick readInteractiveQuiz3 min

    How to Actually Calm Down

    Calming down is a physical procedure, not a personality trait.
  3. 03Quick readQuiz3 min

    Stress vs. Burnout

    Stress and burnout need different fixes; mixing them up wastes years.
  4. 04ReadQuiz5 min

    Dopamine Is Not the Pleasure Chemical

    Dopamine runs wanting, not liking, which explains phones, snacks and ambition.
Stage 2

Understand

7 readings · 39 min
  1. 05ReadQuiz6 min

    Pain, Explained: Why It's in Your Brain, Not Your Knee

    Pain is the brain's alarm, which is why it can be retrained.
  2. 06ReadQuiz6 min

    What Exercise Actually Does to You

    What exercise really does to your brain and body, beyond weight.
  3. 07ReadQuiz5 min

    The Vagus Nerve: Real Science vs. Wellness Hype

    The vagus nerve: what is real, what is wellness marketing.
  4. 08Quick readInteractiveQuiz4 min

    Your Immune System, Day by Day

    Your immune system works every day you're not sick.
  5. 09ReadQuiz5 min

    Eat Well Without the Noise: Nutrition Science Minus the Fad Diets

    Nutrition without fads: the few things the evidence agrees on.
  6. 10ReadQuiz6 min

    Strength Training, Demystified

    Strength is the closest thing to an anti-ageing medicine.
  7. 11ReadQuiz7 min

    Recovery: What Actually Works (and What's Mostly Marketing)

    Recovery: what works, what is expensive placebo.
Stage 3

Go deep

3 readings · 15 min
  1. 12Quick readInteractiveQuiz4 min

    The Real Harm Ladder

    Drugs ranked by actual harm, not by legal status.
  2. 13ReadQuiz6 min

    Alcohol: The Drug We Don't Call a Drug

    Alcohol is a drug; here is what it does.
  3. 14ReadQuiz5 min

    Aging Well: What Actually Changes and What Doesn't

    What really changes as you age, and what you can still steer.
When you finish

the Sources at the end of each piece; Why We Sleep and Burn are good next books.

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