Did You Know?” – High-Yield Health Truths
Sometimes, it’s the simple facts—when truly understood—that make the most significant shifts. Here's your health IQ boost for the week:
Perfect blood pressure? 100/60. Not just “good enough,” but ideal. It’s what we see in the centenarians who age well—gracefully and powerfully.
Sleep gone sideways after 30? It’s alcohol until proven otherwise. Even a glass can fragment deep sleep, elevate cortisol, and undo your next day.
Bleeding gums? Your mouth is your heart’s early warning system. Gum disease significantly increases your risk of cardiovascular events.
Tiny brain, massive engine. The brain is just 2% of your body’s weight—but burns through 20% of your metabolic fuel. Feed it well.
Meaning = Emotion. The meaning you attach to an experience determines your emotional response. Shift the meaning? Shift the feeling.
All life owes plants a thank-you note. Glucose, made by plant photosynthesis, is the molecular foundation of nearly every lifeform. Even ketones are made from glucose—ultimately, it all starts with light.
Emotional regulation isn’t luck. It’s a trained skill. Meditation, gratitude journaling, and visualization rewire your nervous system so discomfort doesn’t derail you. You may still feel it—but you won't lose your center.
Fathers vs Non-Fathers: Men who become fathers—especially those actively involved in parenting—tend to live longer, have lower rates of cardiovascular disease, and experience improved mental health compared to childless men.
Your health is shaped by the little truths you live by. Keep learning. Keep shifting.
Not Building Muscle? Here’s Your Checklist
Muscle is not just about size or strength. It’s metabolic gold—essential for glucose control, energy, mitochondrial function, and healthy aging. But if you’re not seeing results, here’s the shortlist to troubleshoot:
1. Hormones:
If you’re over 35 and hitting the gym but still not seeing changes, hormones may be blocking progress. Testosterone, estrogen, DHEA, insulin sensitivity—they all matter. It’s time to see someone who understands this terrain.
2. Protein:
You need roughly 1 gram of protein per pound of ideal body weight (IBW) per day to build muscle. Spread it throughout the day, especially post-workout. Quality and quantity both count.
3. Resistance + Progression:
It’s not enough to lift weights—you have to progressively overload. Track your reps, sets, and weights. That notebook (or app) is your best tool to break plateaus and move the needle.
4. Cortisol Management:
Muscle isn’t built in the gym—it’s built during rest. No gains without adequate sleep, downtime, and emotional regulation. Overtraining, poor sleep, and chronic stress will sabotage your recovery.
Muscle isn’t vanity—it’s vitality. You’re not just lifting weights. You’re lifting your health span.
When Medicine is Practiced Right
Yet, when medicine is practiced to its fullest potential—it’s not just about simple facts. It’s sacred because true healing isn’t just horizontal; it’s vertical.
Most people live their health journey nearly entirely horizontally—attached to what others think, what they fear, what others tell them, and what’s urgent, while ignoring their intuition and what their body, mind, and spirit are telling them. Yet, when a person connects to the vertical—the divine within themselves—something shifts. Healing becomes ownership, not obligation. Consistency becomes self-love, not effort. Health becomes less about rules and more about remembering who you are.
From that space, choices change. You don’t meditate because you “should.” You meditate because you miss yourself when you don’t. You don’t move because you “need to.” You move because your body is a temple, not a task.
Medicine that honors the sacred in the human body—rather than just simply facts or symptoms—is the most essential ingredient. There is a divine nature to healing. The more you connect vertically, the more the noise fades—and the truth of what your body needs becomes crystal clear. This is another reason I consistently encourage meditation.
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Happy Father's Day to the many amazing men I get to work with on a regular basis.
Kevin Hoffarth MD, IFMCP
BioFIT Medicine