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Happy #cellhacking (This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Instagram) A post shared by BioHackerNation (@biohackhumans) on Jul 5, 2018 at 2:57am PDT Are Eggs Healthy or Dangerous? Jim Goetz There has been a debate for quite some time on the fact of eggs being healthy or not. Some say eggs have high amounts of cholesterol in the yolk and therefore negatively affects your cholesterol levels. However, a plethora of research has shown dietary cholesterol does not significantly effect your total cholesterol levels. Furthermore, increasing research has shown cholesterol levels do not cause heart disease. Those on statins live shorter than those who are not on statins. Those with low cholesterol levels may have an increased incidence of Alzheimers disease and other degenerative neurological and hormonal disorders. The thing about cholesterol is that is forms hormones in the body such as pregnenalone, which converts to cortisol, DHEA, testosterone and a plethora of other hormones. When individuals go on fat free diets and get their cholesterol super low, hormone function is decreased and activities of daily living may change. The egg can be broken down to the egg white and the yolk. The egg white is mostly protein with some B- vitamins. There's also another substance in it called, alvidin. This protein binds the B vitamins, decreasing their bioavailability. The biohack to increase absorption of the B- vitamins (if you are looking for B- vitamins from your egg, is to heat (cook) the egg. The egg yolk (that yellow stuff so many discard), is chock filled with nutrients. The egg yolk contains far less protein than the whites but does in fact have a higher ratio of leucine, the amino acid responsible for protein synthesis in the body and is an essential amino acid. 46% of the yolk is oleic acid (omega- 9 found in olive oil), 38% saturated fat and 16% polyunsaturated fat. The polyunsaturated fat ratios depend greatly on how the chicken was raised. If a chicken is fed grains, the ratio of omega-6 will be far higher. This is pro-inflammatory. If the chicken was pasture fed, the amount of omega-6 will be reduced. Egg yolks also contain catotenoids (lutein and zeaxanthin) (improves vision) and they are a huge source of choline (numerous benefits). Some believe that eating eggs causes heart disease. There have been numerous studies finding zero correlation between egg consumption and heart disease. Some observational studies may refute this but randomized controlled trials back this up. Let's go with RCT's based on the heiarchy of good information. It should also be noted that egg consumption does not increase weight gain. That's right! Eating fat does not make you fat!!! It may be prudent to have an ALCAT test done to see if one may have any food sensitivities to eggs or any other food or environmental characteristic that may cause an inflammatory state. If there's no increased white blood cell count with eggs (or any other food), then enjoy as they appear healthy. Ambidexterity Dr. Mike Brandon Being ambidextrous, that is being able to use both hands with equal mastery, is something many strive for, especially in the world of sports and athletics. Only about 1% of the population is ambidextrous, with right handers dominating the population with about 90% and lefties at about 10% Most people who believe they are ambidextrous, especially if done through training, is actually ambisinistral. These individuals can do many or most tasks proficiently with both hands, but one side is better than the other, and it may switch from right to left depending on the activity. With a quick internet search for why to become ambidextrous, it was surprising to see many sources done showing that there are some notable disadvantages, and there are plenty of professionals who claim its neurologically poor and potentially dangerous to do so, though there’s a major catch. It's been shown many times that those who are BORN ambidextrous have much higher risk of showing signs of disorders like ADHD, dyslexia, perform lower by academic standards, have poorer emotional control/anger management, increased risk for schizophrenia, and other cognitive/social disorders. There have been no studies found checking for those who trained for ambidexterity and correlations to cognitive changes. It is believed that these complications may occur due to the way our brains process information. Right or left handed individuals tend to have one side more dominant, and the two halves appear to split “brain duties” more. For example, its believed the right side leads with creativity and the left with language and writing. Those born ambidextrous appear to share these responsibilities more between their left and right brain by bypassing the center structure, the corpus collusum. So its thought that information for many tasks have to switch back and forth from the right and left which leaves room for, let's call it a processing error, which could lead to the signs listed above. Our species and early ancestors appear to have been more ambidextrous than the roughly 1% today. This suggests an evolutionary change to allow our brains to subjugate tasks more efficiently, but probably was involved with the overall growth of our cortex and higher executive centers. This would give the advantage of having the same tasks done in 1 side of the brain so there is less back and forth of information, and less neurons used to create a task, in theory making it faster and easier for us to perform. Interestingly enough, left handers (about 80% of them) have less single sided brain activity, but not to the extend of congenital ambidextrous individuals, and this is a partial theory as to why more creative persons, like musicians, artists, etc, are more likely to be left handed. The big question here is does training yourself to use both sides of your body with equality cause any of the disadvantages that appear with congenital double handiness? Though some people worry about the possibility of it, there were no studies found that attempted to follow someone's brain patterns through ambidextrous training. The larger question is, would it even be possible for us to do so? If you are 30 years old, and have been right hand dominate the whole time, can your left side catch up? Would it take another 30 years? The potential for cognitive symptoms certainly is a reason for concern on this topic, but from what was researched, I see minimal merit in it at this time. Potentially if children went through ambidextrous training we would know more, since their brains develop and adapt monumentally more and faster than adults and they have had far less time to create neural habits and connections, but then doing a study this way could be deemed unethical if it did result in neurological/cognitive side effects. There are a few simple suggestions to try if you are interested in becoming more abisinistral. Most people suggest simply changing your desk around with the mouse on the other side, begin writing with your off hand, open doors off handed, and really just switching your common movement patterns to increase neuoplasticity for that action. My favorite/most frustrating attempt was trying to cook and eat left handed. Athletes everywhere from boxers to hockey players learn to use both hands very well at many tasks to improve their game, and I know of a few people who have learned to write exceptionally well with both hands. Is this going to create a problem? I don't think so based off of results I have seen and what I know about the brain, but perhaps Ill be proven wrong once research is pushed more on this topic. But until then, perhaps I'll rebel by making my breakfast left handed only, even if it ends up with my omelet turning into scrambled eggs the first several times. Fish Oil Jim Goetz Fish oils have long been touted as a fix for cardiovascular heart disease. Take your omega-3's and stave off a heart attack, is what we have been told. Pharmaceutical companies are now trying their best to get a handle on what he general public has been doing now for decades. But good research studies have failed to show any benefit whatsoever in reducing a cardiovascular event when taking fish oils. Why is this? Perhaps it is due to the fact that serving sizes used in research and supplement bottles is only 500mg to 1g. Perhaps the quality of the fish oil is poor. New studies being looked at are going to have 4g to 7g as the serving size for the fish oil servings. World renown strength and conditioning coach Charles Poliquin did a case study on himself using a whopping 40g of fish oils daily. No known negative side effects were found. However, blood work shows indicators of reduced cardiovascular event markers. So perhaps it may very well be the amount of fish oil being consumed that is the kicker here. biohackhumans.com Find us: Instagram (@biohackhumans) Facebook (@biohackhumans) Twitter (@biohackhumans) Tumblr (@biohackhumans) Contact Us: support@biohackhumans.com
