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Anti inflammatory agents (holy basil) and hormesis

My SO and I are currently drinking lots of holy basil tea. We deal with constant stress and it has really been a boon. On one hand I know that chronic stress is bad and inflammatio …
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Cold Adaptation…for the tropics?

Kruse and many others around the web talk about cold-exposure being excellent for health and maybe it is. The questions I have is do we have any information about the effects of t …
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What if eating some amount of toxic foods on purpose is a positive for robust health due to hormesis?

If an employee works just 2 hours a week, they are still technically on the payroll. What if we treated the internal mechanisms that handle food toxins like super part time employe …
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Is eating a small amount of wheat hormetic or is it just a bad idea?

I found a couple years ago that I am seemingly gluten intolerant. For example during the holidays when I ate alot of wheat containing foods I was a mess for a week or two. I am ge …
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Experimented with hormesis?

Have any of you tried hormesis for anything? Cold showers, food intolerance, improving eye-sight,etc?