🗞 Is exercise better for women than men? | 3-2-1

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Highlights this week:

• We should all be exercising…but especially women 🏃‍♀️

• Do you like your ‘alone time’? NASA might have the perfect job for you 🚀 

• Most people should be taking creatine 💪 

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Exercise benefits everyone - especially women! 👩  

It’s long been known that anyone who can exercise - should exercise 🏃‍♂️ 🏃 🏃‍♀️

It’s one of the best ways to improve health and longevity - regardless of the diet you follow or supplements you take 💊 

And while exercise is good for everyone - a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found that women may derive significantly greater gains in all-cause and cardiovascular mortality measures than men! ✅ 

The study ran for 22 years and tracked over 412,000 adults (for a total of close to 5 million ‘person-hours’ recorded 🤯) throughout the U.S.

It of course has its limitations at this kind of scale - but it is a massive data set studied over a long period that found some pretty significant differences - have a closer look for yourself 👇

A 100-Year-Old Mystery Solved, Unfortunately 😔 

For close to 100 years now, one of Italy’s oldest fossils has baffled researchers😕 

The Tridentinosaurus antiquus specimen, found in 1931, was thought to be so exceptionally well-preserved that it challenged its original classification - showing evidence of skin that hadn’t been seen elsewhere and leaving scientists to ponder where it should fit in the fossil record 🧐

The only problem is - that’s not skin. It’s paint 🎨 

Some sharp work under the microscope has revealed that the fossil has been treated with some kind of coating material to help preserve it - and its outline has been exaggerated to fill it out a bit 😬 

The more you know hey? 🤷‍♂️ Check out the history of this mystery here 👇

Need a new job? NASA is hiring 🚀 

We all know the job market is pretty tough at the moment - but the solution isn’t to just lock yourself away for a year and hope everything changes …

Or maybe it is? 🤔

NASA, in preparation for ‘the first human journey to Mars’ 🤯 is looking for 4 people to step up and live in a 1700 square-foot 3D-printed habitat for a year.

The facility is called Mars Dune Alpha and is designed to simulate the potential challenges of a Mars mission - including resource scarcity, equipment failures and environmental delays.

You do need to meet some rigorous criteria and it’s technically a volunteer position - but according to NASA, volunteers will be compensated 🤷‍♂️

Sounds like a tough gig - but might actually be a nice option to pass the time if another pandemic hits? 🦠 

Check out the details (and submit your application) here 👇

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It’s an unfortunate fact of life that collagen production (along with many other things 😬) begins to deteriorate in humans from your 20s onwards

From wound healing and joint health to skin elasticity and hair strength - collagen plays a vital role in a number of your body’s key processes.

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Don’t Drink Water Naked!

Try THIS instead…

Bladder irritation, surprise leaks, constant urges… These are all common side effects of drinking “naked” water.

Even worse…

“Naked” water can even cause potentially dangerous side effects such as kidney stones and dangerous infections.

> Avoid “Naked” Water and try THIS instead

2 'easy eats' you can make this week

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Do you take creatine? 💪

Creatine is one of the safest and most effective workout supplements you can get your hands on 🙌 

By helping to drive water into your muscle cells, creatine helps with muscular growth and endurance and is also thought to help with a range of other health and performance markers 🏃‍♂️

There have been many misguided claims regarding creatine over the years - but more and more research is showing just how safe and effective it is for almost everybody ✅ 

Start with these studies (here and here) and do some further digging of your own 📝 

So, if you’re looking to improve your health, fitness or performance - creatine is a great addition to your stack.

As with all supplements though, you’ll want to make sure you’re gettin ‘the good stuff - so we’ve got a full guide for you on the creatine supplements that we’d recommend if you want to get started - or even try something new.

The Momentous and True Protein creatine are the two we use most often, but some other good options there meet different price points and offer some different considerations…

Check ‘em out 👇

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