High doses of vitamin C and E around a workout sound like a smart recovery choice, but research points the other way: they can blunt the very cellular adaptations training is meant to produce.
High doses of vitamin C and E around a workout sound like a smart recovery choice, but research points the other way: they can blunt the very cellular adaptations training is meant to produce.
A grip strength device costing a few euros predicts your mortality risk about as well as expensive lab tests. Unlike your genes, it's something you can measurably improve with two training sessions a week.
A fixed training schedule doesn't know how your body is doing today. Research on HRV-guided training shows you can make equal or better progress with fewer hard sessions — and that more people actually benefit.
Vitamin D is mostly linked to bone health, but it also affects muscle strength — only when combined with protein and training. European data show widespread deficiency, especially in winter.
Cardiorespiratory fitness predicts how long you live more strongly than smoking, diabetes or heart disease. Unlike your genes, it's something you can act on.
Creatine still has a reputation as a bodybuilder's supplement. What recent research says about dosage, muscle preservation after fifty, and the real limits of its effect on the brain — and why age changes the picture.
Two fifty-year-olds can be physiologically ten years apart. What blood values reveal about your true biological age, and why it's a better predictor than your birth year.
Most training schedules demand high consistency. At HealthyDNA, we focus on what works within your reality: twenty minutes, three times a week, with intensity favored over duration.
Protein plays a crucial role in recovery after exertion and the maintenance of muscle mass. We explain how much protein endurance athletes need and how to plan it optimally.
Cycling past 65 doesn't call for a different goal, but it does call for a different schedule: more attention to recovery, different intensity ceilings, and an approach rarely found in generic training tools.
Many cyclists avoid the gym for fear of 'heavy legs' on the bike. Research points the other way: properly built strength training makes you faster, not slower.
Most recreational cyclists train too often at a pace that's just too hard to truly recover, and just too easy to truly progress. What polarized training is, and why it makes the biggest difference for exactly that group.
Most training schedules expect you to plan your week around them. At HealthyDNA that order is reversed: the calendar is the starting point, not a fixed weekly pattern.
Longevity isn't about getting as old as possible, but about staying healthy for as long as possible. What the term means, and where your DNA, blood values and daily choices meet.