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Featured Articles

Are You Eating Too Few Carbs? Signs, the 130 g RDA, Keto Adaptation and Exercise Performance

July 13, 2023

What Cooking Really Does to Your Food

July 19, 2023

Ringing in the Ears: What Tinnitus Means, What Helps and What Remains Uncertain

May 2, 2023

Which Athletes Live the Longest? What Mortality Studies Actually Show

July 25, 2024

CoQ10: What It Does, Heart-Failure Evidence, Statins, and Ubiquinol vs Ubiquinone

August 11, 2023

AI-Estimated Facial Age of Longevity Experts: An Exploratory Photo Experiment

May 14, 2023

How to Speed Up Metabolism: What Actually Works

July 12, 2023

Recent Posts

Does Your Job Affect How Long You Live?

October 12, 2026

Coffee Can Follow You Into Sleep

October 8, 2026

What Actually Changes When You Move Abroad? Interactive Calculator

October 7, 2026

Do You Need Electrolytes Every Day? What the Evidence Shows for Healthy Adults

October 4, 2026

What Time Is Breakfast, Really? Why the Clock May Be Misleading

October 3, 2026

Can a Country Make You Happier? Happiness Rankings Explained

September 30, 2026

How Much Water Should You Drink? What the Evidence Actually Shows

September 28, 2026

Mouth Taping for Sleep: Does It Work, and Is It Safe?

September 28, 2026

White Noise vs Pink Noise for Sleep: What the Research Actually Shows

September 27, 2026

Are Naps Good for You? Health, Longevity, and the Best Nap Length

September 27, 2026

Magnesium for Sleep: Does It Work, and Which Form Is Best?

September 24, 2026

Does Sauna Really Help You Live Longer? What the Finnish Data Actually Show

September 23, 2026

Guided Meditation for Feeling Safe in the World

September 22, 2026

Do Humans Have a Preferred Turning Direction? An Analysis of 71 Older Adults

September 22, 2026

Wim Hof, Hormesis and Tinnitus: When Does Useful Stress Become Too Much?

May 29, 2026

Life in an Ocean of Electricity: What Biology Knows, and What It Doesn’t

May 16, 2026

The 1918 Influenza Transmission Experiments: What They Found and What They Do Not Prove

May 6, 2026

Human Stomach Acid: pH, Animals and Evolution

November 9, 2025

The Ant Mill and the West: Running in Loops?

August 28, 2025

GOS and XOS Prebiotic Supplements: What to Look For

August 21, 2025

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Mike's Balance separates published evidence, clinical context, personal observations, and hypotheses. Authorship and any medical review must be attributed to the people responsible for each article. Mikhail Faranov, MD contributed to earlier work; he died in January 2025 and did not review later revisions. See the Editorial & Medical Review Policy. Educational content does not replace individual medical care.

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