Magnesium, Muscles & Money
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Much Ado About Magnesium
Athletes who train hard require about 10-20% more magnesium than the average Jane
Many meta-analysis studies show sleep deprivation reduces magnesium levels….
…so, does magnesium have a role in preventing Alzheimers and other neurodegenerative diseases?
According to Dr. Rhonda Patrick, higher magnesium levels have been shown to decrease oxidative stress and inflammation in the brain while improving synaptic plasticity and counteracting other mechanisms leading to neurodegeneration. 1
There is also strong data on magnesium’s role in managing migraines2
Magnesium and Osteoporosis. According to Dr. Patrick:
“Magnesium is crucial for mineral and bone homeostasis, bone cell function, and the growth and formation of hydroxyapatite crystals – a key contributor to bone hardness.
Roughly 60 percent of the body's magnesium is stored in the bones, acting as a dynamic reservoir for this essential mineral.
However, bone magnesium losses occur with aging as the body strives to maintain its narrow, stable range of plasma magnesium levels. When dietary magnesium intake is insufficient, the body compensates by pulling magnesium from the bones. Chronic low intake can decrease bone magnesium content, particularly in older adults, whose magnesium stores may be as low as 10 percent.[111] [112] Some evidence suggests magnesium loss contributes to osteoporosis.[113]”
💰Women & Wealth
I’m a huge advocate for female financial literacy.
Money is a tool for agency, power and autonomy for anyone willing to educate themselves …
It’s a game-changer for yourself, your loved ones and any cause you want to support.
In fact, the first post on this substack last year was “What Every Woman Should Read to Grow Wealth”
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📚My Favorite Books for Women to Grow Wealth, Learn Markets, & Grasp Behavioral Economics for Financial Independ…
If you listened to last week’s podcast, I talked about Bitcoin breaking $100k and then having a violent pullback and to not get trapped.
That nearly $10,000 pullback — within minutes — happened yesterday.
A lot of over-leveraged, greedy speculators got wiped out thinking the party was going to rage on.
And it will.
Eventually.
But here’s the thing about volatility:
It always reverts to the mean. Whether in markets, in life, in behavior, in our bodies.
In the same way you cannot run at 100% forever without your heart rate maxing out and you dropping dead, neither does an asset.
You stop. Catch your breath and then go again with even more efficient oxygen consumption. This is also how the markets work.
Like we mentioned on the podcast, the Bitcoin low for the month would be the first week of December and it looks like that happened yesterday.
On the macro trends of election years when there’s been a Bitcoin halving, the low comes in — on average - on the fifth day of December. Yesterday was Day 5, so within the confines of the data.
If this was, indeed, the low of this month then expect sideways and up.
If you are bullish on BTC, then Decembers of halving and election years end with a 31% gain. Do with that what you will.
If Bitcoin makes its second attempt above $100k today… and closes the day out above there, that’s when things get interesting.
All of this is invalidated with a close below yesterday’s low. Then lookout.
As always, risk management comes first along with the ability to think in terms of probabilities and statistics and NOT emotions, esp. fear and greed. Keep a check on FOMO.
I do believe — and have for many years — that Bitcoin is the new digital gold with scarcity mathematically programmed in to a ledger that cannot be falsified in any way.
Cryptocurrencies will be the financial backbone of AI.
Find the fastest, strongest horses and get on them.
It’s early days. Educate yourself.
This is the 4th Industrial Revolution.
It is a lazy, cognitive punt to say it’s too boring or too complicated — it’s not. If you can read, you can educate yourself.
Start with these books.
Discipline + Financial Literacy = Freedom x Power
Remember the DotCom explosion and bust? A lot of losers and charlatans but the winners from that era created— and are continuing to create — generational wealth today.
Not financial advice. I am not a financial adviser.
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DISCLAIMER & LEGALESE
Those with medical conditions that have not been cleared by their doctor — including women who have been diagnosed with disordered eating or have received psychological counseling for negative body image, et al — should refrain from participation without medical supervision.
This substack is for edutainment purposes only and does not constitute financial advice.
This guide and training program is strictly for informational purposes, and in no way should be used as a substitute for consultation with health care professionals. You should not consider educational material herein to be the practice of medicine or to replace consultation with a physician or other medical practitioner. The author is providing you with information in this work so that you can have knowledge and can choose, at your own risk, to act on that knowledge. The author also urges all readers to be aware of their health status and consult health care professionals before beginning any fitness, nutrition or health program.
Cherbuin, Nicolas; Walsh, Erin I.; Alateeq, Khawlah (2023). Dietary Magnesium Intake Is Related To Larger Brain Volumes And Lower White Matter Lesions With Notable Sex Differences European Journal Of Nutrition 62, 5.
Cegielska, Joanna; Domitrz, Izabela (2022). Magnesium As An Important Factor In The Pathogenesis And Treatment Of Migraine—From Theory To Practice Nutrients 14, 5.