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Daily Health & Wellness Brief · August 24th
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Aug 24, 2026 · 3 min listen · Last updated August 24, 2026
From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Chloe, August 24th. Quick run through ten health stories — let's start with the longevity piece. Let's get into it. First, from Peter Attia, MD. #405 ‒ AMA #88: Metabolic liver health: how to assess risk, catch dysfunction early, and prevent or reverse liver disease.
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#405 ‒ AMA #88: Metabolic liver health: how to assess risk, catch dysfunction early, and prevent or reverse liver disease
We’re looking at a conversation that pulls together the best‑available data—mostly large observational cohorts and a handful of short‑term intervention trials—on metabolic liver disease. The key point is that early‑stage steatosis and mild fibrosis can improve when the underlying metabolic drivers are tackled promptly.
Screening starts with simple blood panels (ALT, AST, fasting lipids, HbA1c) plus a non‑invasive imaging tool like transient elastography. Those numbers give a decent picture of fat accumulation and stiffness without a biopsy. If the fibrosis score is low, lifestyle changes are the first line.
Weight loss of about 7–10 % of body weight, regular aerobic activity, and a diet low in refined carbs and saturated fat have been shown in several 12‑month trials to shrink liver fat and even modestly lower stiffness scores. The effect isn’t dramatic, but it’s consistent enough that catching the problem early matters.
If the disease has progressed beyond mild fibrosis, the evidence for reversal thins out; medications are still being tested, and the benefit is modest. So the practical takeaway is: assess risk early, use the non‑invasive tools to spot the problem, and act on metabolic drivers right away.
Americans bought 12% less soda under new SNAP restrictions, study says
New restrictions on the use of food benefits to purchase soda and candy have been one of the biggest changes enacted by the Make America Healthy Again movement. But a key question has been how profoundly the bans would affect public health, with some economists arguing that people would just use other funds to buy Coke and other sugary drinks instead. Now a new study shows that soda purchases did indeed fall by about 12% among people who receive Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program benefits after the bans went into effect in 10 states.
You probably know this by now, but I’m not the biggest fan of cooking a large, multi-course dinner for a crowd. It often means a pile of dishes to clean, too many chairs crammed around the table, and worst of all, being stuck in the kitchen while everyone else is laughing and having fun without me. The snacky party is a no-fuss, equally as tasty alternative, where a variety of apps are served for guests to mingle and graze at their own leisure. I’ve been hosting these parties since my early days in NYC, and really ramped up my gatherings when I moved to the Hudson Valley.
A few things have changed around here. The biggest one is the name. Gratitude Journal is now HERE FOR NOW. The simple explanation is that the old name no longer fit. The more honest explanation is that I changed my mind—which I’ve been giving myself permission to do a lot more these days. And it feels good. *Siri, play I Changed My Mind by Keyshia Cole* I started this newsletter in 2021 while practicing grateful living in the middle of grief. I needed something that could help me notice what was still good without asking me to pretend everything was.
There is a specific kind of burnout that sleep, productivity hacks, and most therapy doesn’t touch. It doesn’t have a name yet, but your body knows it all too well. You took the break. You slept more than you have in years. You cancelled the obligations, cleared the calendar, said no to the things that asked too much. And then you sat in the quiet you’d been craving…and felt nothing. No peace. No relief. No restoration everyone promised was waiting on the other side of rest. Just a stillness that felt less like recovery and more like absence.
Have the sciences been hopelessly captured by “woke ideologues with contempt for truth, evidence and common sense”?
Pinker believes the answer is: Although the arts and humanities have been captured, the sciences remain grounded in rationality. We have the occasional e.g. outside of this, but largely we remain intact. I believe Pinker underestimates the extent to which woke ideology has rotted out medicine and science, likely because he isn’t knee deep in it, instead here are 20 points for consideration: During COVID-19 public health experts said George Floyd protests were OK to have, while Trump rallies were not.
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