A growing collection

Visual Guides

Deep-dive breakdowns of topics worth understanding properly — designed to be read, not skimmed.

Clothing

The Cotton Audit

How to read a cotton garment from the molecular level up — fiber grade, weave, weight, construction, and what "premium basic" actually means.

Health

The Gut Shake

A two-ingredient fermented drink that outperformed omega-3 on inflammation markers — the study breakdown plus three home recipes and a full 18-fiber shopping list.

Fitness

DIY Running Nutrition

How to fuel long runs with homemade gels, drinks, and whole-food options — cheaper, customizable, and without the mystery ingredients.

Health

The Sleep Stack

Four compounds with strong mechanistic evidence for deeper, more restorative sleep — what each one does, when to take it, and why melatonin is the wrong tool.

Fitness

High Intensity Training

12 minutes a week. One set to failure. The Doug McGuff / Mike Mentzer case for brief, infrequent, intense training — and why the science backs it up completely.

Health

L-Citrulline & Gut Health

A gym supplement that protects the gut lining? One 10g dose dramatically reduced gut cell injury markers — by preserving blood flow to the intestinal wall under stress.

Built from the gut up.

Fiber diversity, butyrate, and why feeding your microbiome beats suppressing inflammation from above.

Read the Gut Shake →

100% cotton tells you nothing.

Learn to read fiber grade, yarn count, knit structure, and construction — the eight signals that actually predict quality.

Read the Cotton Audit →

Skip the $4 gel packs.

Real food works. Here's how to fuel 10+ miles with ingredients you already have — and what actually matters physiologically.

Read the Fuel Guide →

Sleep isn't rest. It's repair.

Four compounds, $18/month, and a consistent schedule. Here's the evidence-based stack that actually changes sleep architecture.

Read the Sleep Stack →

12 minutes. Once a week.

McGuff, Mentzer, and 50 years of evidence say you've been doing too much, too often. One set to failure changes everything.

Read the HIT Guide →

Your gut runs on blood flow.

One dose of a cheap amino acid preserved gut perfusion and slashed cell injury markers in a controlled study. The mechanism is smarter than the marketing.

Read the Citrulline Guide →