Fun fact: Lactic acid doesn't cause post-exercise muscle soreness, and exercise actually promotes the production of lactate, which opposes the build-up of any acidity in the muscles. A little (moderate!) soreness after exercise is due to physical processes as your muscles recover and adapt.

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Feeling weaker than you used to? It’s not just about muscle mass, but also about mitochondrial function, without which your muscles can’t do much. Today’s sponsor, Timeline, has a mitochondria-boosting supplement that we wrote about previously as part of Dr. Greger’s Anti-Aging Eight, which is a list of incredibly well-evidenced longevity-inducing things we can take (if you’re looking for it in the list, it’s urolithin A, which you can see in our sponsor’s store, here) ← 30% off for 10almonds readers with code 30NEWSLETTER, by the way!

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As our muscles age, they naturally lose mass, strength, and function—a result of certain muscle fibers shrinking—contributing to fatigue and weakness beginning as early as our 30s.

Recent research highlights that the key player in this aging process is our mitochondria*, tiny-but-mighty organelles that produce more than 90% of our body’s energy. Importantly, scientists have found a strong link between decreased mitochondrial health and muscle health decline with aging, emphasizing the importance of maintaining these cellular engines.

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^{*500mg Mitopure® have been shown to (1) induce gene expression related to mitochondria function and metabolism and (2) increase the strength of the hamstring leg muscle in measures of knee extension and flexion after 4 months in overweight 40-65 year olds. Learn more.}

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Yesterday we asked you to choose between tomato and zucchini—both have their strong merits, but taking everything into account, we picked the zucchini (click here to read about why), as did just 25% of you!

^{(If it’s any consolation for the 75%, sun-dried tomatoes would have swept it easily; not only are dried foods more nutrient-dense physically by sheer mathematics, but in this case the heat of the sun with no way to ablate it (as it would have when growing on the vine) enhances the lycopene content of the tomatoes, too)}

Now for today’s choice:

Click on whichever you think is better for you!

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