Want to be hot and fight cancer?

30 minute workouts are the trick

Good morning. It’s fall y’all.

I know the calendar says otherwise—that autumn has yet to grace us with her presence. But I like vibes more. The vibes are giving fall. Please don’t argue with me because we’ve got a lot to cover today.

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Australian researchers just found that a half-hour of resistance training upregulates anti-cancer proteins and suppresses cancer cell growth.

“Exercise has emerged as a therapeutic intervention in the management of cancer, and a large body of evidence exists that show the safety and effectiveness of exercise as medicine, either during or post cancer treatment," the study’s lead author explained.

Last week we talked about exercise as one of the three core Running On Butter catechisms. This is exactly why. Exercise doesn’t just make you hot (though, it wouldn’t be the worst thing if that’s all it did).

Working out fortifies the body holistically, stretching and rebuilding it to be more resilient on all fronts. To name of few benefits of pumping iron: it regulates hormones for men and women, significantly lowers anxiety and reduces stress, and prevents cancer and dementia.

Want to be hot and fight cancer? Here are some at-home workouts you can knock out in 30 minutes:

• Seniors: start here.

• Moms: start here.

• Dads: start here.

• Young adults: start here.

• Kids: Get outside and play.

• The Free Press just published a sharp symposium with a lineup of health voices weighing in on how MAHA is doing so far. Plenty of opinions, plenty of perspectives. “When we look back at this era, we’ll realize how badly we needed MAHA. It will be remembered as a turning point in American health,” Vani Hari contends. Emily Oster argues that “MAHA has been a disaster thus far.” Here for the drama.

• Nervous about a first date? Some girls are turning to beta blockers—a drug that slows heart rate and dulls stress—prescriptions of which have spiked 28% since 2020. Gentleman, if you find out she took anxiety meds just to get through dinner with you, listen to me when I say: run, don’t walk away.

• Florida is ending all vaccine mandates for schoolchildren.

• Selena Gomez and her mom are catching heat over their failing mental health company. Employees claim her mom ran it like a “drug den” and even skipped multiple payrolls (allegations she denies). As for Selena, I’m still stuck on her settling with Benny Blanco. She could do so much better. Look, I know someone who sees you clearly: a below-average singer, a medium actress—yet somehow the girl of my dreams. Selena, give me a shot. My heart knows what it wants.

• Regenerative Farming getaways are trending. “People are craving experiences that feel real, where there’s a sense of purpose behind the beauty.” This is what I’ll tell Selena to win her over.

• This is the second time I’m bringing it up, but it unsettles me: Emma Heming Willis is out here doing the press circuit for her new book, talking about how hard Bruce’s dementia has been for her. The man doesn’t have the capacity to consent to what’s being said—or sold—about his life. From where I’m sitting, it looks less like advocacy from Emma and more like a play for attention.

• “The current vibe is no drinking, no drugs, 9-9-6 [work from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week], lift heavy, run far, marry young, track your sleep, and eat steak and eggs,” said Daksh Gupta, an AI bro, describing the grindcore culture of Silicon Valley. Mark Zuckerberg is also looking “completely shredded” these days, according to the NYT. Sounds like we’ve got some tech Buttercups.

• Taylor Swift is in her sourdough era.

• Why are do we keep funding research to investigate if ultra-processed foods are bad for us? I thought it was universally known that Doritos and Coke weren’t exactly here for our health.

• Adults who drink synthetic sweeteners like sucralose and aspartame are seeing significantly faster declines in memory and thinking than those who don’t consume them. These sweeteners are primarily in sodas, energy drinks, yogurts, and unfortunately—many “healthy” supplements.

• I declared it’s fall because I made some killer pumpkin muffins last night. Great vehicles for butter.

  

  

  This post was fueled by this muffin and glass of goat milk. I don’t lie when I say I run on butter.