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I’m Jacob Katz, and this is The Renewal: an independent, subscriber-supported health newsletter that summarizes free tools for everyday life. If you’re reading this, keep it to yourself. If there’s one topic that doesn’t get enough attention in medicine, it’s causality. Keep reading to learn what causes cancer. Over 50% of all deaths worldwide are attributed to chronic inflammatory…

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I’m Jacob Katz, and this is The Renewal: an independent, ad-free, subscriber-supported health newsletter that summarizes free tools for everyday life. If you’re reading this, keep it to yourself. Here’s the dark truth about self improvement that nobody talks about. You may become the best version of yourself… But as soon as you learn about what you should…

How to lower your metabolic age. I’m 25. A few days ago, I learned my metabolic age is 12.  My first thought was: “oh I probably shouldn’t tell my girlfriend she’s dating someone with a 12 year olds body”. Because that would mean my age is on the clock. So I would in fact not…

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