Does This Check Out? is where I take the articles, products, and claims Rebuilders send me and run them through the filter — separating what actually holds up from what just sounds good.
Does this check out?? 9 Things Experts Wish You’d Do in Midlife to Increase Longevity
9 Longevity Moves, One Big Miss, And Where To Sharpen The Rest
A Rebuilder sent this one over and asked: does this check out?
The New York Times ran a solid list — nine things to do in midlife to live longer. And here’s the deal: most of it checks out. Lift weights. Do intervals. Move more. Lock in your sleep schedule. If you’re already living the Power Practices, you’re most of the way there.
But “most of the way” is where the tweaks live. Here’s where I’d sharpen it.
The protein advice is stuck ten years in the past. “Include a little protein at each meal” is how a guy convinces himself peanut butter counts. It’s a fat that happens to contain protein. Once you’re past 30, your body gets less responsive to the signal that builds muscle — so “a little” quietly turns into losing lean mass one decade at a time. The fix isn’t complicated:
