Happy Wednesday my friend,

If you want a simple, science-backed roadmap for aging well without getting lost in trends, I’d recommend checking out my friend Brians’s upcoming event: World’s BEST Longevity Summit.

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🐿️ CREATURE FEATURE 🐿️

Dumbo Octopus

The dumbo octopus is a deep-sea drifter with ear-like fins that flap it through the dark like a tiny swimmer. It is among the deepest-living octopuses, recorded thousands of meters down where pressure would crush most life. Its soft, gelatinous body and slow, energy-saving movements help it thrive in that cold, high-pressure world. To learn more about the habitat and its body and diet, go HERE.

Dumbos hover above the seafloor and eat small prey they can swallow whole, including worms and crustaceans. Females carry eggs at different stages so they can reproduce when conditions are right, and unlike many shallow-water octopuses they do not rely on an ink defense. Watch this gorgeous deep-sea VIDEO to see it in action (honestly the most adorable part may be listening to the scientists nerding out as they film this)!

😄 Most Powerful Steps To Live Long (and well)

If you’ve been seeing longevity talk everywhere but want something grounded and usable, the World’s BEST Longevity Summit is a no-cost event led by my friend Brian Vaszily (founder of the 500k-member Art of Anti-Aging community and a long-time natural health researcher). It’s built around the “highest leverage” steps – instead of trends – with practical guidance you can actually apply.

Inside, you’ll get:

• 50 science-backed, little-known longevity steps Brian has curated for maximum impact

• 21 respected doctors and researchers sharing their top 3–4 most effective strategies

• Insights spanning brain health, metabolic health, gut health, mood, inflammation, and energy

• A 43-page guide on foods and nutrients that support cardiovascular health after you sign up

⮕ Get access to the Longevity Summit here

🍎 NUTRITION 101 🍎

MYRICETIN: A flavonoid found in berries and red wine with anti-inflammatory and brain-protective properties. Learn about the benefits, sources, supplements and more HERE.

🌏 DEEP DIVE 🌏

Methylation, MTHFR, and Vitamin B12: Why This Might Be the “Missing” Energy Conversation

Lately I’ve been seeing methylation everywhere on social media. It feels like everyone is talking about it, the importance of supplements, and casually dropping acronyms, assuming that everyone knows what they’re talking about.

Some could be hype, but the core idea is legitimate: methylation is a real biochemical process that supports how your body makes and repairs DNA, regulates gene activity, and runs key metabolic pathways.

And here’s what gets me. Unless you’ve been exposed to this topic through a functional practitioner, a friend who went down the rabbit hole, or your own late-night research, no one is “parenting” you to even consider it. No one hands you a checklist that says, “Hey, if you’re constantly tired, foggy, wired-but-exhausted, or dealing with unexplained symptoms, you might want to look at methylation and the nutrients that power it.”

That’s especially true when the conversation is really about one gene that comes up again and again: MTHFR.

First, what methylation is (in plain English)

Methylation is the act of attaching a small chemical group (a methyl group) to other molecules. That simple “tag” helps your body control all kinds of cellular functions, including gene expression. In other words, methylation is one of the ways your biology decides which signals get amplified and which get quieted down. If you want a clear overview of how methylation fits into gene regulation, the CDC’s epigenetics introduction is one starting point.

This is also why methylation is connected to such a wide variety of “I don’t feel my best” symptoms. When the system is strained, people can experience low energy, brain fog, mood changes, headaches, sleep disruption, tingling or numbness, poor concentration, and sometimes signs that overlap with anemia like weakness or shortness of breath.

That does NOT mean methylation is the cause of every symptom, as a blanket statement. It does mean it can be one piece of the puzzle worth checking.

The MTHFR factor: common, and often never discussed

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