Updates
News
App updates, public MASS articles (auto), Examine picks, and your member highlights — context, not hype.
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Fiber 101
The days of describing your macros as a set of three numbers are over. It’s time to give fiber the respect it deserves. To that end, this article will provide a comprehensive rundown of everything you need to know about the fourth-coolest macronutrient.
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News feed refreshed
Fresh MASS and Examine curation plus auto public MASS RSS. Add subscription member picks manually in news-feed.json.
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Protein — evidence summary
Intake targets, MPS, and food-first dosing — the stable baseline before you tweak timing or powders.
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Creatine — evidence summary
Strength, lean mass, and safety — still one of the highest-signal supplements for lifters.
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Caffeine — evidence summary
Performance dose ranges, sleep trade-offs, and when more coffee stops helping the session.
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Nutrition & training (clinic)
Assessment module: personalized models for hypertension, type 2 diabetes, CAD, asthma, and more — guideline-based, not static blocks.
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Examine Research Feed
Study-level nutrition and training notes — curated context, not headline chasing.
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NAD⁺: longevity hack or hype?
IV NAD⁺ clinics sell reverse-aging. MASS reviews the evidence — useful skepticism before you treat supplements as medicine.
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News: MASS + Examine
Public MASS RSS, pinned Examine summaries, and a memberPicks template for subscription issues.
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BALANS beta: mobile navigation polish
Home navigation scroll, touch targets, and spacing were refined for iPhone Safari and PWA use.
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Control ↔ Progress linked
Weekly log data now feeds Progress charts. Export and JSON backup remain available in Control.
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Can creatine do it all?
Strength yes; brain/Alzheimer claims need more caution. Keep creatine as a training baseline, not a cognitive cure-all.
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Pop Science, or Pop Pseudoscience?
Listen and Download Dr. Helms’ Personalized Audio File Below Listen and Download The Text-To-Speech File Below by Eric Helms MASS subscribers are skeptical when they hear flashy, controversial, or too-good-to-be-true pop science claims about health, fitness, or nutrition, because
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The peptide problem
Wellness peptides moved mainstream. Read the risk/evidence frame before stacking unregulated injectables onto a training plan.
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Beyond the Headlines: The 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, a MASS Perspective
You have likely seen the online uproar surrounding the release of the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) and its accompanying graphic, an inverted food pyramid. Depending on which talking head you listen to, these changes are either a catastrophic departure from sc
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