Gabriel Moraes
@gabrielhealth.bsky.social
🧬 Biomedical Scientist | Jiu-Jitsu Blue Belt
🔬 Decoding the science of health & performance
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🔬 Decoding the science of health & performance
📚 For a healthier brain & body, read my articles
https://healthsciencedec.substack.com/
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8 Pillars of Health Most People Overlook (But Can Transform Your Life)
A framework called NEWSTART shows how simple daily choices lead to extraordinary health.
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After years studying biomedical science, I’ve learned this:
The simplest habits often create the most profound changes.
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The simplest habits often create the most profound changes.
I wrote more about this here: open.substack.com/pub/healthsc...
You can grow new neurons in your hippocampus through exercise, learning, and sleep.
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
You can grow new neurons in your hippocampus through exercise, learning, and sleep.
Lack of sunlight can cause brain fog.
Light exposure resets serotonin and circadian rhythms every morning.
Light exposure resets serotonin and circadian rhythms every morning.
November 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Lack of sunlight can cause brain fog.
Light exposure resets serotonin and circadian rhythms every morning.
Light exposure resets serotonin and circadian rhythms every morning.
Your gut bacteria can predict your mood quite well.
About 80% of your serotonin (the happy chemical) is made in your gut.
About 80% of your serotonin (the happy chemical) is made in your gut.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Your gut bacteria can predict your mood quite well.
About 80% of your serotonin (the happy chemical) is made in your gut.
About 80% of your serotonin (the happy chemical) is made in your gut.
Decide now to make your life grander, greater, richer, and nobler than ever before.
Busy your mind with the concepts of harmony, health, peace, and good will, and wonders will happen to your life.
Busy your mind with the concepts of harmony, health, peace, and good will, and wonders will happen to your life.
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Decide now to make your life grander, greater, richer, and nobler than ever before.
Busy your mind with the concepts of harmony, health, peace, and good will, and wonders will happen to your life.
Busy your mind with the concepts of harmony, health, peace, and good will, and wonders will happen to your life.
Your thoughts change your brain’s structure.
Neurons that fire together wire together, literally.
Neurons that fire together wire together, literally.
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Your thoughts change your brain’s structure.
Neurons that fire together wire together, literally.
Neurons that fire together wire together, literally.
Learning a new language slows brain aging.
It strengthens white matter pathways and executive control.
It strengthens white matter pathways and executive control.
November 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Learning a new language slows brain aging.
It strengthens white matter pathways and executive control.
It strengthens white matter pathways and executive control.
Loneliness alters immune function.
Your body literally reads social isolation as a threat.
Your body literally reads social isolation as a threat.
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Loneliness alters immune function.
Your body literally reads social isolation as a threat.
Your body literally reads social isolation as a threat.
Think of your mind as a garden, you are the gardener, and you’re planting seeds (thoughts) in your subconscious mind all day long, based on your habitual thinking. As you sow in your subconscious mind, so shall you reap in your body and environment.
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Think of your mind as a garden, you are the gardener, and you’re planting seeds (thoughts) in your subconscious mind all day long, based on your habitual thinking. As you sow in your subconscious mind, so shall you reap in your body and environment.
80% of your serotonin is made in your gut.
Mood and digestion are one conversation.
Mood and digestion are one conversation.
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
80% of your serotonin is made in your gut.
Mood and digestion are one conversation.
Mood and digestion are one conversation.
Nature sounds lower cortisol and heart rate.
Your nervous system evolved to relax near birds and water.
Your nervous system evolved to relax near birds and water.
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Nature sounds lower cortisol and heart rate.
Your nervous system evolved to relax near birds and water.
Your nervous system evolved to relax near birds and water.
Little gem from Carl Jung.
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Little gem from Carl Jung.
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How to Get Out of a Rut
The science of getting your drive back.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
New article: healthsciencedec.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
The smell of lavender lowers heart rate and anxiety.
November 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The smell of lavender lowers heart rate and anxiety.
Walking boosts memory.
People remember words better after a short walk than after sitting still.
People remember words better after a short walk than after sitting still.
November 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Walking boosts memory.
People remember words better after a short walk than after sitting still.
People remember words better after a short walk than after sitting still.
Breathing through your nose improves memory.
Nasal breathing synchronizes electrical activity in the hippocampus.
Nasal breathing synchronizes electrical activity in the hippocampus.
November 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Breathing through your nose improves memory.
Nasal breathing synchronizes electrical activity in the hippocampus.
Nasal breathing synchronizes electrical activity in the hippocampus.
Eating slowly improves digestion and satiety hormones.
Leptin (the fullness hormone) and ghrelin (the hunger hormone) need time to signal your brain that you’ve eaten enough.
Leptin (the fullness hormone) and ghrelin (the hunger hormone) need time to signal your brain that you’ve eaten enough.
November 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Eating slowly improves digestion and satiety hormones.
Leptin (the fullness hormone) and ghrelin (the hunger hormone) need time to signal your brain that you’ve eaten enough.
Leptin (the fullness hormone) and ghrelin (the hunger hormone) need time to signal your brain that you’ve eaten enough.
The gut and brain talk constantly.
Gut bacteria produce neurotransmitters like serotonin and GABA that affect mood and cognition.
Gut bacteria produce neurotransmitters like serotonin and GABA that affect mood and cognition.
November 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The gut and brain talk constantly.
Gut bacteria produce neurotransmitters like serotonin and GABA that affect mood and cognition.
Gut bacteria produce neurotransmitters like serotonin and GABA that affect mood and cognition.
Blue light at night delays melatonin by 90 minutes.
Screens tell your brain it’s still daytime.
Screens tell your brain it’s still daytime.
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Blue light at night delays melatonin by 90 minutes.
Screens tell your brain it’s still daytime.
Screens tell your brain it’s still daytime.
Music activates nearly every brain region.
It enhances memory, motor coordination, and emotional processing simultaneously.
It enhances memory, motor coordination, and emotional processing simultaneously.
October 31, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Music activates nearly every brain region.
It enhances memory, motor coordination, and emotional processing simultaneously.
It enhances memory, motor coordination, and emotional processing simultaneously.
Fasting triggers autophagy, the body’s cellular cleanup process.
Think of it as your cells taking out the trash.
Think of it as your cells taking out the trash.
October 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Fasting triggers autophagy, the body’s cellular cleanup process.
Think of it as your cells taking out the trash.
Think of it as your cells taking out the trash.
The brain prefers consistency over intensity.
Daily 20-minute habits rewire faster than once-a-week marathons.
Daily 20-minute habits rewire faster than once-a-week marathons.
October 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The brain prefers consistency over intensity.
Daily 20-minute habits rewire faster than once-a-week marathons.
Daily 20-minute habits rewire faster than once-a-week marathons.
People who get morning sunlight sleep better at night.
It anchors your circadian rhythm and boosts evening melatonin.
It anchors your circadian rhythm and boosts evening melatonin.
October 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
People who get morning sunlight sleep better at night.
It anchors your circadian rhythm and boosts evening melatonin.
It anchors your circadian rhythm and boosts evening melatonin.
A single workout boosts neurotransmitters like dopamine, serotonin, and endorphins.
That’s why movement instantly lifts mood.
That’s why movement instantly lifts mood.
October 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
A single workout boosts neurotransmitters like dopamine, serotonin, and endorphins.
That’s why movement instantly lifts mood.
That’s why movement instantly lifts mood.
Repetitive negative thinking is associated with cognitive function decline in older adults.
Be mindful of your thoughts,they shape your brain more than you realize.
bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Be mindful of your thoughts,they shape your brain more than you realize.
bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Repetitive negative thinking is associated with cognitive function decline in older adults: a cross-sectional study - BMC Psychiatry
Background Psychological problems such as depression and anxiety increase the risk of cognitive impairment in older adults. But mechanisms on the effect of psychological disorder on cognitive…
bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Repetitive negative thinking is associated with cognitive function decline in older adults.
Be mindful of your thoughts,they shape your brain more than you realize.
bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Be mindful of your thoughts,they shape your brain more than you realize.
bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Ways to increase serotonin (happy chemical) levels:
• Eating more tryptophan-containing foods
• Getting more sunlight
• Taking certain supplements
• Getting more exercise and lowering your stress level
• Eating more tryptophan-containing foods
• Getting more sunlight
• Taking certain supplements
• Getting more exercise and lowering your stress level
October 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Ways to increase serotonin (happy chemical) levels:
• Eating more tryptophan-containing foods
• Getting more sunlight
• Taking certain supplements
• Getting more exercise and lowering your stress level
• Eating more tryptophan-containing foods
• Getting more sunlight
• Taking certain supplements
• Getting more exercise and lowering your stress level