Gabriel Moraes
@gabrielhealth.bsky.social
🧬 Biomedical Scientist | Jiu-Jitsu Blue Belt
🔬 Decoding the science of health & performance
📚 For a healthier brain & body, read my articles
https://healthsciencedec.substack.com/
🔬 Decoding the science of health & performance
📚 For a healthier brain & body, read my articles
https://healthsciencedec.substack.com/
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Gabriel Moraes
@gabrielhealth.bsky.social
· Oct 14
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.
I wrote more about this here: open.substack.com/pub/healthsc...
The simplest habits often create the most profound changes.
I wrote more about this here: open.substack.com/pub/healthsc...
Social media addiction is engineered.
When a whole generation struggles to focus, to build connections offline, to think independently, we can’t keep saying it’s a personal responsibility problem.
I personally believe tech companies must be held accountable.
When a whole generation struggles to focus, to build connections offline, to think independently, we can’t keep saying it’s a personal responsibility problem.
I personally believe tech companies must be held accountable.
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Social media addiction is engineered.
When a whole generation struggles to focus, to build connections offline, to think independently, we can’t keep saying it’s a personal responsibility problem.
I personally believe tech companies must be held accountable.
When a whole generation struggles to focus, to build connections offline, to think independently, we can’t keep saying it’s a personal responsibility problem.
I personally believe tech companies must be held accountable.
Blue Zones are famous for longevity, and one of the most consistent reasons for this is their embrace of community.
People eat together.
They work together.
They learn together.
People eat together.
They work together.
They learn together.
November 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Blue Zones are famous for longevity, and one of the most consistent reasons for this is their embrace of community.
People eat together.
They work together.
They learn together.
People eat together.
They work together.
They learn together.
3 things that improve your life immediately:
• Sunlight
• Hydration
• Rest
• Sunlight
• Hydration
• Rest
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
3 things that improve your life immediately:
• Sunlight
• Hydration
• Rest
• Sunlight
• Hydration
• Rest
Drink water.
Seek sunlight.
Manage stress.
Move your body.
Protect your peace.
Seek sunlight.
Manage stress.
Move your body.
Protect your peace.
November 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Drink water.
Seek sunlight.
Manage stress.
Move your body.
Protect your peace.
Seek sunlight.
Manage stress.
Move your body.
Protect your peace.
If everything feels harder than it should, check your screen time.
Heavy social media use mimics mental clutter, like hundreds of open tabs in the background.
Your brain never gets to idle, so small issues feel overwhelming.
Heavy social media use mimics mental clutter, like hundreds of open tabs in the background.
Your brain never gets to idle, so small issues feel overwhelming.
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
If everything feels harder than it should, check your screen time.
Heavy social media use mimics mental clutter, like hundreds of open tabs in the background.
Your brain never gets to idle, so small issues feel overwhelming.
Heavy social media use mimics mental clutter, like hundreds of open tabs in the background.
Your brain never gets to idle, so small issues feel overwhelming.
Your nervous system calms when you hear a loved one’s voice.
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Your nervous system calms when you hear a loved one’s voice.
The best medicine is often simple: sunlight, fresh air, water, sleep, gratitude.
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The best medicine is often simple: sunlight, fresh air, water, sleep, gratitude.
Serotonin rises with sunlight.
Proof your brain was designed to live outdoors, not online.
Proof your brain was designed to live outdoors, not online.
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Serotonin rises with sunlight.
Proof your brain was designed to live outdoors, not online.
Proof your brain was designed to live outdoors, not online.
Curiosity is built into your biology.
Your brain releases dopamine when you learn something new.
Your brain releases dopamine when you learn something new.
November 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Curiosity is built into your biology.
Your brain releases dopamine when you learn something new.
Your brain releases dopamine when you learn something new.
Lift heavy.
Walk daily.
Eat protein.
Sleep deeply.
Live simply.
Walk daily.
Eat protein.
Sleep deeply.
Live simply.
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Lift heavy.
Walk daily.
Eat protein.
Sleep deeply.
Live simply.
Walk daily.
Eat protein.
Sleep deeply.
Live simply.
Choose deep dopamine.
Conversations, books, nature, worship, meaningful work.
Conversations, books, nature, worship, meaningful work.
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Choose deep dopamine.
Conversations, books, nature, worship, meaningful work.
Conversations, books, nature, worship, meaningful work.
I treat Mondays like a reset button.
One good choice can shift your entire week.
Have a great one.
One good choice can shift your entire week.
Have a great one.
November 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I treat Mondays like a reset button.
One good choice can shift your entire week.
Have a great one.
One good choice can shift your entire week.
Have a great one.
People who nap 20 minutes daily show better memory consolidation and mood regulation.
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
People who nap 20 minutes daily show better memory consolidation and mood regulation.
Your brain is 75% water.
Even mild dehydration can affect cognition.
Even mild dehydration can affect cognition.
November 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Your brain is 75% water.
Even mild dehydration can affect cognition.
Even mild dehydration can affect cognition.
Sleep deprivation raises ghrelin, the hunger hormone.
That’s why tired people overeat.
That’s why tired people overeat.
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Sleep deprivation raises ghrelin, the hunger hormone.
That’s why tired people overeat.
That’s why tired people overeat.
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.