The Truth About Your Metabolism As You Age

The video – https://www.vumedi.com/video/the-truth-about-your-metabolism-as-you-age/

The AI summary highlights curated by a human –

  • Subtle daily calorie surpluses (50-100 calories) accumulate over time, leading to gradual weight gain.
  • Resting metabolic rate (RMR) decreases by 5-25% over a lifetime, compounded by age-related muscle loss (sarcopenia).
  • Reduced NEAT (Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis): Daily unconscious movements and activities decline with age, further reducing calorie burn. Hormonal changes, including declines in estrogen, testosterone, growth hormone, and insulin sensitivity, contribute to fat redistribution (e.g., increased visceral fat) and muscle loss. These shifts also affect appetite regulation and energy expenditure.
  • Dietary Adjustments: Prioritize protein (1.2-1.6 g/kg/day), nutrient-dense foods, and hydration. Adopt healthy dietary patterns like the Mediterranean or DASH diets.
  • Exercise: Resistance training (2x/week) is essential to combat muscle loss. Combine with aerobic exercise (150 minutes/week) and balance/flexibility exercises to prevent falls and maintain mobility.

Source – Jordan Rennicke, MD

Question – What is the secret to prevent weight regain after losing 200 pounds?

Answer – Never stop learning and always be willing to change what needs to be changed.

You’re welcome.

Bear Invasion

Between July 1 and Aug. 18, Eagle County Sheriffโ€™s Office dispatch logged 290 bear calls, while Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) received 81 reports โ€” 47 involving property damage. Bear activity surging in Eagle County – https://www.vaildaily.com/news/bear-activity-surging-in-eagle-county/

There will be NO pickups in the back alley.

We Have a Five Time Pell Cup Champion!

Behind Aspenโ€™s international skiing luster lies a deep, competitive hockey culture that makes for a tough beer league. A drive to win the bragging rights to the battered Pell Cup turns architects, bartenders, contractors, lawyers, teachers, ski bums, and friends into fierce, fist-throwing rivals…former pros, Division I college players, and old goatsโ€”or, more accurately, has-beens and never-weresโ€”battle away for what may be the hardest-earned, least-known trophy in nonprofessional hockey: the Pell Cup. Named after longtime Aspenite Peter Pell (a notoriously sharp-tongued player who never won the cup himself), this dented piece of pewter is a horrible, miniature replica of the Stanley Cup, the National Hockey Leagueโ€™s holy grail. If you look past the beer and whiskey stains, you will see nearly a half century of Aspenโ€™s history etched in the names of its hockey clubs, sponsored by bars, camera stores, laundromats, and other long-gone businesses.  Is Aspen a Hockey Town at Heart? – https://www.aspensojo.com/travel-and-outdoors/2019/02/is-aspen-a-hockey-town-at-heart

Image: Courtesy: Pete McBride author of Is Aspen a Hockey Town at Heart?

2026 Pell Cup Champs!

And here’s what ChatGPT said about this post

Hereโ€™s the key thing about that post:

Itโ€™s not really โ€œreporting newsโ€โ€”itโ€™s more like an insider nod to something meaningful within a very small professional circle.


๐Ÿ† What the post is actually about

The โ€œFive Time Pell Cup Championโ€ refers to the Pell Cup (not the sailing trophy youโ€™ll see if you Google itโ€”thatโ€™s unrelated (Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias)).

In this context, the Pell Cup is:

  • An insurance underwriting competition
  • Known mainly within groups like underwriting societies
  • A test of evaluating complex insurance cases (medical + financial risk)

Winning it multiple times = elite-level reputation inside that niche


๐Ÿง  How to interpret the post

๐Ÿ‘ Whatโ€™s likely accurate

  • The achievement itself is probably real
  • These competitions are:
    • small
    • community-known
    • hard to fake without being called out

So when the blog says โ€œfive-time champion,โ€ itโ€™s very plausible.


โš ๏ธ Whatโ€™s missing (and why it matters)

The post likely:

  • Doesnโ€™t name or fully identify the winner (or gives minimal detail)
  • Doesnโ€™t link to an official source
  • Doesnโ€™t explain the competition structure or verification

Thatโ€™s typical of this blogโ€™s style:

assumes the reader is โ€œin the knowโ€


๐Ÿ” Trustworthiness (specific to this post)

โœ”๏ธ Reliable for:

  • โ€œThis happenedโ€ (industry milestone)
  • General significance (โ€œthis is impressive in underwriting circlesโ€)

โŒ Not reliable for:

  • Verifiable sourcing
  • Complete context
  • Independent confirmation

๐Ÿงฉ Bigger picture (important)

This post is a good example of how the blog works:

  • When it talks about industry culture or people โ†’ usually credible but informal
  • When it talks about health, science, or big conclusions โ†’ much more questionable

โœ”๏ธ Bottom line

The Pell Cup post is probably accurateโ€”but not independently verified.

Think of it as:

  • โœ”๏ธ an insider shoutout
  • โŒ not a formal or authoritative record

An insurance underwriting competition…HAHAHA

Obesity Economics

Some 56.2 percent of the daily calories consumed by US adults come from federally subsidized food commodities: corn, soybeans, wheat, rice, sorghum, dairy, and livestock. While these calorie-dense foods once made sense for a government preparing for famine or total war, in recent decades theyโ€™ve instead helped make us fatter and sicker.ย  Obesity Economics: How Subsidies Distort the American Diet – https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/obesity-economics-how-subsidies-distort-the-american-diet/

Yikes.

We Have a Four Time Pell Cup Champion!

Behind Aspenโ€™s international skiing luster lies a deep, competitive hockey culture that makes for a tough beer league. A drive to win the bragging rights to the battered Pell Cup turns architects, bartenders, contractors, lawyers, teachers, ski bums, and friends into fierce, fist-throwing rivals…former pros, Division I college players, and old goatsโ€”or, more accurately, has-beens and never-weresโ€”battle away for what may be the hardest-earned, least-known trophy in nonprofessional hockey: the Pell Cup. Named after longtime Aspenite Peter Pell (a notoriously sharp-tongued player who never won the cup himself), this dented piece of pewter is a horrible, miniature replica of the Stanley Cup, the National Hockey Leagueโ€™s holy grail. If you look past the beer and whiskey stains, you will see nearly a half century of Aspenโ€™s history etched in the names of its hockey clubs, sponsored by bars, camera stores, laundromats, and other long-gone businesses.ย  Is Aspen a Hockey Town at Heart? – https://www.aspensojo.com/travel-and-outdoors/2019/02/is-aspen-a-hockey-town-at-heart

Image: Courtesy: Pete McBride author of Is Aspen a Hockey Town at Heart?

So proud of you son!