Saturday 7

Published: Sat, 05/09/26

Updated: Mon, 05/11/26

Good morning!

Here's your Saturday 7 roundup!

👅 How to instantly be stronger:

Good posture starts in your mouth.

Press your tongue to the roof of your mouth and you create a more stable head, neck, and spine.

In this study, tongue-to-palate posture resulted in ~30% increase in hamstring strength vs. a neutral tongue position.

Better oral posture → better spinal stability → better force output.

Mew to looksmaxx from head to toe.

🦷 Where problems start:

A new study found that toothbrushing reduces pneumonia risk in hospitals. (r)

Oral hygiene lowers the pathogenic bacterial load in the mouth which can enter the lungs.

Another way to do this is to eat a proper diet and breathe through your nose.

But it's good to see that researchers are starting to discover that disease often starts/appears in the mouth (which starts from poor diet) from where it can spread to the brain, heart, lungs, and more.

🥩 Why prices are staying high:

Beef is a solution to many of our health problems.

While cheaper than being sick, beef prices are likely to stay high all year.

💡 How to find the answer:

King Solomon was famous for his wisdom.

He was infamous for being unable to apply it to his own life.

But he's not an anomaly.

Researchers found that people reason more wisely about other people’s problems than their own.

It's called Solomon’s Paradox.

The Lesson

The advice you need is often already inside you. You just can’t access it when you’re too close to the problem.

So the next time you’re stuck...

Don’t ask: “What should I do?”

Ask: “What would I tell my best friend to do?”

Then have the courage to take your own advice.

🧠 What quote I've been thinking about:

"What would you tomorrow want you today to do?"

– Chris Williamson, on another way to solve Solomon's Paradox

📊 Can money buy happiness:

Paul Tudor Jones, legendary macro investor, gave a rare long-form interview and said bitcoin is "unequivocally the best inflation hedge."

That's quite the endorsement from someone who has successfully traded through inflationary periods, currency volatility, and financial crises.

But how much do you need [to be happy]? (Must Watch!)

If 1 bitcoin = 1 bitcoin yet $1 USD continuously loses purchasing power through inflated money supply, might this be the secret to ever-increasing happiness...

📜 What I believe:

This is the 439th Saturday 7.

I know because my email provider integrated with ChatGPT. Now I can ask questions about what I’ve written here over the last 8.5 years.

So I asked it to summarize my views in one sentence.

Align with biological truth (ancestral-wisdom), think critically (1st-principles), act boldly (high-agency), and use health, wealth, and wisdom as tools for freedom, creation, and living your fullest life.

As always, it's an honor getting to spend some time with you.

Hope you have a great weekend!

Kevin

P.S.

Can one man get his money's worth at America's priciest buffet?