Welcome to episode 40 of bright ones! The only 3 minute podcast that sniffs out the good news you missed! SNIFF SNIFF SNIFF! Yesterday we talked about good news about steps per day. In related news today’s uplifting reports are all about human strength! I’m not talking metaphorical intangible strength like unending optimism or the willpower to never give up. I’m talking about that real physical gigachad style strength! The first bit of the good news for those of us with a powerful Kungfu grip! The University at Buffalo found that you live longer if your hands have a more powerful squeeze! The older women in the study showed that you reduce your chance of death by 12% for 15 pounds of grip strength. The same study also showed that healthier people go from sitting to standing more quickly! There’s time to improve for those out there that shake like a limp fish and take forever to go from chair to the buffet line. We believe in you! Personally we measure human health by “BRPM”. That’s butt rubs per minute! We also accept ear scratches per second as an answer.

If you’re bones ache too much to strengthen your grasp, researchers at McGill University might have discovered a way to help you out. These scientists have found that cooling the body causes pesky brown fat to release an enzyme called TNAP which helps strengthen bones. This is good news because this might lead to new therapy to burn off harmful fat, lose weight and strengthen your skeleton! In summary, we now know that if we increase hand strength, practice sit-down/standups we can lengthen our lives! And for those who might have bone density issues treatments are a big step closer! Until next time keep pushing for those little doses of health improvements that keep you on this Earth longer and like me keep on trying to be a goodboy! WOOF