Hey friend,

The other day, I was feeling a little bit grumpy.

I was a little bit shorter with my answers and just feeling like I was being a tad more irritated.

Doing some introspection, I asked myself, "Hmm, why exactly do I feel this way?"

Then I realized what the issue was..

Due to unforeseen circumstances, I went to sleep a little bit later and woke up earlier than I usually do.

I didn't get my normal hours of sleep, and you could say that I was slightly sleep deprived.

Which leads me to ask you this: How many times have we found ourselves in a bad mood as a result of just not getting enough sleep?

Probably more times than not.

Now, if you don't mind me, I'm going to get some work done and take a little 15-minute nap.

That said...

Here Is Your 4 Minute Friday:

1. The Healthiest Tea On The Planet

It looks like the Japanese know something that we don't.

Researchers followed 280 men for 20+ years who drank green tea every single day, and the results were crazy.

1. Better mental health: Tea drinkers showed lower depression scores and better sleep quality.
2. Better hormones: Long-term green tea consumption boosts testosterone levels while keeping other hormones stable.
3. Brain protection: MRI scans revealed that tea drinkers had more gray matter in their brains linked to improved memory and aging.
4. Healthier weight and inflammation: On average, tea drinkers had lower BMI and reduced inflammation across the board.

They found that green tea's anti-inflammatory compounds created a cascade effect leading to less inflammation and better sleep.

These had a downstream effect on improving mood while the antioxidants protected brain tissue from age-related decline.

One of the simplest and cheapest investments for long-term brain and mental health might be drinking one cup of green tea a day.

2. How To Remove Microplastics From Your Drinking Water

Recently, I took a trip to Hawaii and walked along the beach. Unfortunately, as I walked the beach, I found big and small pieces of plastic all along the shoreline.

That said, microplastics are a BIG problem, and we're finding that they are almost everywhere.

One study wanted to find out methods to remove these tiny plastics from our drinking environment, and the one that worked best was boiling water.

They found that when water is boiled, especially if it's hard water (meaning that it has a lot of minerals like calcium), more than 80% of these plastics can be removed.

Here’s how it works:

When water boils, minerals like calcium carbonate form solid bits called “incrustants.” These tiny particles stick to the solids and get trapped inside them through a process called “coprecipitation.”

After boiling, these solids with the plastics inside settle at the bottom or can be filtered out, so the water you drink has fewer plastics in it.

❤️ My Favourite Thing This Week

In my line of work, focus is currency.

The unfortunate thing is that my line of work is on the internet, and it is a minefield of distractions.

I'm no different than the next person. I need things to block so I can keep my attention where it needs to be, especially when I'm writing newsletters like this.

That's why I use ​Freedom​ every single day to block out distracting apps and websites.

Sometimes I want to break my focus, but thanks to this app, the things I would distract myself with are blocked.

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Client Of The Week - Kris Flammang, Entrepreneur

Kris was suffering from low energy and found it hard to get rid of his belly.

In 12 weeks, we lost 33 lbs and 6 inches from his waistline. He's jumping out of bed in the morning and is more confident in his body than ever before.

Our Strategy:

• Learning how to eat pizza with his kids while getting lean
• Emphasizing getting on a meal schedule to put hunger on autopilot
• Fixing his sleeping habits so he could have more energy & appetite control
• Focus on strength training over cardio so he could lose fat, not just weight.

The best part is that his sons have joined him and started learning to lift weights, and his wife has started to get her body in shape.

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One Quote To Finish Your Week Strong

"Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment."

― Oprah

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References

1. Wan Z, Wan Q, Qin X, Wang G, Lin H, Jin Y, Wan B, Ai L, Wei J. Long-term consumption of green tea protects the mental health of middle-aged and older adult men by improving inflammation levels. Front Public Health. 2025 Feb 25;13:1531953. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1531953. PMID: 40071113; PMCID: PMC11893420. 
2. Drinking Boiled Tap Water Reduces Human Intake of Nanoplastics and Microplastics. Zimin Yu, Jia-Jia Wang, Liang-Ying Liu, Zhanjun Li, and Eddy Y. ZengEnvironmental Science & Technology Letters 2024 11 (3), 273-279DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00081 

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