What is Xenom and how it is standardising competitive fitness

Competitive fitness is moving towards structure. For years, the category has been defined by variation: different workouts, different formats, different interpretations of what “fitness” means. That has driven participation, but it has limited comparability and made it difficult to scale as a spectator sport. Xenom is part of a new wave attempting to change that.…

March 25, 20260Comments

ByJon Lipsey

TRAINING Explainer

What are hybrid fitness competitions and how are they turning training into a sport?

Fitness has historically been personal. You train to improve strength, endurance, or appearance. Progress is tracked individually. Outcomes are largely private. Hybrid fitness competitions introduce a different model. They turn training into something measurable, repeatable, and comparable across individuals and locations. Hybrid fitness competitions are structured events that combine multiple training modalities—typically strength, endurance, and…

March 24, 20260Comments

ByJon Lipsey

HEALTH Explainer

What biological dentistry is and how it connects oral health to systemic disease

Biological dentistry is an approach to oral healthcare that views the teeth, gums, and jaw as part of an interconnected biological system, where dental materials, infections, and procedures can influence systemic health through immune, neurological, and inflammatory pathways. That definition captures a shift that is still under-recognised in mainstream care. Conventional dentistry has historically focused…

March 24, 20260Comments

ByJon Lipsey

HEALTH Explainer

What are AI health assistants and how do they work?

A new category is emerging at the intersection of artificial intelligence, wearable technology, and digital health: the AI health assistant. For years, digital health tools focused on collecting data. Fitness trackers counted steps. Smartwatches measured heart rate. Health apps logged sleep or nutrition. The missing piece was interpretation. AI health assistants aim to fill that…

March 23, 20260Comments

ByJon Lipsey

MIND Explainer

What are brain-monitoring wearables and how do they measure neural activity?

Wearable health technology has spent the past decade focused on the body. Smartwatches measure heart rate. Smart rings track sleep and recovery. Continuous glucose monitors observe metabolic responses. The next frontier may be the brain. Brain-monitoring wearables represent an emerging category of consumer neurotechnology designed to capture electrical activity produced by the brain and translate…

March 22, 20260Comments

ByJon Lipsey

TECH Explainer

What is gesture control in wearable devices and how does it work?

Wearable devices are evolving from passive health trackers into interactive computing platforms. One of the technologies driving this shift is gesture control — the ability for a device to interpret hand or finger movements as digital commands. Gesture control wearables detect subtle muscle signals or motion patterns and translate them into inputs for digital systems…

March 19, 20260Comments

ByJon Lipsey

NUTRITION Explainer

What is a fasting-mimicking diet and how does it influence metabolic and ageing pathways?

For decades, fasting has been studied as one of the most powerful metabolic interventions affecting health and longevity. In laboratory animals, calorie restriction and fasting can extend lifespan, improve metabolic resilience, and influence cellular repair mechanisms. The challenge has always been practical: prolonged fasting is difficult to maintain. The fasting-mimicking diet (FMD) emerged as an…

March 17, 20260Comments

ByJon Lipsey

HEALTH Explainer

Symptoms of hidden dental infections and why they are often missed

Hidden dental infections are chronic, low-grade infections in the teeth, surrounding tissues, or jawbone that often produce minimal local symptoms but may contribute to systemic inflammation and ongoing health issues. They challenge one of the most deeply held assumptions in dentistry: that pain equals problem, and absence of pain equals health. In many cases, that…

March 9, 20260Comments

ByJon Lipsey

HEALTH Explainer

Root canals and autoimmune disease: what the science says

Root canals and autoimmune disease are often linked through theories of chronic inflammation and immune activation, but current scientific evidence does not establish a clear, direct causal relationship. This is one of the most contested topics in modern dentistry. Biological dentistry often treats root canal-treated teeth as potential contributors to systemic illness. Conventional dentistry, by…

February 20, 20260Comments

ByJon Lipsey

HEALTH Explainer

Can dental infections cause chronic illness? What the evidence and biology suggest

Dental infections can contribute to chronic illness by acting as persistent sources of inflammation, immune activation, and microbial byproducts, although their impact varies depending on the individual, the severity of infection, and overall biological context. This is one of the most important, and most misunderstood, questions in oral health. At one extreme, the claim is…

January 20, 20260Comments

ByJon Lipsey

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