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Peer-reviewed library

The studies behind the Geebs science posts.

Instagram gets the short version. This page keeps the source trail: sleep, anti-aging, nutrition, cravings, cardio, and strength training studies that can become coaching content without drifting into fake certainty.

Quick answer

The research only matters if it changes the next behavior.

Geebs content uses peer-reviewed research as a filter, not as a costume. A study earns a place here when it can become a safer coaching action: move the phone out of bed, protect protein during a cut, program cardio without hurting lifting, or build strength for health span.

Reddit, GitHub, and community chatter are treated as question radar. PubMed-indexed studies, systematic reviews, randomized trials, and official source pages are the claim layer.

Library map

Backfilled by the topics already working on IG.

16 reviewed study cards are live on the page, with daily PubMed inbox candidates below.

Lead magnet

Weekly Science Drop: one study, one action, one guardrail.

The page is the library. The email is the habit loop: a useful finding from the inbox, what Kris would actually do with it, and what not to overclaim.

Weekly Science Drop

Get one useful peer-reviewed finding each week, with Kris's practical takeaway and the claim guardrail so you know what the research does and does not prove. No spam, no fake certainty, unsubscribe anytime.

Daily PubMed scan

Fresh candidates for the next science post.

These are saved automatically to the science inbox. Promote one after claim review and it becomes a full library card.

Backfilled study backlog

Source-linked studies ready for content, SEO, and GEO.

Anti-aging

PubMed monitor seedProspective cohort analysis

Lifting belongs in the longevity conversation

The site should talk about resistance training as health-span infrastructure, not only aesthetics.

Source
Zhang et al.. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2026. PMID 42230125.
PubMed sourceDOI
Claim guardrail
This is observational. Say associated with mortality risk, not that lifting guarantees longer life.

Post angles

  • Muscle is not vanity
  • Anti-aging starts under the bar
  • Cardio plus lifting beats one-note fitness
Site backfillSystematic review and meta-analysis

Strength work is health work

The anti-aging content angle should make lifting feel responsible, not vain.

Source
Momma et al.. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2022. PMID 35228201.
PubMed sourceDOI
Claim guardrail
Association evidence. Keep language at risk association and avoid disease-treatment claims.

Post angles

  • The least vain thing you can do is build strength
  • Muscle is adult health insurance
  • Strength training is not optional after 30

Cardio

PubMed monitor seedProspective cohort studies

Variety of movement is a long-game signal

Coaching can frame cardio, steps, lifting, and sport as complementary, not competing identities.

Source
Han et al.. BMJ Medicine. 2026. PMID 41574252.
PubMed sourceDOI
Claim guardrail
Observational evidence. Use for lifestyle variety and risk association, not a prescription for a medical condition.

Post angles

  • Do more than one kind of movement
  • Steps, lifting, cardio: all count
  • The anti-aging stack is not one exercise
PubMed monitor seedSystematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs

Cardio and lifting solve different problems

A strong plan does not argue cardio versus weights forever. It assigns each tool to the outcome it supports.

Source
An et al.. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 2024. PMID 38878596.
PubMed sourceDOI
Claim guardrail
Do not simplify into one modality being universally better. Population, outcome, and adherence matter.

Post angles

  • Stop asking cardio or weights
  • Use the right tool for the job
  • Health span needs both engines
Site backfillMeta-analysis

Cardio dose can interfere with lifting

Cardio belongs in the plan, but the dose, mode, and placement should not wreck the lifting stimulus.

Source
Wilson et al.. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 2012. PMID 22002517.
PubMed sourceDOI
Claim guardrail
Do not scare people away from cardio. The practical message is programming sequence and volume, not avoidance.

Post angles

  • Cardio is a tool, not the plan
  • Protect the lifts during a cut
  • LISS before punishment cardio

Cravings

Published IG backfillRandomized crossover trial

Short sleep can raise snack drive

When night cravings spike after poor sleep, audit sleep before blaming discipline or inventing a deficiency story.

Source
Sato-Mito et al.. Nutrients. 2023. PMID 37562755.
PubMed sourceDOI
Claim guardrail
Frame as increased odds and appetite signals, not proof that sleep is the only cause of cravings.

Post angles

  • 10 PM cravings are not random
  • Start with sleep before discipline
  • Cravings are a pattern audit
Published IG backfillControlled sleep-curtailment study

Sleep loss can shift snack calories

If the plan falls apart at night, the fix may be protecting sleep and snack defaults earlier in the day.

Source
Nedeltcheva et al.. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2009. PMID 19056602.
PubMed sourceDOI
Claim guardrail
Use as supporting evidence for sleep and snack behavior, not as a promise that more sleep automatically causes fat loss.

Post angles

  • The snack audit starts the night before
  • Bad sleep makes the pantry louder
  • Plan the late-night default
Published IG backfillMeta-analysis

Your food environment keeps prompting you

Kitchen setup is coaching, not a side note. Visible trigger foods create repeated decisions.

Source
Boswell and Kober. Obesity Reviews. 2016. PMID 26644270.
PubMed sourceDOI
Claim guardrail
Avoid saying a cue forces eating. Say cues can raise craving and decision load.

Post angles

  • Your counter is a prompt
  • Make the easy option the helpful option
  • Craving is often a setup problem

Nutrition

Published IG backfillNarrative review

Protein is a reliable satiety lever

Before debating advanced macros, make dinner high-protein enough to reduce the late-night runway.

Source
Paddon-Jones et al.. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2008. PMID 18469287.
PubMed sourceDOI
Claim guardrail
Do not imply protein is magic or that satiety response is identical for every person.

Post angles

  • Protein before willpower
  • The boring satiety lever that works
  • Dinner decides the snack battle
Published IG backfillInpatient randomized controlled trial

Food environment changes intake

A client does not need a perfect diet to understand that food defaults and food processing can change passive intake.

Source
Hall et al.. Cell Metabolism. 2019. PMID 31105044.
PubMed sourceDOI
Claim guardrail
Do not turn this into fear-mongering. The coaching point is default design and calorie awareness.

Post angles

  • Same person, different food environment
  • Stop making every meal a decision
  • The default diet matters
Site backfillSystematic review and meta-analysis

Protein supports the training signal

Protein targets are not a branding trick; they support lean mass and strength outcomes when training is present.

Source
Tagawa et al.. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle. 2022. PMID 35187864.
PubMed sourceDOI
Claim guardrail
Keep the message tied to resistance training and adequate total diet. Protein alone is not a physique plan.

Post angles

  • Protein works because the training asks for it
  • Hit the boring target
  • Macros are support, not magic
Site backfillRandomized controlled trial

High protein protects the cut

A cut should protect training and lean mass. Protein is the first macro to defend.

Source
Longland et al.. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2016. PMID 26817506.
PubMed sourceDOI
Claim guardrail
This was a specific short-term protocol with intense exercise. Do not promise simultaneous lean gain and fat loss for everyone.

Post angles

  • Do not diet the muscle off
  • Protein is the cut's seatbelt
  • The deficit needs guardrails

Sleep

Published IG backfillWearable and app-data analysis

Phone in bed is not neutral

The easiest sleep upgrade for a busy client is often environmental: keep the phone out of bed before trying to optimize supplements.

Source
Kheirinejad et al.. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. 2022. PMID 36405389.
PubMed sourceDOI
Claim guardrail
Use as a sleep-latency and routine audit, not as a diagnosis of insomnia or a guarantee that phone removal fixes sleep.

Post angles

  • Your body keeps receipts from bedtime
  • Phone charging spot audit
  • Sleep is a fat-loss compliance lever
Published IG backfillControlled crossover study

Bright screens can push sleep later

A shutdown routine is not soft advice; it protects the next day's training quality, hunger control, and decision-making.

Source
Chang et al.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2015. PMID 25535358.
PubMed sourceDOI
Claim guardrail
Do not claim all evening screens wreck sleep equally. Frame as light-emitting screen exposure before bed can delay sleep biology.

Post angles

  • Your nighttime scrolling has a morning cost
  • Recovery starts before the workout
  • A bedtime rule beats another motivation quote
Published IG backfillRandomized pilot trial

Restricting phone use before bed helped sleep

Give clients one concrete sleep behavior, not a 14-step protocol: phone away from bed for a fixed window.

Source
He et al.. PLOS ONE. 2020. PMID 32040492.
PubMed sourceDOI
Claim guardrail
Call it a pilot trial and avoid over-selling magnitude. The practical point is behavior design, not a universal cure.

Post angles

  • The one sleep rule to test for seven nights
  • Better sleep without buying anything
  • Phone away, routine up
Published IG backfillRandomized controlled trial

Late caffeine can still hit sleep

For clients using pre-workout late, the first recovery fix may be a caffeine cutoff, not a new sleep supplement.

Source
Drake et al.. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2013. PMID 24235903.
PubMed sourceDOI
Claim guardrail
Do not claim everyone needs the same cutoff. Use as a reason to test timing, dose, and personal response.

Post angles

  • Your pre-workout may still be working at bedtime
  • The caffeine cutoff audit
  • Energy today versus sleep tonight

Use it

Turn research into a plan, not trivia.

If the pattern is sleep, protein, cravings, cardio volume, or a plan that keeps falling apart, the next move is not another saved post. It is a week that gets coached and adjusted.