Teambabcock

03/27/2026

A thought I have been thinking and writing through for months finally made it to paper.

One question kept nagging at me with the rise of more and more negative APOE4 news I see daily... and I keep thinking to myself, if APOE4 is this dangerous, broken gene, why do roughly 25% of humans still carry it? From an evolutionary standpoint, it rarely makes mistakes.

The more I dug into the evolutionary timeline, biochemistry, lipoprotein science, and ancestral diet studies, the clearer the picture became. I dont think APOE4 is broken, coming from someone who has two of them... It is a gene shaped for a specific world: cold environments, physical demand, animal based nutrition, and intermittent feeding. It's essentially a gene that has been discarded with modern living. The mismatch is what we are seeing in the disease data, not the gene itself.

I've put together a fully referenced hypothesis paper. Spanning 27 citations and testable predictions. The folks who know me for health and nutrition, give it a read. If you also have an APOE3 or 4. Give it a read; it may change how you think, too.

Daniel Duane Babcock Jr. Chief Executive Officer, TeamBabcock, Nutrition; Principal Infrastructure Architect, FlightSafety International; Founder, Never Settle Solutions Independent Researcher — Nu…

09/12/2022

What a weekend full of happiness, love, fun and so many laughs.

10/19/2020

Just trying to do the opposite as everyone else, and get shredded for the... Holliday's?

What's everyone's pre/post corona body goals?

09/28/2020

When you plan a remote trip into the backcountry of Tennessee, check to make sure it's not 6 miles of 90° inclined mountains. Still feeling this trip deep in my bones. Beautiful, quiet, and far removed from this mess that is 2020. @ Frozen Head State Park & Natural Area

09/10/2020

Super sick day trip we got after last weekend. This was the Old Danville ( l know, great name for a town.) Grain Elevator. This used to be a town in the late 1800s, but was submerged in 1942 when they backfilled the dam. Kayaked out to the only structure left, its original a 4 story building, 2 are submerged under water. Would be fun to dive and see the old structures and train tracks still there.

08/05/2020

Last Musclemania arm prep. Who knew you could sweat so much getting after arms?

07/08/2020

I am the dog whisperer...🐶🐶

06/14/2020

6 hours of paddling down river, then back up. Tough, uncomfortable, but fun. 4 shades darker, pushing over 2,000 calories burned. 🔥 Next time maybe we'll float down river, like everyone else. Maybe. @ Harpeth River

06/05/2020

Over the past few months, 2020 has been one hell of a year, but I don't need to tell you that.

Finding how to maneuver in these times can be difficult. But, two mindsets that helps give normality to life these days are structure, and discipline. These two actions allow you to have reason, balance, and strong overall mental health.
Part of that is staying hard. By definition, meaning solid, ridgid; not easily broken. This applies to your overall mentality.

Allowing this madness in 2020 to overcome you, and allowing emotions to guide you instead of your reasoning, and logical thinking will push you further towards inbalance. Find your outlet, an outlet to give that emotional imbalance to. Be it running, hitting weights, programming, studying, a positive cause... anything that your emotional fuel can be used on to better yourself, your community, and your well-being.

With the world being stuck in their homes, building up stress, building up anger, building up imbalance in their life, we need to stay hard and put these pent up emotions to good, and not bad. Releasing them will allow you to feel level headed, clear minded and allow you to find you footing, in other words, you need to exercise your demons.

Weights, resistance, running. Strengthening my body, in addition to my mind by doing actions, and overcoming obstacles created by me is how I release my pent up stress. If you're feeling the weight of the past few months, find your outlet, don't let this pent up stress control you instead of reasoning. Get uncomfortable, and overcome your obstacles.

05/29/2020

Few photos from last Musclemania, carb depleted, and natural tan the night before the show.
Next show, or cut is going to be noticably thicker, and hopefully cutting in around 10 lbs heavier.

05/23/2020

Today was my first H.I.I.T session after... 6, 7 months? Maybe a bit more. And God damn. Felt like I was pushing an Atlas stone up hill both ways. Not to mention, this is HIIT that just 7 months earlier I was chewing up and spitting out.

This is a lesson learned. A simple, but adequate lesson that can be applied to all aspects in life. When you focus on one thing, and without a doubt become great in whatever it is, but other, side goals or skills you used to do fall to the wayside, be it your career, your hobbies, your health, whatever, any other pursuit you have.

This isn't meant to be some motivational, inspiring bu****it. This is concret facts, as my legs and respiratory system just felt. The less you do of something, the more it'll suffer, and the less acclimated you become.

Lesson learned. Stop making up excuses, excuses are for losers.

Pictures in order from first Sprint, 3rd Sprint, and 7th sprint. I had to remove the death from my face as it was purple by the time I barrel rolled down this hill.