Health and Nutrition

We typically concentrate on what we eat when it comes to eating for a longer, healthier life: more veggies, less highly processed food, high-quality protein, good fats, and so forth. However, an increasing amount of studies indicates that the timing of our meals may be just as important, including a recent study on the lifespan of breakfast. The relationship between meal timing and our internal biological clock is the subject of the new field of " chrononutrition ." Changing meal timings, particularly breakfast, may have an impact on longevity and health outcomes, according to a recent large-scale study of older persons. Let's examine the study, go over its main conclusions, and provide you with helpful advice on when to have breakfast for longevity, how to schedule meals to coincide with your circadian rhythm, and how to respond to frequently asked questions. Now let's get started. Study results Nearly 3,000 older adults in the United Kingdom were examined in the...

  You can't escape a poor diet, as we've all heard. Now, a ground-breaking new study truly puts the evidence on the table and validates the suspicions of wellness  advocates.  Researchers looked at how different lifestyles—from hunter-gatherers to industrialized urbanites—use energy, and their findings were published this summer in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. he message? Weight gain is caused by what we put on our plates, not by a lack of action.  Study: Exercise versus diet in obesity The question of whether eating too much or moving too little causes weight gain has been hotly debated for decades. Many of us have been taught that we may counteract the negative effects of overindulgent eating by just exercising more. However, this groundbreaking study is significantly altering that story. Data from 4,213 adults from 34 different global populations—including farmers, pastoralists, hunter-gatherers, and contemporary city dwellers—were exam...