Do you want eat oatmeal for dinner? Probably not. Yet eating at night is biologically more unnatural than cereal for supper, and may expand your waistline even if you eat like a bird. Ask the mice. Mice are awfully cute if you don’t find them in your shoes when you wake up (it used […]
Use It or Lose it – Why You May Never Want to Retire (10/12/10)
Many people believe they’ll never retire – because they won’t have the chance. The Wall Street –Subprime meltdown decimated personal retirement accounts while leaving public pensions grotesquely underfunded. Social Security has not paid cost of living increases for two years, and a highly indebted government may become incapable of paying for Medicare. Add in […]
Body clocks time your regeneration and renewal (10/10/10)
When do you regenerate your body? All the time, but at different rates. Time rules life, and body clocks rule the inner time of your body. Why? Night and day are built in design elements for virtually every creature on earth. Through their effect on gene expression, 24 hour clocks help rule the roost. Everything […]
Sleep your way to weight loss? (10/5/10)
Sleep, Weight, Muscle and Fat There are dozens of studies that people who sleep less weigh more (and also die younger.) Can sleeping more cause weight loss? Probably. Most of the studies done have observed very few people for very short periods. Their answer has generally been yes – you can lose weight when you […]
Grunting in tennis – sports, noise and the brain (10/4/10)
They’re loud. The noises made by professional tennis players have increased through the years. Now a study from the University of Hawaii using tennis simulations demonstrates what should have been obvious – grunting distracts your opponent. Grunting on the court gives several advantages to the grunter – including distracting your opponent, and making them unconsciously […]