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How exercise keeps your brain healthy and protects it from depression and anxiety

How exercise keeps your brain healthy and protects it from depression and anxiety

Like many other physicians, I considered it simply a physician’s responsibility to recommend physical activity to patients until a few years ago. That’s because I wasn’t very active myself. Over the years, as I took up boxing and became more active, I gained first-hand experience of its positive effects on my mind. I also started […]

Why it’s important to take a week off from the gym every now and then – the science behind ‘deload weeks’

Why it’s important to take a week off from the gym every now and then – the science behind ‘deload weeks’

If you were to think about the key to getting fit, you would probably imagine that you need to spend a lot of time at the gym. But many influencers say so take up time from the gym every six to eight weeks – known as “deload week” – is actually the key to improving […]

Meal timing affects glucose tolerance and health

Meal timing affects glucose tolerance and health

Although people have always argued that a light and early dinner is better, a study conducted at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and Columbia University provided scientific support for this claim. According to a study published open access by the group’s journal Nature, consuming more than 45% of daily calories after 5 p.m. is […]