The obesity epidemic is one of the fastest growing threats to public health. More than 70 percent of American adults are currently overweight or obese, with other countries catching up quickly. This is putting our population at higher risk of a wide variety of preventable diseases. Despite a multi-billion dollar diet industry, we continue to get […]
Newly Discovered Link Between Sleep and Diabetes Warrants Early Bedtime for Children
Once a disease of adults, Type 2 diabetes is now affecting an increasing number of children in the United States. This disease is linked to increased insulin resistance and metabolic effects that can have devastating lifelong consequences. Doctors and scientists are struggling to discover the reason that so many children are suffering from Type 2 […]
How Your 12-Hour Internal Clock Affects Overall Health
While there’s a great deal of talk about circadian, or 24-hour, rhythms, new evidence suggests that 12-hour rhythms may actually have a greater impact on our health. Diurnal animals, including humans, naturally sleep at night while remaining awake during the day. While this overall 24-hour rhythm of rest and activity is important, scientists are discovering […]
The Chronodiet: A Diet Based on Your Biology
Timing matters. That’s the premise of the Chronodiet. You’ve probably heard of the circadian rhythm, a term used in the science of chronobiology to describe the roughly 24-hour cycle followed by a wide variety of metabolic and physiological processes. When you sleep and when you wake up, the levels of hormones in your blood, brain […]
The Negative Health Effects of Irregular Bedtimes
New research shows irregular bedtimes can have an immense impact not just on academic performance, but also on health. This is true for children as well as adults of all ages. “Why don’t moms have a bedtime?” New mothers are among those categorized as dangerously fatigued, but new parents are not the only ones wishing […]
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