Pregnant Rat Moms Need their Sleep
“maternal sleep deprivation at different stages of pregnancy leads to a significant increase in depression and anxiety, and dramatic deficits in spatial learning and memory.”
“maternal sleep deprivation at different stages of pregnancy leads to a significant increase in depression and anxiety, and dramatic deficits in spatial learning and memory.”
“A wealth of evidence supports an association between regular physical activity (PA) and decreased risk for cancer and cancer mortality. “
Circadian rhythm influenced by meal timing. Meal Timing Regulates the Human Circadian System Highlights A 5-hr delay in meal times changes the phase relationship of human circadian rhythms Plasma glucose, but not insulin or triglyceride, rhythms are delayed by late meals Adipose PER2 rhythms are delayed by late meals Rhythm changes occur without altered…
People choose their most economic running pace, which of course is a problem when looking to lose weight. People choose to run at their optimal speed Objectives The purpose of this article is to test whether people choose to behave in a manner that reduces the amount of energy they use to travel a given distance.…
“Come and whisper in my ear Give us dirty laundry Laundry hygiene—how to get more than clean Although laundering should mainly remove stains and dirt from used and worn textiles, the elimination of microbial contamination is an important aim of the laundry process as well. While industrial and institutional laundering employs standardized processes using high…
The saucy children’s rhyme tells us beans are good for your heart. There are other health benefits as well; higher consumption of legumes associated with lower risk of diabetes. Legume consumption is inversely associated with type 2 diabetes incidence in adults: A prospective assessment from the PREDIMED study Background & aims Legumes, a low-energy, nutrient-dense and…
Daily consumption of a handful of nuts (28g) is associated with reduced risk of cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Nut consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer, all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies Background Although nut consumption has been associated with a reduced risk of…
Endurance exercise may promote telomere health.
Latent mitochondrial DNA deletion mutations drive muscle fiber loss at old age With age, somatically derived mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletion mutations arise in many tissues and species. In skeletal muscle, deletion mutations clonally accumulate along the length of individual fibers. At high intrafiber abundances, these mutations disrupt individual cell respiration and are linked…
This is a really neat approach. Encapsulating beta cells (insulin producing cells) an alginate derivative makes them implantable without eliciting an immune response and normalizes glucose in mice. Long-term glycemic control using polymer-encapsulated human stem cell–derived beta cells in immune-competent mice The transplantation of glucose-responsive, insulin-producing cells offers the potential for restoring glycemic control…
Good overview and some information that might result in a change in exercise regimen. Nutrition & Metabolism 2015 12:59 DOI: 10.1186/s12986-015-0055-9 Glycogen availability and skeletal muscle adaptations with endurance and resistance exercise It is well established that glycogen depletion affects endurance exercise performance negatively. Moreover, numerous studies have demonstrated that post-exercise carbohydrate ingestion improves exercise recovery by…
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