Better Sleep & More Energy
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In London, the sun is up for about 16 and a half hours on the longest day of the year. On the shortest day in December, it manages less than eight. Further north, in Scotland or Scandinavia, the gap is even bigger. Your body notices this difference long before you consciously do. Maybe you’ve felt…
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Fish oil is one of the most popular supplements in the world, and the labels promise a lot: more energy, a sharper brain, better mood, a healthier heart. If you’ve ever stood in front of a shelf of golden capsules wondering whether they’d fix your afternoon tiredness, this article is for you. The short answer…
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It’s Sunday morning, the first one after the clocks went back. Your eyes open at 6:12. You feel oddly awake, so you check your phone and groan: it really is 6:12. Your body, though, is still running on last week’s time, where this is 7:12 and perfectly reasonable. That’s the end of daylight saving time…
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In 2008, researchers at the University of Georgia recruited 36 people with an unusual thing in common. None of them exercised regularly, and all of them complained of feeling tired most of the time — not ill, just persistently worn out. The researchers split them into three groups. One did nothing different. One did 20…
What did you do today instead of the thing you were meant to do? Maybe you cleaned the kitchen. Answered emails that could have waited. Read three articles about productivity, possibly including this one. If you’re honest, you probably weren’t lazy at all. You were busy — just busy with anything except that task. That’s…
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Some people say intermittent fasting gave them the clearest, steadiest mornings they’ve had in years. Others say it left them foggy, short-tempered and thinking about lunch from 9 a.m. onwards. Both groups are usually telling the truth. That’s the most honest summary of intermittent fasting and energy: it suits some people and not others, and…
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Get out of bed. That’s the single most useful piece of advice for anyone lying awake in the middle of the night. Here’s why it works, what to do instead of staring at the ceiling, and how to fall back asleep faster.
You know you’ve found a new muscle when walking downstairs becomes a sideways, handrail-gripping event. You did a new workout on Monday. You felt fine on Monday evening. And now it’s Wednesday and your legs have filed a formal complaint. That delayed ache has a name: delayed onset muscle soreness, or DOMS. It’s one of…
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Before we explain anything, try this. Try it now · 60 seconds Sit back. Let your shoulders drop. Now count your breaths — in and out is one, the next in and out is two — up to ten. The moment you notice you’ve lost count, or started thinking about something else, don’t be annoyed….
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