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Along with the many benefits of leisure-class living comes obesity and its attendant ailments. In The Warrior Diet, Ori Hofmekler looks not forward but backward for a solution-to the primal habits of early cultures such as nomads and hunter-gatherers, the Greeks, and the Romans. Based on survival science, this book proposes not ordinary dietary changes but rather a radical yet surprisingly simple lifestyle overhaul. Drawing on both scientific studies...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
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Lecturers explain what circadian clocks are, how they work and what relevance this knowledge may have for human health, also describing the scientific techniques used to discover the components of the circadian clock.
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Scientific American Library
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[1987]
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English
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Similarly, the most critical property of biological clocks-which rhythmically organize the processes of life-is their ability to reset on cue.
This ability allows enables biological clocks to regain synchrony with a changing environment (as when we travel across time zones) or to maintain the alignment between certain physiological rhythms and the natural solar day.
In The Timing of Biological Clocks, Winfree explores circadian rhythms. In reporting...
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Harper Wave
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"An eye-opening handbook from a leading Ayurvedic physician that blends cutting-edge science on "clock genes" with ancient eastern wisdom to help us understand how to harness the power of chronobiology to effortlessly lose weight, sleep better, exercise stronger, reduce stress, and boost our well being. "It's not you, it's your schedule." Does it sound like magic? It's not. We've all heard of circadian rhythms--those biological processes that give...
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Very short introductions ; 517
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"This volume explains how organisms can 'know' the time and reveals what we now understand of the nature and operation of chronobiological processes. Covering variables such as light, the metabolism, human health, and the seasons, Foster and Kreitzman illustrate how jet lag and shift work can impact on human well-being." --
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Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"A guide to using the science of the body clock to create the optimum personal routine, and sleep better, work better and feel better. In Life Time, Professor Russell Foster, an expert on circadian neuroscience, takes us on a fascinating journey through our days and nights. Using surprising examples and cutting-edge science, he busts long-standing myths about the best daily routine from how to use light for a better night's sleep to using meal times...
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Avery
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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Based on decades of research, Chronotherapy shows you how to harness the power of light to reset your natural clock and boost your mood, be more alert, and get a good night's sleep. A good night's sleep can be hard to get. Sleep problems and depressed mood often go hand in hand, forming a frustrating cycle. Only now are we beginning to understand the way these problems are based in the working of the brain's inner clock, through the science of chronobiology--the...
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Rodale
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"In The Circadian Diabetes Solution, senior Salk Institute researcher Satchin Panda, PhD, takes circadian rhythm science to the next level of medical treatment. Based on cutting-edge research from his own and others' labs, the time-restricted eating program that forms the backbone of the intermittent fasting weight loss protocol has been scientifically shown to be an effective tool in the personal fight against diabetes. It's not what you eat that...
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Avery, a member of Penguin Group
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[2013]
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English
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"An enlightened approach to insomnia, depressed mood, fatigue, and other sleep-related problems of everyday life, harnessing the power of light therapy to reset the natural clock. Sleep problems and depressed mood often go hand in hand, forming a frustrating cycle. Michael Terman, Ph.D., has devoted his career to studying the brain functions that feed these disorders. In Reset Your Inner Clock, Terman and Ian McMahan, Ph.D., reveal the heart of his...
