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☆ The allure of fasting diets for successful people — and where it falls short
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Intermittent fasting diet plans, meal kits, fitness trackers, and biological age tests can all offer something to busy people who want to feel in control. More than one in 10 Americans (12%) tried intermittent fasting in 2023, according to one food and beverage industry-backed survey. The business of intermittent fasting phone apps is blossoming and is on track for more growth in the next five to 10 years. There are many ways to do intermittent fasting — from skipping breakfast to whole days without foodPeople have been fasting for as long as people have been people. AdvertisementThe case against fasting to lose weight and live longerFirefighters in San Diego tried intermittent fasting out during the pandemic, with good results.

Persons: —, Chris Hemsworth, Podcaster Andrew Huberman, Hugh Jackman, Dwayne, Johnson, Terry Crews, It's, Sam Altman, biohacking, Dave Asprey, Gary Vaynerchuk, Bryan Johnson, Jack Dorsey, it's, Hippocrates, Daniel Belsky, There's, Satchidananda Panda, I've, Krista Varady, Dr, Peter Attia, you've, Satchidananda, He's, Randy Shropshire, nix, Valter Longo, Longo, Belsky, Stephen Kritchevsky, Mark Cucuzzella, Nir Barzilai, Nir Barzilai Nir Barzilai, Barzilai, Panda, That's, Cucuzzella Organizations: Service, Business, Columbia University, 16ers, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, University of Illinois, Getty, Cancer, gerontology, USC, Firefighters, Wake Forest University, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Institute for Aging Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Locations: Greece, Chicago, San Diego, New York

☆ A body-clock researcher explains why he never eats high-protein meals at night, and waits 1 hour to eat breakfast
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewScientist Satchidananda Panda has always been fascinated by what our bodies' internal clocks can do for us. AdvertisementPanda says if you're going to eat a protein-rich meal, make sure you time it so it's not too late after dark. Randy Shropshire/Getty ImagesResearch shows that late-night eating prompts the body to overproduce stomach acid. This is advice some muscle-builders and other researchers disagree with — they say drinking protein shakes at night can help with muscle growth. Advertisement"If we eat a high protein load late in the night, then our stomach produces disproportionately more acid to digest that," Panda said.

Persons: —, Panda, Satchidananda, Randy Shropshire, he's, Oscar Wong Organizations: Service, Business, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Getty, Research, San Diego firefighters Locations: Venice Beach, Venice , California

☆ Françoise Gilot, artist whose career transcended relationship with Picasso, has died at 101
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Benjamin Sutton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Françoise Gilot, a tireless artist who defied simple categorization — and efforts to define her merely as a footnote in the story of her former lover Pablo Picasso — died Tuesday in New York. The early years of her career coincided with World War II and the Nazi occupation of Paris. In 1970, Gilot married her second husband, Jonas Salk, a virologist who developed one of the first polio vaccines. "Paloma à la Guitare" by Francoise Gilot (1965) was part of Sotheby's (Women) Artists Sale in 2021 in London, England. In 2012, Gagosian staged the first exhibition of Gilot’s work alongside Picasso’s, “Picasso and Françoise Gilot: Paris–Vallauris 1943–1953,” which focused on works made during their relationship.

Persons: Françoise, Pablo Picasso —, Aurelia Engel, Gilot, Engel, Madeleine Decre’s, Picasso, Carlton Lake, ”, Picasso’s, Pablo Picasso, Francoise Gillot, Roger Viollet, ” Gilot, —, Claude, Paloma Picasso —, Luc Simon, Paris ’ Galerie Louise Leiris, York’s David Findley, Simon, Engel’s, Jonas Salk, Salk, Paloma, Francoise Gilot, John Phillips, Gerald Joyce, Jonas Salk —, Jonas, Gagosian, “ Picasso, John Richardson, Richardson, John Bright, “, Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, WHYY’s Terry Gross Organizations: The Art, CNN, The New York Times, Paris ’ Galerie, United, Galleria Santo, Galerie Coard, Salk, Salk Institute, Acatos Publishing, New York, Penske Media, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, ville de, New Orleans Museum of Art, National Museum of Women, Arts, of Arts, National Merit, Legion Locations: New York, Paris, Neuilly, Seine, Nazi, Europe, United States, Venice, Dantesca, Turin, Pierre, ”, San Diego , California, Sotheby's, London, England, California, Antibes, ville de Paris, Washington , DC, France

☆ In a novel experiment, brain-like human tissue implanted in rat brains influenced the rodents' behavior
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Aria Bendix | Aria Bendix Is The Breaking Health Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Their results, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, showed that the brain-like human tissue integrated with the rat tissue, then continued to mature. The researchers injected the human tissue into the rats’ somatosensory cortexes — regions that receive and process sensory information like touch or pain. The researchers also used a puff of air to prod the rats’ whiskers, then observed how the human neurons responded. "We found that human neurons respond very quickly after we stimulated the whiskers. "Human neurons become part of the rat circuitry," Pașca said, adding that the neurons were "sparkling with electrical activity" under a microscope.

☆ New research points to health benefits of eating earlier in the day and within a 10-hour window
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-05 | by ( Aria Bendix | Aria Bendix Is The Breaking Health Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

That eating window also improved blood pressure and blood sugar levels among firefighters with underlying health conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Late eating could 'tip the scale' toward weight gainThe first of the two new studies involved 16 people who were overweight or obese. The researchers measured participants' hormone levels and found that late eating decreased levels of leptin — a hormone that helps people feel full — by 16% on average. Late eating also doubled the odds that people felt hungry (people self-reported their appetite level at 18 times throughout the day). Among firefighters with pre-existing risk factors for heart disease, time-restricted eating decreased blood pressure and blood sugar levels.

☆ Studiu: COVID-19 ar putea fi o afecţiune vasculară şi nu una respiratorie
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-06 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +5 min

Potrivit cercătătorilor, COVID-19 nu ar fi o afecţiune a aparatului respirator, ci a celui vascular. Proteina S a virusului, „vârful” care alcătuieşte coroana, atacă receptorul ACE2, deteriorând mitocondriile, care generează energia celulelor, iar acest lucru provoacă leziuni endoteliului, care acoperă vasele de sânge. „Multe persoane cred că este o afecţiune respiratorie, dar în realitate este o afecţiune vasculară”, spune profesorul Uri Manor, co-autorul studiului. De fapt, chiar de la începutul pandemiei, aceasta a reprezentat o problemă reală a secţiilor de terapie intensivă. Pentru profesorul Mendiluce, aceast studiu nu pune în discuţie vaccinurile deja existente, chiar dacă e necesar să se înţeleagă de ce Astra-Zeneca şi Johnson&Johnson au provocat câteva cazuri de trombi în sânge.

Persons: Uri Manor, Rafael Manez Mendiluce, Johnson, Manor Organizations: Universitatea San, Astra Locations: Universitatea San Diego, California, Jolla, Bellvitge

☆ 20-26 aprilie – Săptămâna Europeană a Imunizării
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-24 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +8 min

Pentru a salva oamenii care mureau de sufocare din cauza poliomielitei, la începutul secolului XX a fost creată prima versiune a unui dispozitiv special – „plămânii de fier”. Până în 1979, poliomielita – o boală care a afectat și a ucis sute de mii de copii – a fost complet eradicată în Statele Unite. În 1959, Institutul de Cercetare a Poliomielitei a trecut la producția în masă a vaccinurilor vii. Vaccinarea a fost efectuată în fiecare casă, în fiecare cort și astfel a fost realizată eradicarea completă. În 2021, în Tadjikistan a fost confirmat un focar, apărut din cauza încălcării programului de vaccinare.

Persons: - lea, Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin, Salk, doctorului Paul Offit, Dimes, Paul Offit, Sabin, Chumakov, Saken, OMS, englez Edward Jenner Organizations: March, Ministerul Sănătății, URSS, OMS Locations: URSS, picurat, eradicată, Statele Unite, Uniunea Sovietică, Europa, Africa, Asia de Sud - Est, Kazahstan, englez, Afganistan, Pakistan, Tadjikistan

☆ Jeff Bezos, cel mai bogat om din lume, a donat primele 791 000 000 de dolari pentru luptă împotriva schimbărilor climaterice
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-17 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Jeff Bezos, cel mai bogat om din lume, a donat primele 791 000 000 de dolari pentru luptă împotriva schimbărilor climatericeFondatorul Amazon, Jeff Bezos, a anunțat anterior că intenționează să doneze suma de 10 miliarde de dolari în lupta împotriva schimbărilor climaterice. La începutul anului Bezos a înființat un fond de salvare a Pământului și vrea să atragă și alți bogați ai lumii de partea sa. Despre primele aproape 800 000 000 de dolari donate Bezos a anunțat într-o postare pe pagina sa de Instagram. Astăzi, îmi face plăcere să anunț primii beneficiari ai Fondului Pământ Bezos – 16 organizații care lucrează la soluții inovatoare, ambițioase și cu mișcare de ace. Aceste 791 de milioane de dolari în donații sunt doar începutul angajamentului meu de 10 miliarde de dolari pentru a finanța oameni de știință, activiști, ONG-uri și altele.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Jeff Organizations: Bezos, Energy Foundation, Natural Resources, Rocky Mountain Institute, Salk, World Resources Institute, World Wildlife Fund Locations: Eden

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