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  Eating time is crucial to maintain a healthy weight

  • Posted by Milton Bertrand
  • February 28, 2020
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  By Milton Bertrand
  STEM Advocate and Fellow Geazler
  When it comes to weight gain and loss, an important factor that is often neglected is when one eats. It is predominantly known that what one eats, how much one consumes and often the amount of exerc...
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  Is too much artificial light at night making us sick?

  • Posted by Milton Bertrand
  • March 18, 2015
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  Modern life, with its preponderance of inadequate exposure to natural light during the day and overexposure to artificial light at night, is not conducive to the body's natural sleep/wake cycle. A cancer epidemiologist and team members suggest such...  moreModern life, with its preponderance of inadequate exposure to natural light during the day and overexposure to artificial light at night, is not conducive to the body's natural sleep/wake cycle. A cancer epidemiologist and team members suggest such overexposure has possible ties to cancer, obesity, diabetes, and other health issues.  
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  Resetting the circadian clock: Shift workers might want to skip high-iron foods at night

  • Posted by Milton Bertrand
  • October 22, 2014
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  Workers punching in for the graveyard shift may be better off not eating high-iron foods at night so they don’t disrupt the circadian clock in their livers. "Iron is like the dial that sets the timing of the clock," the lead researcher says....  moreWorkers punching in for the graveyard shift may be better off not eating high-iron foods at night so they don’t disrupt the circadian clock in their livers. "Iron is like the dial that sets the timing of the clock," the lead researcher says. "Discovering a factor, such as iron, that sets the circadian rhythm of the liver may have broad implications for people who do shift work."