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Scientists Discover Why Late-Night Eating Promotes Weight Gain, Diabetes

Five takeaways:

  1. A new study has given us new findings that prove conclusively that making a habit of the proverbial “midnight snack” is more likely to lead to obesity and diabetes.
  2. Our diets and our sleep habits have an intricate relationship based on the release of energy. Releasing energy, which we get from food, is likely to be the molecular catalyst that controls our body’s internal clocks.
  3. Study authors report that eating in the daytime appears to be the most ideal or optimal time because people are more likely to dissipate the energy as heat, and more likely to burn off the calories through activity.
  4. Tests on animal subjects showed that as animals become obese, they start to eat more when they should be asleep. Eating late at night creates a dependency that can be harmful.
  5. These findings will affect the future of medical care. Rates of diabetes and obesity tend to be higher among hospital patients using gastric feeding tubes, and a more regulated feeding cadence that prioritizes daytime feeding might help patients get more sleep.

From John Anderer at Study Finds:
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What If You Took Your Wellbeing As Seriously As Your Finances?

Five takeaways:

  1. Early in this piece, the writer describes a “wheel of wellbeing” that equally weighs physical, social, spiritual, environmental, financial, occupational, emotional, intellectual happiness.
  2. The pandemic showed us, both individually and collectively, that our wellbeing is not to be taken for granted – and something worth striving to cultivate.
  3. One must invest in their own wellbeing. While this could be as simple as getting a massage, it may not be a financial investment– one can go on long walks or catch up with an old friend to build wellbeing.
  4. Protect your assets: We must protect the wellbeing that we already have. Our health, our physicality, our mental acuity, our careers– we must invest time and effort into maintaining and building them.
  5. Respect your limits: We have to remember that wellbeing is a function of balance. Some of the important aspects of our wellbeing can be leaned into a bit too hard, at the detriment of others. We might see an activity like cycling to be an aspect of our wellbeing, but to spend all of our time on the bike would be to undercut important aspects of our lives.

From Lidija Globokar at Forbes:
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Seriously, What Are You Supposed to Do With Old Clothes?

Six takeaways:

  1. The public appetite for new clothing has expanded over the past two decades, as clothes have become cheaper, more abundant, and easier than ever to buy. This is largely thanks to the spread of fast fashion and online shopping. So what is the best way to dispose of the old clothes lingering in your closet?
  2. Mull notes quickly that there is no perfect, universally accepted solution to this problem, but there are a lot of options: re-sale, charitable donation, consignment stores, donation boxes, and more.
  3. Earlier on in American history, the problem of clothing waste was virtually nonexistent. For much of American history, most clothing was made at home and the accumulation of excess material goods was considered tacky.
  4. The rise of thrift stores has led to a creation of a secondary clothing market, which made donation/selling of clothing a more accepted and virtuous thing. However, thrift stores are now so popular that they cannot sell all of the clothes they receive, and approximately 80% of thrift store donations wind up in landfill.
  5. While donation to charitable organizations also runs the risk of ending up in landfill, it does have the direct benefit of helping the needy.
  6. Overall, it makes sense to consider disposal options when considering new clothing purchase. We must remember that “the garment industry has a vested interest in ensuring that the rest of us think of clothing as disposable,” and making sure fashion trends change.

From Amanda Mull at The Atlantic:
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How Multitasking Erodes Productivity And Dings Your IQ

Five takeaways:

  1. This article examines the darker side of multitasking, something many of us might consider essential to the daily performance of our jobs and lives. Does it have harmful effects?
  2. Although multitasking purports to increase efficiency, it may only increase “busyness” – and sap effectiveness. Paying partial attention to multiple things might provide the sensation of accomplishment when, in fact, it is unproductive.
  3. Our attention should be viewed as a precious currency, and studies show that every time you switch tasks, you lose a little bit of your power to focus that day.
  4. Our brains are simply not wired to handle long term multitasking. Our brains first evolved, its stimulus-response incentive as a survival tool. But today, when multitasking triggers multiple stimulus-responses every hour, there is an imbalance.
  5. In the age of distraction, it is incumbent upon business leaders and managers to minimize the “scattershot” approach to task completion, and give your teams the chance to apply their innate human strength of focus.

From Curt Steinhorse at Forbes:
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