metabolism

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Active brown adipose tissue helps burn fat and raise metabolism; intake of arginine-rich foods (including soyfoods, seeds, nuts, and certain beans) as well as peppers with capsaicin can help activate that tissue. Eating plants may also help speed up metabolism due to greater insulin sensitivity in cells and the boosting of a key enzyme called Carnitine Palmitoyl Transferase.

Nuts, green tea, and grape juice may particularly help raise metabolism, as can listening to music and exercise. How often we eat during the day apparently does not affect metabolism. A rare metabolic birth defect (1 in 40,000 people) can be resolved by carnitine supplements.

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The Metabolic Harms of Night Shifts and Irregular Meals

What shift workers can do to moderate the adverse effects of circadian rhythm disruption.

How to Sync Your Central Circadian Clock to Your Peripheral Clocks

Bright light exposure synchronizes the central circadian clock in our brains, whereas proper meal timing helps sync the timing of the clock genes throughout the rest of our body.

How Circadian Rhythms Affect Blood Sugar Levels

The same meal eaten at the wrong time of day can double blood sugars.

Benefits of Grapes for Brain Health

Grape juice and whole grapes are put to the test for brain function, including cognitive decline in early Alzheimer’s.

Eat More Calories in the Morning to Lose Weight

A calorie is not a calorie—it not only depends on what you eat, but when you eat.

Is Skipping Breakfast Better for Weight Loss?

Breakthroughs in the field of chronobiology—the study of our circadian rhythms—help solve the mystery of the missing morning calories in breakfast studies.