Health

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How the human body works, and what the evidence actually says about sleep, nutrition, immunity and exercise.

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How Does Intermittent Fasting Affect the Gut Microbiome?

Intermittent fasting (IF) influences not only caloric intake but also the ecosystem of the gut microbiome. Research suggests that distinct windows of eating and fasting may alter the composition and metabolic activity of these trillions of microorganisms.

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Sleep

What deep sleep does to your memory

Your brain does not rest while you sleep. It replays, filters and moves the day's learning into long-term storage while clearing metabolic waste.

3 min read8

Immunity

How the immune system recognises a virus

Two lines of defence: one reacts instantly to anything foreign, the other is slower but learns and remembers. Vaccines work through the second.

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Nutrition

The gut microbiome: tens of trillions of residents and what they do

Gut bacteria digest fibre, make vitamins and talk to the immune system and brain. But the gap between correlation and causation here is still wide.

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