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Eating Later at Night Increases Fat Storage and Hunger Hormones

Eating Later at Night Increases Fat Storage and Hunger Hormones

People who ate dinner four hours later—with the same number of calories—had decreases in the satiety hormone ghrelin, and increases in fat storage and the hunger hormone leptin.

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Psychological Factors Like Loneliness and Unhappiness Accelerate Biological Age

Psychological Factors Like Loneliness and Unhappiness Accelerate Biological Age

In a study of Chinese adults, psychological factors like feeling unhappy or being lonely added up to 1.65 years to biological age—a marker of internal aging.

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"SuperAger" Brains Have Significantly Larger Neurons in Memory Region of Brain

"SuperAger" Brains Have Significantly Larger Neurons in Memory Region of Brain

SuperAgers who are age 80-plus have larger neurons in an area of the brain responsible for memory—the entorhinal cortex—compared to peers and even people 20-30 years younger.

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Cold Water Swimming Activates Healthy Brown Fat and Protects Insulin Sensitivity

Cold Water Swimming Activates Healthy Brown Fat and Protects Insulin Sensitivity

A review of 104 studies found positive links between cold water swimming and activation of brown adipose tissue (BAT), a healthy type of fat that burns calories.

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