Author: Jan
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Sleep
What is sleep The secret of sleep is no easy one. Over hundreds of years humans have investigated the “brother of death” as it was called at times. What is sleep and what is it for? About Sleep A look into the basics of sleep and the reasons behind it. Hint: It’s important. The drive…
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Melatonin – The secret sauce of sleep
TLDR: Light and through it melatonin are effective measures to control sleepiness and wakefulness in humans. Intro Every organism on earth is influenced by the sun. Without it no life would be possible, but the effect of the natural fusion-reactor in the sky doesn’t stop there [Rüth 2012]. It affects a human’s activity-levels throughout the…
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About Sleep
After a strenuous day of work, the most remarkable things happens. As the night falls, the common human enters a special room set up for comfort and protection, lies down and closes their eyes. For hours, the homo sapiens remain like this, motionless in a state that might appear like death. The phenomenon called sleep…
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Sleep against hunger
TLDR: Sleep has a strong impact on hunger. Low sleep quality and / or sleep duration greatly increases appetite and are considered base causes of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Intro Imagine you had a long night. Fun, games, perhaps work kept you awake and forced you from the normal, to the late and into…
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Exercise against hunger
TLDR: Hunger can effectively be reduced through exercise. It is thereby an effective method to counteract the hunger-hormone ghrelin and to disrupt eating habits. Imagine you try fasting and lunch-time comes about. Your stomach growls and the urge to peek into the fridge becomes almost overwhelming. Going for a run will probably be the last…
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Caffeine against hunger
Caffeine, the worlds most popular drug [Chin 2008]. Listening to some nosy scientists in the morning, one could think that the whole world would slip into the vial embrace of anarchy if caffeine seized to exist.Over 2 billion daily consumed cups of coffee seem to agree and I know one or another (fresh) parent who…
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A tale of hunger and ghrelin
Before we dive into a healthy diet, weight-loss goals, or even a full fast, there is an enemy in our way. A demon that, even if we overcome it for a time, is so deeply ingrained into our needs, it follows us throughout life, guides our steps and at every chance reminds us of its…
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Fasting against adipose tissue
Intro In the fasting-intro we claimed that fasting is a good way to lose weight, and fulfill all those new-years resolutions. But apart from that January-spur of energy, why should we care, and invest that time and energy? The dangers of weight Once upon a time, before humans found the fast-food and frozen aisle hunting…
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How does documentation do
Introduction In past articles we talked a lot about the benefits and general effects of documentation as well as some guidelines, Repeating yourself more than RAID: Shadow-Legend commercials. But to apply documentation to its fullest capabilities it is best to understand why it is so beneficial that it advanced humanity technologically as far as we…
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The Map of Life
Intro Life is complicated. All the humdrum of growing up, studying, finding a job, personal finance and relationships doesn’t make it easy. Navigating through this maze can feel like searching for a hidden treasure with a malfunctioning GPS. I looked long and hard for ways to make it easier, but neither lists, relational tasks nor…