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Circadian Nutrition
As fitness professionals, we often focus on what our clients eat—macros, calories, and micronutrients. But a growing body of evidence suggests that when they eat is just as critical. Circadian nutrition, an emerging area of chronobiology, explores how meal timing aligned with the body’s natural rhythms can optimize metabolism, energy, performance, and overall health. With…
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Best Time for Swimming Performance
There may be an optimal time for swimming: Olympic swimmers clock faster times at 5 p.m., according to research from Stanford University.
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Evening Chronotype and Diet
A connection exists between chronotype and diet. If you fall into the evening category, your preference may not bode well for your diet.
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Does Time of Day Affect Training?
Does time of day influence exercise performance? An international group of researchers reviewed 66 studies on maximal exercise and time of day.
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The Art and Science of Intermittent Fasting
Intermittent fasting (IF) can be defined as an eating pattern with periods of little to no energy intake interspersed with periods of normal energy intake, adhered to on a repeating basis.
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Sleep Deprivation: You Are How You Sleep
Spending a third of our lives horizontal, hallucinating and paralyzed may sound like something from a scary sci-fi movie—but, in reality, these are good things. It’s all about sleep, and getting enough of it is essential.
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