February 10, 2024
When You Nap Every Day, Here’s What Happens To Your Brain – Health Digest
A 2023 study in Sleep Health analyzed the data of 35,080 people aged 40 to 69 from a U.K. Biobank study. Researchers found a link between frequent daytime napping and as much as 15.8 cm3 (cubic centimeters) increase in total brain volume. That’s 2.5 to 6.5 years of aging. The study didn’t examine cognitive performance, but it used a randomized […]
The Protein Myth You Should Stop Believing About Your Bones – Health Digest
Researchers from a 2013 scientific review published in the British Journal of Nutrition explain how the claim that too much protein can be detrimental to bone health came to be. They outline how it was born from the long-standing acid load hypothesis and its relation to osteoporosis, a bone disease that affects roughly 10 million […]