We’ve all done it: enjoyed a delicious meal only to nod-off in a comfy chair for a while. A habit for some but unavoidable for others, what is it about food that can make us so sleepy?
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It’s normal to experience muscle pain after exercising if it’s been a while since you were active or performed a certain movement.
In many of the workplaces I visit as a neuroscientist, stressed workers behave much like addicted lab rats. But you don’t have to quit the rat race to start feeling better at work.
Many people stretch when they exercise or play sport. Others don’t stretch but feel they should. And some people don’t see any reason to stretch at all.
Put the kettle on and relax with a cuppa; your brain, heart and waistline will thank you.
The decision to use protein supplements is based more on marketing claims than anything else. They offer few real performance benefits that an athlete’s normal diet isn’t already delivering.
We humans think we sit on top of the food chain, but the pediculosis capitis mite – the head louse – sits above us, on the top of our heads.
More people are getting standing desks in response to our increasing knowledge about the harms of sedentary lifestyles. But can you transition to standing at work without causing yourself harm?
Nearly every second person in the world had a headache at least once in the past year. But these can feel very different, depending on which of the nearly 200 types of headache you have.
“Hangry” is an amalgam of hungry and angry that describes the distinct grumpiness that some people experience when they haven’t eaten for a while. Ring a bell?
You wake up and feel under the weather. If you’re vomiting or have a fever, the decision to stay at home is probably clear cut. But what if you generally feel unwell but are torn about missing work?
Viruses cause all kinds of infections from relatively mild cases of the flu to deadly outbreaks of Ebola. Clearly, not all viruses are equal and one of these differences is when you can infect others.
We’re told to breakfast like kings but is the first meal of the day really one for champions, or chumps who’ve been taken in by the marketing of ready-to-eat cereal manufacturers?
Most women (85%) and a small number of men have cellulite, usually on the thighs, buttocks and upper arms. It’s a normal pattern of fat for people of all shapes and sizes.
Household pets are often a great source of joy and have positive effects on our mental well-being. For most of us, this outweighs the risk of coming into contact with the bugs they may carry.
Generic medicine contains the same active ingredient in the same dose as the original brand.
The brain is truly a marvel. A seemingly endless library, whose shelves house our most precious memories as well as our lifetime’s knowledge. But is there a point where it reaches capacity?
Until recently, coffee was on the list of habits to break if you really wanted to be healthy. Not anymore.
Sports drinks claiming to contain electrolytes have innundated stores in recent years. So what are electrolytes? Are they good? How can we best get them?
As we move into winter, the cold mornings, dark evenings and rain tend to bring out the best excuses to miss a session at the gym or run around the park.
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Dermatology, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Deakin University
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Retired nutritionist, Defence Science and Technology Organisation
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Specialist General Practitioner, and Conjoint Senior Lecturer, UNSW Sydney
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NHMRC Senior Research Fellow in the School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Medicine, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Federation University Australia
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Consultant Dermatologist, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle
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Director Of Medicine, The Maitland and Kurri Kurri Hospital, University of Newcastle
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Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Conjoint Clinical Associate Professor, Deakin University School of Medicine and Specialist Pain Medicine Physician, Deakin University
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Adjunct lecturer and nutritionist, UNSW Sydney
