How To Rebuild Your Cartilage

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Today marks the first day of Ramadan for those who observe! For those who don’t, it may interest you to know that intermittent fasting (for those who are healthily able to do so) is one of the obligatory features of the month of Ramadan, and because of this, hundreds of extra clinical studies and reviews have been done into the health effects of Ramadan fasting.

For example:

In today’s email we cover rebuilding cartilage, overcoming “skinny fat”, and a holistic approach to better sleep.

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Watch and Learn

“Skinny Fat” Explained (& How To Fix It)

“Skinny fat” is a term you may have seen floating around social media. It describes people who have a low body weight but a high body fat percentage, often resulting in flabby appearance despite being within a weight range considered healthy. Many try dieting and exercising, only to find that neither work.

This video explains what’s going wrong, and how to fix it:

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One-Minute Book Review

The Insomnia Breakthrough: Effective Strategies to Fall Asleep, Sleep Through the Night, and Wake Feeling Refreshed – by Katherine Coleman

The author, a massage therapist, knows plenty about relaxation. But how to put that to use when it comes to getting good quality sleep?

She takes a holistic approach, and yes, does start by covering all the things you’d expect to find in any guide to better sleep (aim for regular schedule, have darkness when you sleep, cool room, clean sheets, no alcohol or caffeine before bed, etc).

What she offers in particular beyond that, is the integration of calming routines, building in mindfulness for sleep (when very often people will go for the opposite!), and small cumulative lifestyle adjustments that are conducive to getting a better night’s rest every night.

The style is very light pop-science (as one might expect from someone who is not, in fact, a scientist), and while we do get a bibliography at the back, it’s a meagre 4 pages. Nevertheless, there’s a lot of interdisciplinary knowledge here, explained well.

Bottom line: if improving your sleep is something you’d like to do, this book can almost certainly get you on the right track.

Click here to check out The Insomnia Breakthrough, and don’t stay up too late reading it!

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