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| | | | | "Burn more than you consume." "Move more, eat less." Traditional weight loss advice offered simple, one-size-fits-all solutions that don't work in the real world, as rising global obesity rates will attest. In recent years, evidence has started to refute such conventional wisdom, revealing a more complicated picture. Data from Susan B. Roberts and Sai Krupa Das show that the kinds of foods you eat are as important as how much you eat, and anthropologist Herman Pontzer’s studies of physically active hunter-gatherers illustrate that energy expenditure (caloric burn) stays virtually constant, regardless of activity. The eight articles in this collection present the most recent research examining the details of the metabolic process and testing new approaches, some of which can be applied to how we think about diet and exercise today.
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| Breaking Bad Habits | | Eat better. Exercise more often. Quit smoking. Making personal change is hard, and making changes to established behavior patterns is harder still, even when the potential reward is great. Here, we offer this eBook on breaking bad habits and the ultimate satisfaction of making difficult life changes. In it, we discuss some obvious factors such as procrastination, as well as others like reversing negative thinking, being open to failure and more. |  | | |
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| Unlocking Happiness | | Finding a way to process current world events without becoming anxious or depressed is challenging. In this eBook, we look at ways to take control and retrain our brains to achieve a happier, healthier state of mind. We examine different areas such as perception, social support and time management and offer approaches shown to boost mood and contentment, including reframing negative events, increasing resilience through self-compassion and practicing mindfulness. | | | | |
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| Evolution: The Human Odyssey | | The complex story of human evolution is a tale seven million years in the making. Each new discovery adds to or revises our story and our understanding of how we came to be the way we are. In this eBook, Evolution: The Human Odyssey, we explore the evolution of those characteristics that make us human. | | | | |
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| Physics: New Frontiers | | Science fiction has imagined some pretty wild ideas about how the universe could work – from hidden extra dimensions in Interstellar to life as a mental projection in The Matrix. But these imaginings seem downright tame compared with the mind-bending science now coming out of physics and astronomy, and in this eBook, Physics: New Frontiers, we look at the strange and fascinating discoveries shaping (and reshaping) the field today. | | | | |
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| The Science of Cancer | | The past few years have seen tremendous strides in our understanding of cancer, including new hypotheses about its genetic origins and new treatment alternatives using the body’s own immune response. In this eBook, we examine the molecular basis and complex causes of cancer, the arguments for and against screenings, minimizing risk, and several new and targeted therapies, including homing in on stem cells, making use of viruses, and making use of vaccines to jump-start the immune system. | | | | |
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