Twiggy ate 'everything' at height of her fame Twiggy believes her "metabolism" has always bene the key to her slender figure. BANG Premier · Sep 26
7 Signs Your Dieting Is Burning Muscle Instead of Fat and How to Stop Catabolism Your Strength Drops Faster Than Your WeightThe most reliable early signal is not on the scale, it is on the barbell. If your bench press or squat numbers fall by 10 to 15 percent within two to three weeks of cutting calories hard, your body is almost certainly cannibalising muscle… Times Life · Sep 23
Can LED bulbs give you diabetes? UCL neuroscientist warns modern lighting may damage mitochondria and affect metabolism The rise of LED lighting in residential and commercial spaces has sparked discussions among health experts. Some researchers suggest that these lights might influence metabolic processes and heighten diabetes risk. One study indicates that using broader-spectrum lighting could provide enhanced health benefits over standard LEDs. Despite these discussions, there is… The Economic Times · Sep 22
Science says some turtles can breathe through their rear ends, but the real biology is stranger than you can imagine What these turtles do is considerably more complex than the phrase “breathing through their rear ends” suggests. They move water over specialized tissues packed with blood vessels, allowing dissolved oxygen to diffuse into the bloodstream. As oxygen levels change, they can also adjust their circulation and metabolism, while colder temperatures… The Economic Times · Sep 21
6 Dangerous Things Visceral Fat Does Inside Your Organs That Belly Weight Never Reveals It Turns Your Liver Into a Fat-Storage DepotVisceral fat is not stored passively. It sits wedged between your abdominal organs and releases free fatty acids directly into the portal vein, the blood vessel that feeds your liver. The liver receives this constant chemical signal and begins converting the excess into… Times Life · Sep 21
India's Slender Loris Is a Venomous Nocturnal Predator That Hunts Insects in Total Silence The muscle trick that makes it invisibleMost predators announce themselves through speed. The slender loris does the opposite. Its skeletal muscles are composed almost entirely of slow-twitch fibres, which means every movement it makes is so gradual and so free of tremor that the insects it hunts never register it… Times Life · Sep 20
Betta Fish Have a Labyrinth Organ for Breathing Air, But a Bowl Still Suffocates the Fish What the Labyrinth Organ Actually IsThe labyrinth organ sits just behind the betta's gills, tucked into a chamber lined with folded, highly vascularised tissue, a structure that works like a primitive lung. When a betta rises to the surface and gulps, oxygen passes directly into the bloodstream through that tissue,… Times Life · Sep 12
7 Ways Breastfeeding May Support a Mother’s Heart Health Breastfeeding is usually discussed in terms of a baby's nutrition, immunity and development. But there is another side of the story that deserves attention: maternal health. Research has linked breastfeeding with better long-term cardiovascular outcomes in mothers, including a lower risk of heart disease and stroke. Some research also suggests… MyLifeXP · Sep 11
Why Indians Pay for Full-Body Scans and Skip the Cancer Screening Tests That Actually Work The Scan That Finds Everything Except What Will Kill YouWalk into any corporate diagnostic centre in Mumbai, Bengaluru, or Delhi and you will find a "Full Body Scan" package priced between ₹8,000 and ₹40,000. It typically includes a whole-body CT or PET-CT, a battery of blood panels, and a chest… Times Life · Sep 10
What Your Annual Blood Panel Misses After 50: Inflammation, Hormones, Thyroid and More What the Standard Panel Actually TestsThe routine blood panel most Indian adults receive once a year checks a short list: complete blood count, fasting glucose, lipid profile, liver enzymes, kidney function, and sometimes thyroid-stimulating hormone. That covers acute infection, anaemia, gross organ damage, and surface-level cholesterol. It was designed to… Times Life · Sep 9
Corporate Health Checkup Packages Skip These Critical Screening Tests Every Indian Employee Needs What the Standard Corporate Package Actually CoversMost employer-sponsored health checkup packages in India run on a template that has barely changed in two decades. A complete blood count, fasting blood sugar, lipid profile, liver function tests, a chest X-ray, and blood pressure measurement. Some add an ECG for employees over… Times Life · Sep 9
Chocolate, Onion, Garlic, Grapes: What These Indian Kitchen Staples Do to Your Dog What Chocolate Actually Does Inside a DogTheobromine, the alkaloid that gives chocolate its bitterness, is processed by human liver enzymes in about 20 minutes. A dog's metabolism takes six to twelve times longer. That gap is what makes a post-celebration mithai box left on a low table a medical emergency.… Times Life · Sep 6
7 Signs of PMOS You Can Have at a Normal Weight When people hear PMOS, formerly known as PCOS, they often imagine weight gain, difficulty losing weight or obesity. But that picture is incomplete. A woman can have a normal BMI and still have PMOS. The condition affects hormones, metabolism and reproductive health, so body weight alone cannot tell you whether… MyLifeXP · Sep 4
What Daily Antacid Use Does to Your Bones, Calcium Levels, and Nutrient Absorption The Mechanism Nobody Explains at the PharmacyStomach acid is not the enemy. It activates pepsin, sterilises ingested pathogens, and, critically, converts dietary calcium from its insoluble form into a soluble one the intestine can actually absorb. Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) like omeprazole and pantoprazole, and to a lesser extent H2… Times Life · Sep 4
Times Life · Aug 30 6 Nutrition and Recovery Priorities for Indian Women in the First Year After Delivery Iron: The Deficit You Walked Into the Delivery Room WithThe National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) found that 52.2% of Indian women aged 15 to 49 are anaemic. Delivery, whether vaginal or caesarean, adds blood loss on top of that. By the time a new mother is home, her iron stores…
Times Life · Aug 27 5 Everyday Lifestyle Habits That Silently Damage Your Heart Rate Variability and Stress Recovery Sleeping Late Even When You Get Eight HoursTotal sleep duration gets all the attention. Timing gets almost none. HRV is governed largely by the autonomic nervous system, which runs its deepest parasympathetic recovery between roughly 10 pm and 2 am. A 2017 review by Shaffer and Ginsberg published in Frontiers…
Times Life · Aug 26 7 Foods That Fight Fatigue and Boost Your Energy Levels, Backed by Nutrition Science BananaA 2012 study published in PLOS ONE compared bananas to sports drinks in cyclists and found bananas performed equally well at sustaining energy output over a 75-kilometre time trial. The reason is the mix of glucose, fructose, and sucrose alongside fibre, it delivers a fast hit without the sharp drop…
Times Life · Aug 21 How the Gila Monster's Saliva Became a Diabetes Drug Now Used by Millions Worldwide The lizard that never eats, yet never crashesThe Gila Monster can go up to a year without a meal. That is not hyperbole, it is a documented biological fact about one of only two venomous lizard species native to North America. During those long stretches of fasting, its blood glucose…
Evening Standard · Aug 20 Why this ‘badass’ weighted vest could be the secret to fitness The benefits of lifting weights are well-documented — improving muscle strength and tone, boosting metabolism and improving bone density. But what about wearing the weight? If this conjures images of strapping on a glorified sandbag and undertaking a gruelling military fitness session, bear with me…
Times Life · Aug 20 6 Indian Kitchen Spices That Measurably Improve Insulin Sensitivity and Lower Glucose Turmeric (Haldi)Curcumin, the active compound in turmeric, directly interferes with inflammatory pathways that degrade insulin signalling. A 2012 randomised controlled trial published in Diabetes Care followed 240 prediabetic adults over nine months: those given daily curcumin supplements showed zero progression to type 2 diabetes, while 16.4% of the placebo group…
Medical Daily · Aug 19 A Guinea Pig Named Khryun Drank Heavy Water for 156 Days and Became a Living Map of Metabolism Russian scientists gave one guinea pig 20% deuterium-labeled water for 156 days, then tracked how long each class of molecule took to turn over.
Times Life · Aug 19 5 Signs Your Body Is Running Low on Iodine Even When You Use Iodised Salt Every Day Your thyroid is working, but not well enoughThe thyroid gland needs iodine to produce T3 and T4 hormones. When iodine supply drops even slightly below what the gland requires, it compensates by enlarging, a condition called goitre, or by slowing hormone output without enlarging at all. That second pattern, subclinical…
Times Life · Aug 19 What Folate Deficiency Does to the Brain and Body of Indian Women Before Pregnancy The damage starts before the pregnancy test turns positiveThe neural tube, the embryonic structure that becomes the brain and spinal cord, closes between days 21 and 28 after conception. Most women do not confirm a pregnancy until week 5 or 6. That gap is the clinical problem with folate deficiency.…
The Economic Times · Aug 17 52 astronauts left Earth for months in orbit, and within weeks their gut bacteria changed how they processed food, revealing why spaceflight can trigger constipation and potentially affect brain health Constipation in space is more than an uncomfortable side effect. Astronauts often face it during long missions, but scientists have not fully understood why. Now, blood tests from 52 astronauts reveal a possible clue. Their gut bacteria began fermenting more protein within weeks of reaching the International Space Station. The…
Times Life · Aug 17 How Cortisol Dysregulation Quietly Wrecks Hormones and Sleep in Indian Women in Their 40s The cortisol pattern that gets missed most oftenCortisol follows a curve. It peaks sharply in the first hour after waking, this is the cortisol awakening response, then drops steadily through the day, reaching its lowest point around midnight. In a woman whose stress system is functioning normally, this rhythm holds.…