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As the sun passes overhead, so the whirring chemical cogs of our inner timepiece start to apply the brakes. In the savanna, big cats lounge and fall into their dozy siesta. We are not above nature’s rhythm: as we glide into lunchtime for a refuel, our body and brain undergo a brief lull in activity. Afterward, we are replenished to start the next leg of our journey through the day.
Is It Okay to Work While Having Lunch?
Is It Really Better to Eat Slowly?
I Want to Eat Healthily, So Why Do I Eat Junk Food?
How Can I Avoid a Sugar Crash?
How Much Sugar Can I Have, Then?
Can I Train Myself Not to Have a Sweet Tooth?
Is Sitting Down “the New Smoking”?
How Can I Avoid the Post-Lunch Slump?
How Long Is the Ideal Power Nap?
Should I Trust My Gut Instinct?
Are We All Really Getting More Stressed?
Is There a Quick Way to Calm My Nerves?
How Can I Manage Worrying Thoughts?
How Can I Deal with Constant Stress?
Can Stress Ever Be Good for Me?
Why Am I Always Ill When I Stop Working?
How Much Time Should I Spend in the Sun?
Why Can’t I Think Straight on a Hot Day?
Why Has My Teenager Turned into an Alien?
Why Did I Take More Risks When I Was Younger?
Why Do I Feel Younger Than My Real Age?
Why Do Long-Past Events Seem So Recent to Me?
Why Are My Childhood Memories So Hazy?
Why Do I Remember Events Differently from Others?
What Is Déja Vu, and Should I Worry?
What Is That “On-the-Tip-of-My-Tongue” Feeling?
Why Do I Sometimes Forget Why I Came into the Room?
Why Can I Remember Faces Better Than Names?
Why Can I Still Remember Skills, Even Years Later?
Should I Always Believe What I See?
Is It True We Use Only 10 Percent of Our Brains?
How Can I Avoid Buying Things I Don’t Need?
Why Can I Never Find the Best Bargains?