"If you always eat at random times, you throw your digestion clock out of sync. You deprive it of food when it is optimized to process food, and you force it to digest food during times when it is less efficient."
My quotes from the entire Peak Productivity book series.
Explore insightful quotes curated from the entire Peak Productivity book series. Delve into a collection of wisdom and practical advice distilled from these works, offering guidance on maximizing efficiency, optimizing workflows, and achieving peak performance.
"Mentally practicing a musical instrument produces real improvement in performance as much as if it were practiced physically."
"Given that light plays a profound part in your body's clocks operation, you need to align your biological clocks with—not against—the sun's day and night cycle to reap the full benefits your natural rhythm can provide"
"After exercise, your body would have depleted your glycogen storage to some extent, and it is hungry to use the sugar to replenish the glycogen stores. Eating sweet food at that time is unlikely to get the sugar stored as fat."
"Once you form a habit, deviating from your habit drains your willpower."
"Bronze winners compare themselves downward to those who completed the competition with no medal and therefore are happier than silver winners, who compare themselves to gold winners."
"People have a penchant to mirror the habits of those they spend the most time with."
"BDNF production in the brain can be increased with consistent exercise, good quality sleep and restricted caloric intake"