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  • We're back now in our series modern medicines where we break down some of the the latest medical studies as we head into the heat of the summer here and this is medical contributor doctor Natalie Azar joins us now we love this segment.

  • So let's talk about this first study this one found that I guess there's a correlation between the temperatures rising and headaches and migraines.

  • Yeah, so we talk a lot about what the different triggers for migraines are and one of them happens to be temperature changes but not a lot of research has been done on this until this study this was really kind of cool what they did was they cross referenced people's daily headache diary with regional weather changes and they found that for every bump in 10 degrees Fahrenheit, there was a 6% increase in the occurrence of headaches.

  • But when people were on their migraine medicine that associate association went away.

  • So look what's in your control you obviously have no control over the temperature, but you can control some of those triggers you want to limit sun exposure stay hydrated, everyone has their food triggers chocolate things like that and keep a sleep schedule, we know that sleep deprivation can be a huge trigger for migraines who are at exercise I try to do it in the morning before I come to work, but what what's the latest is the best time to exercise all that you know, so I I kind of going to answer this you know how we say the best sunscreen is the one that you wear some of their best exercise the best time to exercise is when you can fit it in for sure and there have been so many different studies about what time is the best time to exercise and I think it's really has to do with what your goal is so in this particular study they were looking at people who were overweight or who had obesity and who were relatively sedentary they wanted to see what time of day when they exercise that made a difference in their blood sugar and in fact they did find that evening exercise if you did more than 50% of your moderate to vigorous exercise after a meal, especially it lowered your blood sugar throughout the day.

  • This is again one of those take homes where the the goal here specifically was to lower your blood sugar having to do with insulin resistance and stuff like that.

  • But the first thing in the morning is your jam by all right get it and doing it some kind of that I thought this next was interesting that I found that the best diet for us may also be the best time for the planet.

  • Yes, okay, so you know how like you guys getting tired of hearing about new diet.

  • Okay, so this one's about 4 or 5 years or that this this term a planetary diet okay, this term was coined in 2019 and this is basically like you want to try to kill 2 birds with one stone basically what's good for you is also good for the planet.

  • So what they found this planetary diet, it's basically Mediterranean if you will it's rich in minimally processed plant process foods, whole food plant based mostly fruits veggies whole grains a little bit of dairy and meat and look at they found people who followed this diet, the upper 10% of people who followed this diet, 30% lower risk of early death from almost any cause and up to 29% lower greenhouse gas emissions.

  • Like you know they talk about like cows and sure and you know, and all that stuff and and and greenhouse gases and stuff what we consume affects the planet.

  • It is a 2 for yeah, we've always heard that failure builds character, but this new study shows that that might be an overestimation well so this was interesting, you know that old adage if you if at first you don't succeed try try again so this this study looked at the idea that just trying again would be good enough to 6 it's okay, you're laughing.

  • What you're going with it, I know so they said that just trying again isn't good enough.

  • Kind of know that when you fail what in order to succeed the next time has anyone failed an exam.

  • Failed don't get nervous patients.

  • Analyze what went wrong you want to focus on what you can do to change anyone adopt new strategies and seek out Reese's resources and support.

  • But the other part of the study that was really interesting was that it was our attitudes about other people's failures that if you think people can just like take it again and without trying hard you're less likely to help others so it's kind of like a personal thing but also how we view other people's failures and successes.

  • Those who are my heart is trees mistakes are apt to repeat.

  • But the and it's like and kind of throwing adages out there left.

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We're back now in our series modern medicines where we break down some of the the latest medical studies as we head into the heat of the summer here and this is medical contributor doctor Natalie Azar joins us now we love this segment.

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