Updated / Sunday, 10 Jan 2021
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Looking for some inspiration for a healthier new year? Liz Connor shares the best new titles to look out for.
The new year is here, which means a shed load of new books are out – just in time for those resolutions.
Whether you’re looking for tips on eating more healthily, want to learn more about the science of ageing or dip your toe into the realms of energy, there are lots of buzzy health and wellbeing tomes to add to your bedside table.
So put the kettle on, pull out a blanket, and curl up with one of these healthy additions to your bookshelf for 2021…
The study tested three groups of healthy vounteers who drank either oolong tea, pure caffeine, or a placebo for two weeks.
Compared to the control group, participants who drank oolong tea or caffeine increased their breakdown of fat by 20 percent.
But it was only oolong that kept going after participants fell asleep. This is linked to its affect on sleep.
Despite caffeine being noted for keeping people awake, researchers found there was no difference in sleeping patterns between the control group and the oolong drinkers.
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10 exercise tips that will make fitness a little bit easier this year
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Here we look at the small hacks you can make to incorporate more â and better â exercise into your lifestyle in 2021.
All the tips and tricks suggested in the series are inspired by Telegraph 365, our daily health newsletter that offers small ideas that can make a big change to your life. Click here to sign up.
1. Squat to it
Squatting is one of the most fundamental movements humans can do â slightly neglected since the 2680BC invention of the chair, but essential for health and mobility all the same.
Dr Rangan Chatterjee: I wasn t able to protect my son from getting sick
TV medical expert Dr Rangan Chatterjee reflects on how a personal nightmare changed his approach to medicine
Dr Rangan Chatterjee
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WHEN bestselling author and star of BBC s Doctor in the House Dr Rangan Chatterjee s six-month-old son nearly died on a family holiday in France, it changed the genial doctor s approach towards medicine. We went on holiday one Christmas to Chamonix. I can still remember it like it was yesterday. I was in the kitchen when my wife called out to me. She had my son in her arms and said, Rangan, he s stopped moving . I froze.