Eat early, stay healthy this holiday season

Thursday, December 15, 2022

In today’s newsletter, we learn a key tip to keep off holiday weight, discover ‘alien materials’ in a meteorite found in Somalia, spotlight millions of young Americans left in limbo … and check out the ‘bear-dar’ to protect people from Earth’s biggest carnivore. Plus, the legacy of L.A.’s free-ranging cougar.

PHOTOGRAPH BY JAN NEVIDAL, GETTY IMAGES

It’s not all about timing, but research shows that WHEN you eat could be as important as WHAT you eat.

We inherited night cravings from our hunter-gather ancestors, but modern nutritionists advise us to eat with the sun. The earlier the lunch, for example, the more energy our bodies burn. “We have to consciously override our ancient instincts,” Nat Geo reports. How do we do that, exactly?

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STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING

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Is it farewell for L.A.’s legendary, free-ranging cougar? ‘There’s been no cat like him.’ (The animal, via a remote camera in 2013, before the Hollywood sign.)

Why food allergies are on the rise

‘Alien’ minerals never before found on Earth identified in meteorite from Somalia

How do I know if I have long COVID?

Yo ho ho! These pirate pubs were centers of buccaneer life on land

Science may solve the riddle of the Dead Sea Scrolls

A Nat Geo Explorer is creating new models to save the world’s cultural heritage sites

The oldest map of the Holy Land is an extraordinary mosaic

The seas of ‘Avatar’: James Cameron on the science of ‘The Way of Water’

WHERE IN THE WORLD?

PHOTOGRAPH BY @GERDLUDWIG

What city is this? This once small town, located on the world’s largest steppe, is now home to more than 1.2 million people and the capital of a country founded 31 years ago Friday. Pictured above, this city now holds the Guinness World Record for the most name changes—and has a new one. What is it? Click here for the answer.

NAME THIS CITY

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY THE INSIDE OUT PROJECT, 2017

A free, open life in America: That’s the goal of millions of people brought to the United States as kids. They still need the legal paperwork to work, drive, or attend school without fear of deportation. Known as Dreamers, these kids, fluent in English, many of them grown, live in a limbo that holds them back, Erin Blakemore writes. Dreamers are the subject of memoirs such as Areli Is a Dreamer, films like In The Heights, and the just-released series, National Treasure: Edge of History. (Pictured above, visitors gaze at portraits of Dreamers and community supporters in Memphis.)

See National Treasure: Edge of History, now streaming on Disney+

LAST GLIMPSE

PHOTOGRAPH BY ESTHER HORVATH

AI-powered ‘bear-dar’: Taking out the trash can be a life-or-death chore for those living in the Arctic, as sea ice melts and drives polar bears into human communities. To help, researchers are developing AI-powered, portable radar units—gadgets about the size of iPads—to detect bears and alert community members if the Earth‘s biggest carnivore is nearby. (Above, a polar bear approaches a buggy in Churchill, Canada.)

BEAR WITH ME

Today’s soundtrack: The Bear, by The Tragically Hip

This newsletter was curated and edited by David Beard, Sydney Combs, and Jen Tse. Do you have an idea for the newsletter—or a clue if Argentina or France will win the World Cup on Sunday? Let us know at david.beard@natgeo.com. Have a good weekend ahead.

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Eat early, stay healthy this holiday season

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