We all stubbornly save our exercise for the evening, when it’s these five minutes every half hour that flatten what lunch does to us

We all stubbornly save our exercise for the evening, when it's these five minutes every half hour that flatten what lunch ...

A Columbia University study reveals that five minutes of walking every 30 minutes reduces blood sugar spikes by 58%—far more effective than saving exercise for evening. Timing, not total duration, is what transforms your body’s glucose response.

My father always went for a short walk after dinner: I laughed at him for years before understanding why he was right

My father always went for a short walk after dinner: I laughed at him for years before understanding why he was right

For years, a son ridiculed his father’s nightly ritual of a short walk after dinner. But recent research in glucose control and digestive health reveals an ancient practice that modern science is only now able to explain—and validate completely.