Early-Morning Walk
Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
BBC
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2021
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Michael explores the secret power of early-morning light, revealing the surprising ways it can affect your brain to boost your mood and help get a better night’s sleep. But it’s not just when you go that’s important… He speaks to Marie Murphy, Professor of Exercise and Health at Ulster University, who’s shown how a simple change to the way you walk could cut your risk of heart disease by 20-50%.
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| 0:00.0 | If you could have a conversation with your younger self, what would you tell them? |
| 0:06.0 | Anonymity is our most valuable gift. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm Kristi Young, and in Young again, I'll be asking my guests what honest advice they would give their past self. |
| 0:16.0 | Believe it when they say that loving yourself is the answer. |
| 0:20.0 | Among those joining me will be Jamie Oliver, Jeda Pinkett Smith and Mel B. |
| 0:24.1 | I knew that I had a voice and I knew that I wanted to say certain things and represent certain things. |
| 0:30.0 | Young again, with me, Kirstie Young, |
| 0:33.0 | listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.0 | BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:40.0 | Okay, Carrie. |
| 0:41.0 | I hear you. |
| 0:44.0 | We'd all like some quick and simple ways to improve our health, but we're bombarded with often conflicting advice. |
| 0:56.2 | So if you were going to do just one thing to improve your mental and physical well-being, |
| 1:01.5 | what should it be? Maybe a few squats to enhance your |
| 1:04.7 | brain or more bacteria to improve your mood or even a cold shower to boost your |
| 1:12.0 | immune system. |
| 1:15.0 | I'm Dr Michael Mosley and this is just one thing |
| 1:18.0 | where each episode will explore one thing |
| 1:20.8 | you can start doing tomorrow to improve your health or life in ways you might not expect. |
| 1:27.0 | So here's something you really can do that could be the secret to better sleep, boost |
| 1:37.1 | your mood and even cut your risk of heart disease and diabetes. |
| 1:41.2 | As you can probably tell, I'm out on a walk. It's an early morning walk to be specific and |
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