Limiting access to food might increase levels of hormone - ghrelin, which might also increase your motivation to exercise, said a new research.

The study, published in the Journal of Endocrinology suggested that a surge in levels of the appetite-promoting hormone - ghrelin, after a period of fasting prompted mice to initiate voluntary exercise.

These novel findings indicate that better diet control, for example limiting food intake to mealtimes or fasting intermittently, could help overweight people maintain a more effective exercise routine, lose weight and avoid debilitating complications such as diabetes and heart disease.

Our findings suggest that hunger, which promotes ghrelin production, may also be involved in increasing motivation for voluntary exercise when feeding is limited, said author Yuji Tajiri from the Kurume University in Japan.

Therefore, maintaining a healthy eating routine, with regular mealtimes or fasting, could also encourage motivation for exercise in overweight people, Tajiri said.

Ghrelin, often referred to as the hunger hormone, stimulates appetite through actions on the brain reward circuitry that increases motivation to eat.

It has also been reported to be essential for endurance exercise by increasing metabolism to meet the energy demands of prolonged exercise.

Although previous studies have suggested a relationship between ghrelin and exercise, it was not known whether the hormone levels have a direct effect on motivation to exercise.

In this study, the research team investigated the relationship between exercise and the hormone levels in mice.

Food intake and wheel-running activity were compared in mice given free access to food with those fed only twice a day for a limited time.

Although both groups ate a similar amount of food, the restricted mice ran significantly more.

Mice genetically altered to have no ghrelin and on the restricted feeding diet, ran less than the mice which were given free access, however, this could be reversed by administering the hormone.

Furthermore, mice were given free access to food and given ghrelin also ran significantly more.

These findings suggest that ghrelin might play an important role in the motivation for both feeding and exercise, in response to restricted eating plans.

(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed. )

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Luke Thompson and Derek Moeller-Smith hosted Melissa Tribwasser from Frogs O War to discuss Saturdays match up between Kansas State and TCU.

Yes we have a football game this weekend. No were not starting there. Thats because the coaches poll, plus the start of practice means we have a bunch of basketball news.

Up first, Kansas State will hold an open practice this fall. -Ryan Black, Manhattan Mercury

Next, Bruce Weber expects incoming Freshman Dajaun Gordon to bring big things to the court this season. -Kellis Robinett, Wichita Eagle

The Big 12 Coaches poll was released yesterday with a heaping pile of DISRESPECT for last years Big 12 conference champions. - Gary Bedore, KC Star

Xavier Sneed is burning with confidence as he returns for his final season as the unquestioned leader of the Wildcats. -Greg Black, Manhattan Mercury

Unto football, where the Wildcats expect no-hard feelings for Alex Delton. -Kellis Robinett

Riley Gates is reporting that Kenyon Reed has entered the transfer portal. The true freshman out of California has yet to appear for the wildcats this season. -Riley Gates, 247sports.com

Lastly, the 2020 baseball schedule was released yesterday.-Ryan Black, Manhattan Mercury

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Rockaway residents are surrounded by hard-working local business owners who are a source of inspiration to get up and seize the day. This week, we chatted with Marck H. Benjamin, a Rockaway native and the owner of Soul Exchange Bistro & Wine Bar on Doughty Boulevard.

The Grand Opening on Oct. 4 was a dream come true for Benjamin, who always wanted to own a restaurant that brings the soul, mind & spirits together via good food and great tunesnot to mention a high level of family-style customer service.

With its fusion of Caribeean, Asian, and Mediterranaen cuisine, the Soul Exchange Bistro & Wine Bar does just that. Benjamins inclusion of music like cool jazz, caribbean tunes, old school hip hop and other flavorful music in his restaurant has definitely contributed to a laid-back, classy atmosphere.

Our philosophy is to soulfully remind you of how to enjoy life, Benjamin told The Wave. Wine Glasses Up, that is the Soul Exchange Motto!

Running a business in nearby Inwood, he acknowledged that the Rockaway community is very close to his heart: I grew up here and my family still resides here, Benjamin explained. I always promised to come back and give back to my neighborhood.

That ambition is alive and well today and Benjamin hopes to expand his business on the peninsula once his newest venture gets into full swing, adding that is definitely the goal. He urged other like-minded entrepreneurs to stay focussed and follow their dreams. But like all business owners, he has also encountered challenges along the way, however.

Marketing and getting people to know what we have to offer [has been a challenge], he said. But given the turn out at the opening and beyond, the hard work has paid off. Benjamin hoped that other small businesses will follow suit right here in Rockaway as the revitalization gets into full swing; he called for more eclectic shops and bistros like Manhattan and Astoria and Brooklyn.

Why should we have to go there when we can have it here, Benjamin enthused. Rockaway will be the new Hamptons!

Soul Exchange Bistro & Wine Bar is open everyday from 4.30 p.m. to 11 p.m. and located at 233 Doughty Blvd, Inwood, a five minute drive from the Far Rockaway Mott Ave. Station and accessible via the Q114, n31 and n32 bus.

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Almost without exception, video games feature conflict. Whether it's eviscerating endless goons or building shelter for when night comes, external pressure creates conflict, driving players through the game and shaping their experience.

Even ostensibly peaceful games like Minecraft or Stardew Valley have monsters that lurk in dark corners of the world, ready to ruin your day. AI coding and colony sim Autonauts, however, has taken a distinctly different approach, where all conflict is essentially of the player's own design. In Autonauts, you are your own worst enemy; not only do you solve your own problems, you create them too as you attempt to optimise your increasingly convoluted production pipeline.

Released last week on PC, Autonauts comes from a two-person team within Dundee-based Denki Games, comprised of DMA Design alumni Gary Penn and Aaron Puzey. As creative director for the original Grand Theft Auto, Penn is one of the original architects of modern sandbox games. However, his previous work of violence and carnage has given way to Autonauts, a game with so little conflict it was actually a "real pain the arse" to design.

Gary Penn, Autonauts creative director

Autonauts was "love at first sight" Penn tells us, after technical director Puzey knocked together a prototype. The game sees players colonising a planet, developing technology and developing complex systems to automate processes along the way. Though promoted as an AI coding game that can help teach the fundamentals of programming, that was never their intention.

"We didn't set out to make that," says Penn. "We did the initial prototype and that's when we noticed... It's not that close to real coding, but you do definitely pick up a lot of the principles and the ideas of interacting systems... So as a happy side effect, it's a really nice one to have."

It's been over 20 years since the original Grand Theft Auto (21 today, in fact), and despite his involvement with games like Crackdown 3, Penn says his relationship with violent video games has changed. He says this is partly thanks to getting older and having kids, but also because of the industry's continued over-reliance on violence. At this point it's like punctuation or the chorus of a song, he says.

"A lot of the violent stuff that's out there doesn't really explore violence in a particularly interesting way," he continues. "By which I don't mean violence as a good thing, I mean that 99.9% of it seems to be gratuitous. and gets very banal as a result.

"I don't think anyone gets desensitised to it. I guess the mundanity is a degree of desensitisation, but I think people would still find violence a repugnant thing. But I think as you get older and your perspective on life changes, you realise there is more to it.

"So we ended up with less and less threat, but more and more to do weirdly"

"From an artistic point of view it's stuff that's worth exploring, but no one does it in a particularly interesting way. A lot of it is just the same old stuff over and over again, and you get it with a lot of games that have interesting storylines, but it turns out the main way of interacting with the game is shooting."

Grand Theft Auto may be the poster child of video game violence, but Autonauts couldn't be a further departure from that world. The game sees players automate every aspect of their colony in order to build, grow, harvest, or whatever else you can think of. While Penn says they experimented with things like wolves and cataclysmic weather events, nothing felt right.

"It didn't really seem to resonate with anyone, it just felt wrong and misplaced," he continues. "So we gradually extracted these things. But also, because you've spent so much time investing into training and teaching these robots to do things, the last thing you want is for a torrential weather event or some other aggressive menace wiping the whole thing out. It's very well having a save game, but it's quite a miserable thing to happen. So we ended up with less and less threat, but more and more to do weirdly."

Autonauts tries to lead you rather than push you; Penn describes it as "less prescriptive" than most games, and being more about playful experimentation. But making a game without conflict presents a fairly unique set of challenges when it comes to driving the player forward, and Penn says there are no easy answers. It's a game where the possibilities slowly unfold; players need to decide what their own objectives are, and figure out the best way to make them happen.

After half a dozen frameworks and game structures, none of which really worked Penn admits, they settled on a fairly stripped-back and simple approach, trying to avoid overcomplication or tedious simplicity.

"The stuff you do yourself isn't painful," says Penn, "and it doesn't last that long if you automate stuff, but the contrast is really quite marked... Once you get that, there are some really joyous moments where people realise you can automate everything, and they don't have to do it themselves...

"And that's been the hardest balance of all actually -- driving you forwards but still doing what you want. We resisted putting a tutorial in but did eventually because not enough people were getting it themselves. We had to give them the direction, or enough rope to skip. That's been difficult."

Autonauts has gone through extensive public testing, with the devs watching live streams obsessively trying to figure out the many ways in which it might be broken. Repeatedly, the question around player guidance was causing problems: it's an open game, but without conflict to drive the player in a given direction, they often wound up rudderless, and trying to guide them felt "really, really bad."

"It's why the tutorial felt a bit weird at first, but we tried to keep that fairly light and open, which has been a pain in the arse," says Penn. "When you're building an open world game, there are so many possible edge cases you've got to cater for and you can't predict them all, so we've had to try and keep them as constrained as possible and flexible as possible, and that's caused no end of problems... We've ended up with what we've ended up with, because we couldn't sit there forever trying to figure out the perfect game. You've got to ship something, and I like that old saying about games being like fruit, and having an expiry date. I think it's quite a lovely idea."

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Its Monday morning and Dwayne The Rock Johnson has already entertained his followers, promoted his projects, and at least started his workout (which seemingly does not end). Before The Rock starts working out at Iron Paradise, he shares on Instagram all of his workout essentials packed in his Project Rock 90 bag:

Can you really workout with a little Maui doll? The Rocks kids packed a little plush of the character that he played in Disneys Moana.

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The wrestler-turned-actor also took out his post-workout shake, Project Rock headphones, Project Rock beanie, and a bag full of hot dogs, or as The Rock describes them lion dogs.

And the highlight of the video? The Rock takes a colouring page and remarks, My wife Lauren drew me a picture. Thank you, baby.

The muscleman also took a second to sip from his new line of tequila, which is said to launch by the end of the year.

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His bag is packed with a few more surprises, but before Peoples 2016 Sexiest Man Alive starts his workout, he has a quick spat with his Magic 8-Ball.

Johnson also offers an update on his friend and frequent co-star Kevin Hart after the comedians car accident last month.

I packed this myself, Johnson jokes as he shows off his doll. This didnt come from my babies, because Im going to see my best friend, Kevin Hart, and I always like to bring him a few toys that he can play with. He likes my Rock doll, because we kind of play, Hey, heres my doll, wheres your doll?'

Adds Johnson:Hes recovering from his injuries, hes doing great. Cant wait to come back, but I always gotta take care of my son.

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NBA icon Shaquille ONeal is fueled by Martin Luther King Jr. as he explores a new business venture.

After a stellar and lengthy NBA career, ONeal has evolved into a shrewd entrepreneur. In fact, his latest venture is a partnership with Miles College a tie-up that will reportedly help bring a Papa Johns Pizzeria to every historically black college and university campus in the nation.

In a statement issued through the Purpose PR firm in Birmingham, ONeal commended HBCUs for upholding equality on their endeavors, Birmingham Times reported.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities have paved the way for African Americans and people of other races to receive a quality education deservedly, ONeal said.

ONeal even emphasized a compelling quote fromMLK and channeledthe late activists belief towards his new business venture. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, If you want to move people, it has to be toward a vision thats positive for them, that taps important values, that gets them something they desire and it has to be presented compellingly, so that they feel inspired to follow, ONeal noted.

Miles College President Bobbie Knight was excited about the new venture. According to her, the school is honored to have ONeal as their partner. She also described the NBA legend as a business genius and admitted to being thrilled to bring Papa Johns on their campuses.

Miles College is honored to partner with Shaquille ONeal and welcome him to our historic and beautiful campus, Knight said in a statement.

Shaquille is a skilled investor, savvy entrepreneur, and marketing and branding genius. This partnership tells the world that this is Miles Colleges day, and this is Miles Colleges time to show America that HBCUs can join icons like Shaquille and launch business ventures like Papa Johns on our campuses, Knight added.

ONeal is best known for his historic championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. Together with Kobe Bryant, they managed to bring 3 NBA titles to LA. During ONeal and Bryants glory days with the team, Shaq revealed in an exclusive interview that they had extra powers in the organization.

However, the 3-time NBA Finals MVP never cared about the extras Bryant was getting from Lakers because he knew that he can also get what he wanted.

I know I can get what I want. He got to do whatever he want, I got to do whatever I want. Thats just the name of the game, ONeal emphasized.

Shaquille O'Neal (L) reacts to his former players seated in the audience with Kobe Bryant looking on during unveiling of his statue at Staples Center, in Los Angeles, March 24, 2017. Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

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Born into poverty on San Antonios violent east side, Joseph Brooks endured an unthinkable childhood. Deemed a slow learner in school, he was placed in special ed classes, which made him an easy target for bullying and sexual and physical abuse at the hand of the neighborhood gangs. To top it all off, he lost both of his parents during his adolescence.

In his new book, The Value of a Single Woman, and in his motivational presentations, Brooks recounts his past and his extraordinary turnaround. As an only child, I went through a period of deep depression after my mother died, he says. And I credit God for saving me from a 9 mm bullet that should have ended my life. Instead, it changed me forever and allowed me to see the positives instead of the negatives in life.

Brooks, who learned to be articulate and persistent from his mother, took his first job at 17 as a floor trainer at a local gym and created an after-school program called Impact to help at-risk youth. Both places played outsize roles for him. From such bleak beginnings, he managed to change his lifes trajectory, becoming one of the most successful personal trainers in Texas, a television fitness guru, an actor, an author and a motivational speaker. He has also been a featured guest on national and local podcasts, covering issues that range from business to relationships.

I have an incredible story I call From Welfare to Well-being and its a message I need to get out, he says. It has impacted so many lives already.

Author, actor, fitness expert and speaker Joseph Brooks has been helping individuals transform their lives physically, spiritually and mentally for over 30 years.

A regular fitness expert on KSAT-12s top variety show SA Live, Brooks has helped thousands by coming into their homes via TV. He is also listed on IMDb at: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm10956746/.

He has been a featured guest on national and local podcast such as Erica Vargass In Search of good Men, Janie Terrazass Rise above TV, Heather Whitestones Whitestone Marketing and Our Lady of the Lake Universities Book Nook. He is also cast to play the role of Doc Brown, a major character in Director/Choreographer Joemer Dulatres Grandmaster movie due for release in 2020.

Brooks and his wife, Adriana, have been married 30 years and have raised five children, which Brooks calls his greatest success.

To learn more about Brooks story and his motivational speaking, please visit the following: http://www.gotothenextlevel.net; http://www.youtube.com/; or http://www.facebook.com.

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Michelle Obama is up in the gym just working on her fitness.

The former First Lady hasoften impressed otherswith her commitment to working out(andjust about everythingelse she does)and she's keeping that habit strong. And, of course, inspiring her nearly 34 million Instagram followers to follow suit.

On Sunday evening, the 55-year-old showed off her strength in a photo of her at the gym. Holding a large medicine ball over her head,theBecoming author is seen making lunges look far too easy."It doesn't always feel good in the moment," she captionedthe snap. "But after the fact, I'm always glad I hit the gym."

In the picture, which showcases her enviable abs, she lookslaser-focusedduring her sweat session. As she asked her fans, "How did you all take care of yourself on this #SelfCareSunday?"

Naturally, her celeb followers were quick to weigh in.

WhileTom Bradyposted a football emoji in the comments section (reminding the world what he's up to),One Tree HillalumSophia Bushopted to cheer on Obama, writing "Okaaaaay" with the fire, clapping and explosionemojis.

Other supporters opted to share their workout regimens withSashaandMalia's mom.

"The goal is that every morning I go for a two mile walk," one userwrote. "I make it 6/7 days on average." Added another, "Rested and epsom salt bath after my first half marathon yesterday."

And one fan summed up the Internet's reaction to this post perfectly: "If Michelle Obama has time for the f*@king gym, so do you."

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Hypnosis sounds like such a scary thing to many people. You go under and maybe lose control of your mind and functions. Someone else is giving you suggestions that you may or may not like. It can be hard for the person who has experienced trauma or who doesnt trust easily to work with a hypnotherapist and let go in a way that helps with healing or change.

Self-hypnosis is a harmless way to keep control and achieve many of the same benefits of working with a hypnotherapist to change behavior. Hypnosis can help with everything from stress management and anxiety, to weight loss and diet changes, to confidence and presentation skills. Learning hypnosis can help you study more effectively, remember things for tests, call up information when you need it from your brain at work, and generally calm yourself to stay open and receptive throughout the day. Hypnosis is no more than your conscious and always-thinking mind being calm long enough for your subconscious mind (which drives the train within you, urging you on and telling you what you should and should not do) to get hold of ideas that are more beneficial and positive for you.

Learning self-hypnosis is fairly easy, but like any new skill, it does take practice. Commit to yourself you will do the following steps at least 2-3 times each and every day until it becomes second nature to you. There are no drugs involved, no medical procedures and no perfect conditions you have to achieve. Just practice and your mind will start to cooperate.

This process is not the same as meditation, because it is more active. You are engaging your mind and your body, but doing it in a calm and centered way. If you cant afford five minutes 2-3 times a day, start with less and work your way up. Once you practice this, you will find the same calm feelings and thoughts spill over into your daily activities even when you have your eyes open. It can be a great cure for stress, anxiety and worry, and it doesnt cost anything except 15 minutes of your time.

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A video of psychology professor and anti-PC pundit Jordan Peterson getting upset over Twitter trolls is going viral.

In a recent interview with Rex Murphy, Peterson said he has been off Twitter for about three months after being mobbed by critics.

Viewers are enjoying the irony of someone who regularly puts others on blast on the internet getting upset over backlash online.

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A visibly upset Peterson said that civilized, socialized people cannot tolerate being mobbed.

He called it a terrible shock and said that it really hurts[people are] often damaged for lengthy periods of time.

Peterson also said apologizing in these situations is the wrong thing to do, and thatthe right thing to do is to simply wait it out.

People reveled in the pick-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps philosopher being so affected by his critics.

He seems quite miserable for a self help guru tbh

If you cant take the heat, Jordan...

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Peterson rose to fame in recent years as an anti-PC advocate when he refused to address a student by their preferred gender pronouns. Peterson then posted YouTube videos attacking Bill C-16, a Canadian bill banning discrimination against people on the basis of gender identity or expression, saying it would infringe on his freedom of speech.

Peterson frequently speaks out against social justice warriors and videos of him debating others often go viral on YouTube. He also recently published a self-help book,12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, where he argues that too many people blame their problems on outside forces, and the only way to get ahead is to take more personal responsibility.

Despite being so upset over backlash online, Peterson has previously seemed unbothered when his opponents get threats. After interviewing Peterson, Cathy Newman, an English journalist, received so many threats she had to involve the police.

In an interview with the Guardian, she said: There were literally thousands of abusive tweetsIt ranged from the usual cunt, bitch, dumb blonde to Im going to find out where you live and execute you.

Though Peterson did tell his followers to lay off via Twitter, in an interview with Radio Times he said Channel 4 said that she was afraid for her life, and that the police had to be called in. You could call the police in for anything; that isnt evidence of a credible threat. I thought, Oh, now theyre going to spin this as a victim narrative. Which I was appalled at.

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