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# RKS: THE EVOLUTION OF EATING HABITS - Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner & Beyond

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   # RKS: THE EVOLUTION OF EATING HABITS BREAKFAST-LUNCH-DINNER & BEYOND   RKS / 2024-2025 / Ser 5 / Blog 1 1st May 2024                                                        MEALS DISSECTED DRIVERS FOR CHANGING MEAL PATTERNS Dear Reader, Lunch/brunch/dinner root is mēl (with a long E, for you phonics heads out there), and even in its early days in English just meant "an occasion" or "a particular time." Over the centuries, "meal" came to first mean that special occasion at which a family or a group of bonded individuals sit down and eat. The names used for specific meals in English vary, depending on the individual's culture, the time of day, or the size of the meal. An appointed time for meal originated in 1200 BCE. However, it was much later, i.e. that is in 1865 that a 'Meal Ticket' was issued which literally meant entry to a dining hall. 'Meal-on-Wheels' terminology was first introduced in 1947 when mobile food delivery servic

# RKS: EXERCISE CAN SPELL HEALTHY MORTAL LIVING OR MORTALITY - Be Warned Of The Fitness Fanaticism

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  # RKS: EXERCISE CAN SPELL HEALTHY MORTAL LIVING OR MORTALITY BE WARNED OF THE FITNESS FANATICISM  1st April 2024 DISSECTING THE ART OF PHYSICAL FITNESS - A FINE-TUNED CRAFT THE PITFALLS ANALYZED BEHIND RECENT CALAMITIES  Dear Reader, Over the past decades, we have witnessed an increasing proportion of society engaging in ultra-endurance events, which are well in excess of the health-promoting exercise recommendations.  Table: Names of some popular celebrities who passed away whilst gymming. In recent times, there has been a hue and cry regarding the reported drastic rise in gym-related deaths each year, with the majority being attributed to sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). In fact, 80-85% of all sudden deaths are heart-related - sudden cardiac deaths (SCD). In today's context, SCD is become the most common cardiac concern amongst all heart ailments. Graph: Incidences of SCD vs other cardiac maladies. It would be intriguing to analyze the bare underlying reasons for such a catastrop