Pratica di Shadowing: Why you’re always tired (+ food fixes!) 🍜 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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It's a very defeating feeling when we want to get things done, but we feel completely drained.
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And so luckily, there is an ever-growing body of research
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that suggests nutrition and our food choices can actually help to fight fatigue during the day, and it can also help us sleep more quickly and soundly at night.
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Fatigue can be brought on by different causes, like a decrease in physical activity or allergies or diabetes, But today we're specifically going to focus on how fatigue can be brought on
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but also resolved by our food and beverage choices So myself
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and one of our dietitian team members Sophia We geeked out
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and we read a whole bunch of research papers on the link between nutrition
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and fatigue And we've simplified what is known in the science
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and that's what we're gonna share with you in today's video
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We also created an uncomplicated article that's just gonna help to support this video even worse
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if you want to delve deeper I'm gonna link that for you below, but for now, let's dive right in
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Our bodies have an internal clock that impacts when we sleep and wake up and this is called our circadian rhythm.
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Our circadian rhythm is very strongly linked to dark and light cycles.
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So when it's more light outside, we tend to feel more awake and when it's dark, we tend to feel more tired.
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Now there's an emerging field of science called chrononutrition, which studies how our eating behaviors can also influence the circadian rhythm.
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Like some recent studies, for example, have shown that eating irregularly can throw our circadian rhythm out of sync, which can reduce the quality and duration of our sleep.
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So ensuring that we eat at more or less the same times each day can actually help to synchronize our sleep-wake cycle, making us feel less tired.
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Breakfast isn't for everyone, I get that.
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But if you are somebody who kind of feels chronically fatigued throughout the day and you're also skipping breakfast, this could be the culprit.
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So after we've had like a good night's rest, we've been fasting for many hours because we've been asleep.
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And so when we wake up we're a bit depleted in energy
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and so breaking the fast
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Which is where the word breakfast actually comes from this helps
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to kick start our day with some fuel There's been several studies
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that have shown
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that those who eat breakfast Especially high-fiber breakfasts are not only more alert throughout the day
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But they also have improved memory a more positive mood
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and even better bowel movements There was also this one interesting study of 498 students
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that found that those who were skipping breakfast were also the ones reporting
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that they weren't sleeping as well at night
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so not only does eating breakfast kind of give us more
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energy throughout the day it could potentially also help us sleep better
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so it's a win-win this is what I love about nutrition it turns out
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that we can very strategically compose our meals to help us feel more alert during the day
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and to help us kind of fall asleep
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and better stay asleep at night so let's explore why that's the case starting with protein.
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So protein is made up of these building blocks that are called amino acids, one of which is tryptophan.
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Tryptophan gets taken to our brain where it's absorbed and that gets converted to serotonin, which helps us feel good and calm.
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That gets converted to melatonin, which is a hormone that actually helps our body kind of get ready for sleep.
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The research showed that people who sleep well tended to consume more protein over the day than people who sleep poorly.
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Notable plant-based food sources of tryptophan are soy, nuts and seeds, including cashew, pumpkin, and sunflower seeds, beans, leafy greens, mushrooms, and broccoli.
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So it's important that we get enough protein so that we get the tryptophan, but it's worth noting that you don't want to get too much protein because that's been linked with decreasing sleep quality.
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So no need to go out and take any protein powders as long as you're following a foods first approach.
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Now let's delve into the carbs.
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I have for simplicity's sake broken this up into two different groups, one of which we're going to call slow digesting carbs and one quick digesting carbs.
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Quick digesting carbs are those like white bread, white pasta, and white rice.
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Slow digesting carbs, on the other hand, are those that are higher in fiber.
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So think whole grains, legumes, and vegetables.
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What's interesting is that fruits have a bit of a mix of both.
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Okay, so why is knowing all of this important?
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In short, eating quick digesting carbs increases the amount of tryptophan that gets absorbed into our brain, which is then going to increase the chance that we're going to feel sleepy after eating.
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And this is what's so cool we can use this knowledge to our benefit.
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Like in the evening, we can increase the chances of becoming sleepy a few hours after dinner by having quick carbs with our dinner meal, or by having a piece of fruit with dinner
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or as an evening snack just to help to increase the absorption of tryptophan into our brain.
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On the other hand, if we want to avoid the after-lunch slump that we can experience sometimes, we can try to have slow digesting carbs with our meal instead of quick digesting carbs.
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In addition to them just being great sources of fiber, these slow digesting carbs give us a more steady and continued release of energy throughout the day.
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Being deficient in certain nutrients can really affect sleep.
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This is something we found across a whole bunch of different research papers where if certain people are deficient, for example, in iron, magnesium,
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potassium, zinc, selenium, beta- carotene, B vitamins, and vitamin C, E, and or D, they tend to sleep more poorly.
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Now these vitamins and minerals, they take part in a whole bunch of the different complex reactions that occur in our body.
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So like iron, for example, helps with the production of serotonin, whereas B vitamins help to create melatonin.
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But there's no need to go out and supplement with these vitamins
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and minerals unless your doctor has specifically advised that you do.
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But that's namely because our philosophy is to follow a food first approach.
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It is definitely possible and recommended
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to get kind of the nutrients that we need just by eating a variety of different plant foods.
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And so if you're curious on how to build your plate so that it is nutritionally balanced and adequate, you can check out our plate method video if you'd like and I'll link that for you here.
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So we're gonna take a brief intermission to share two different evening snacks
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that you can enjoy that can actually help to promote sleep.
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And it's a great opportunity for us to put into practice what we've learned starting off with just simple banana
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and nut butter.
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Both bananas and almond butter contain tryptophan, and when you combine that with the quick digesting carbs that are in the banana, the tryptophan absorption in our brains is increased.
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What's more is that these are both high in magnesium and bananas are high in potassium, which are a couple of the minerals that we just previously talked about.
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Here's another option.
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In place of having an evening tea that might have some caffeine in it, you could try out some warm soy milk instead.
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This contains tryptophan, but also magnesium and calcium.
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And if you'd prefer that the milk is flavored, you could try out our homemade golden latte mix.
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It's really delicious and it makes for a comforting drink that also helps to promote sleep.
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So we all know that caffeine, which is found in coffee most predominantly, but also in energy drinks and in tea, that this helps to make us feel more alert, right?
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And this is because it's a stimulant that temporarily suppresses the buildup of sleep pressure, which is a mechanism that makes us tired.
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Now, everyone is different, but in most adults, it takes the body about three to seven hours to break down half of the caffeine that's in our system.
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This is known as its half-life.
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So let's say that we drink our first cup of coffee at 9 a.m.
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Five hours later at 2 p.m., there's still going to be half of that caffeine in our system.
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And then another five hours later at 7 p.m., a quarter of what we drank at 9 a.m is still going to be in our system.
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And then by the time it's midnight, we're going to have an eighth of that caffeine still in our system.
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It's pretty interesting, right?
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Now that you understand this it might make sense then
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when you hear that like caffeine could just have such a lasting
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effect even though it's something that we might have consumed many many hours before bed
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so maybe what just is helpful to keep in mind is caffeine's half-life
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and to try to have our caffeine early in the morning
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or early in the afternoon and try to limit it later on in the evening
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if we want to have a better night's rest water makes
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up about 55 to 75 percent of our body weight and it's involved in so many different reactions in the human body, but a lot of adults just don't drink enough.
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And even mild dehydration, according to the research, can cause things like fatigue and daytime sleepiness, mood changes, and a drop in cognitive performance.
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So if you find that you're tired a lot during the day, it might help to just check in and see if you think you've been drinking enough.
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Some telltale signs are your skin or lips might be dry, or your pee could be a bit dark in color.
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And if it is, it's just a reminder to drink a little bit more.
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I myself am terrible at remembering to drink enough water
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so it helps to just kind of have a cup by your desk as a reminder to drink sometimes
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or you could make it more fun by trying to flavor your water with a little bit of fruit
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or cucumber or mint for example.
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But overall what we saw in
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so many different studies was this kind of recurring message on the importance of eating whole plant-based foods
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and a variety of them as often as possible not only to support overall health
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but also to help us feel more energized throughout the day and to help better support our sleep.
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But there are also some other nutrition topics we didn't get
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a chance to explore in today's video like how does fat
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or salt or alcohol affect sleep or other dietary and lifestyle choices
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so if you are interested in geeking out
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and learning more I'm going to leave that article
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that we've written in the description box below that's also where
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you're going to find links to the different research papers
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that we were kind of referring to in today's video
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and I hope you have an awesome night's sleep
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and an awesome energized day tomorrow that you learned something new in today's video
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so if you enjoyed feel free to give it a thumbs up means a lot
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and Pickle Plimes signing off we'll see you in the next video Thank you.
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Perché questo video è ottimo per esercitarti?
Il video "Why you're always tired (+ food fixes!)" è un materiale perfetto per chi vuole migliorare la pronuncia e la fluidità in inglese. La lingua è chiara, conversazionale e ricca di esempi pratici, il che lo rende ideale per lo shadowing in inglese. Le frasi non sono troppo complesse, ma contengono espressioni naturali che si usano quotidianamente, come "kick start our day" o "win-win". Inoltre, il discorso fluisce senza interruzioni brusche, aiutando a capire l'intonazione e il ritmo della lingua parlata.
Analizziamo le frasi chiave
Ecco alcune frasi che dimostrano come il linguaggio naturale suoni:
- "It's a very defeating feeling when we want to get things done, but we feel completely drained." L'uso di "defeating feeling" e "completely drained" è molto colloquiale e trasmette l'emozione in modo diretto. La struttura "when... but..." è tipica delle conversazioni per esprimere contrasti.
- "Breakfast isn't for everyone, I get that." "I get that" è una frase semplice ma potente per mostrare comprensione. La brevità e la semplicità rendono questa frase easy to shadow, perfetta per esercitarsi nella pronuncia spontanea.
- "Notable plant-based food sources of tryptophan are soy, nuts and seeds..." La parola "notable" è un esempio di vocabolo lessicale utile, mentre la lista "soy, nuts and seeds" mostra come si organizzano gli elenchi nella lingua parlata, con pause brevi tra gli elementi.
Una routine di pratica per lo shadowing
Per esercitarti con questo video, prova questo loop semplice:
- Scegli un segmento di 30 secondi (ad esempio, la parte su "chrononutrition").
- Ascolta il segmento una volta per capire il senso.
- Ripeti il segmento, imitando l'intonazione e il ritmo, usando la tecnica dello shadow speak (parlare immediatamente dopo il speaker).
- Registra te stesso e confronta con l'originale: nota le differenze nella pronuncia e nella fluidità.
- Ripeti per 5-10 volte finché la frase suona naturale.
Questo metodo, spesso usato su siti di shadowing, aiuta a migliorare la pronuncia e la capacità di rispondere velocemente. Ricorda: la chiave è la costanza, anche 10 minuti al giorno fanno la differenza!
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — un’azione iniziata prima e ancora in corso | we've been fasting · you've been drinking |
| Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa | sync, which can · somebody who kind · those who eat |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | can be brought · is known · is called |
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | we've simplified · have shown · we've been |
Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?
Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.