In today’s world, we increasingly live our lives late into the night. Whether it's work obligations, socializing, or being glued to a screen, we ignore the sun's rise and fall.
But most of us are unaware that a clock is ticking away inside us.
It uses light to keep time and tells us when to sleep and eat. Should we listen? Or is this biological clock simply a relic from a past time?
In today’s episode, Jonathan speaks to a leading authority to unravel the latest science that reveals that this body clock, or circadian rhythm, has a dramatic impact on our health, weight, and mental wellbeing:
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Russell Foster is an Oxford University scientist who has dedicated his life to studying circadian rhythms. He’s a world leader in the field and the author of Lifetime: the new science of the body clock.
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Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
00:12 - Topic introduction
01:23 - Quickfire questions
02:30 - What is the biggest myth about our body clock that drives Russell crazy?
03:19 - What are circadian rhythms?
06:41 - Why do they matter to us?
10:32 - How does your body sync its clock?
14:07 - How does the circadian rhythm influence sleep?
15:18 - What happens if we don’t live alongside our circadian rhythms?
21:26 - What should night workers do?
26:45 - Does your circadian rhythm change when going through menopause?
29:42 -Is there a circadian rhythm for our gut?
33:12 - Will it damage our long-term health to continuously be awake by our small children?
35:15 - Summary
36:14 - Goodbyes
36:36 - Outro
Episode transcripts are available here.
Get Russell’s book here.
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This podcast was produced by Fascinate Productions.
