The Genius Life cover image

283: Leveraging Your Circadian Rhythm to Lose Fat, Optimize Cognition, and Prevent Disease | Satchin Panda, PhD

The Genius Life

00:00

The Cost of Muscular System Injury and Recovery Rehab in the US Is Close to a Trillion Dollar

The total cost of muscular skeletal system injury and recovery rehab in the US is close to a trillion dollar. That's almost two to three times more than what we spend on cancer, which is something that's overlooked. Our musculoskeletal system with our bones of a circadian clock tunes how much of bone is degraded every day and how much of new bone is formed. Same thing goes on in the ligament. Tendon, the extracellular matrix, the glue that gives things together, it actually has to recycle. And the muscle function, so that's how we can go back to the circadian rhythm.

Play episode from 02:21:06
Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app