In this chat, Greg Potter, a health and wellness coach with a PhD in sleep and circadian rhythms, dives deep into chronobiology’s impact on health. He explains how biological rhythms influence sleep, mood, and well-being. Discover the benefits of a regular eating window, adjusting light exposure for better sleep, and even the intriguing connection between psychedelics and dream states. Potter shares strategies for optimizing sleep quality, using wearable technology, and the remarkable effects of timing in nutrition and exercise for enhanced health.

British researcher Greg Potter discusses circadian biology and the importance of sleep. He shares his academic background and interest in circadian biology, childhood interests, journey into sports science, and development of interest in circadian rhythms and sleep. He also explores the roles of peripheral clocks in glucose regulation and cardiovascular function, the impact of the social clock on humans, and the implications of shift work on health and performance.

Greg Potter, PhD. reviews the first season of the podcast, including tailoring behavior change methods, improving sleep and coping with stress, optimizing brain health, strategies for losing fat, and exploring the benefits of medications like samagletide and blood donations.

Sleep expert Greg Potter discusses the importance of circadian rhythms, consequences of poor sleep, optimal sleep duration, benefits of napping, maintaining circadian rhythm, coping with shift work, exercising with bad sleep, supplements for sleep, safety of melatonin, and important sleep habits.

This week, we are diving deep into the science behind circadian rhythms and shift work. WHOOP VP of Performance Science Kristen Holmes is joined by sleep expert Dr. Greg Potter. Dr. Potter is here to shed light on the secrets of regulating circadian rhythms and his research around sleep, nutrition, and metabolism. Kristen and Dr. Potter discuss the risks of shift work on the body (3:50), the optimal timing for employers to schedule shift work employees (8:55), the process of sleep homeostasis (13:55), the circadian process (14:53), what zeitgebers are and how they influence circadian rhythms (17:51), how to shift your biological clock (23:56), how to schedule your meals (27:29), the positive and negative effects of caffeine consumption (31:18), developing a pre-bed relaxation routine (36:46), melatonin and other supplements for sleep (38:42), the best ways to restrict light exposure (42:36), the L-Glycine and L-Theanine proteins (45:36), how exercise can aid metabolic health (47:09), and how to manipulate zeitgebers to adapt to a new time zone and dealing with jet lag (51:38).Resources:Dr. Greg PotterCheri Mah's Study on Sleep and Athlete PerformanceClaudio Moreno's Study on Melatonin Support the show