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#388 BITESIZE | How to Sleep Better, Boost Your Gut Health and Get More Energy | Professor Satchin Panda
Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee
Understanding the Impact of Sleep and Meal Timing on Health
Sleep has a significant impact on appetite and food cravings, emphasizing the relationship between poor sleep and increased hunger for high-calorie, energy-dense foods. While the science behind hormones like leptin and ghrelin illustrates this phenomenon, personal experiences corroborate the intuitive understanding of sleep's effects on our desires for food and caffeine. Meal timing can enhance both the quality and quantity of nutrition, offering potential benefits even for those without obvious health issues. By adopting an eating pattern such as time-restricted feeding, individuals may experience increased energy levels, improved kidney function, and better muscle repair. Emerging studies suggest that the circadian rhythm plays a crucial role in healing, indicating that everyday stress on joints, muscles, and ligaments triggers an ongoing rejuvenation process in the body. Just as sleep restores brain function, every tissue in the body undergoes a similar repair mechanism, highlighting the importance of both sufficient sleep and strategic meal timing for overall health and recovery.
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