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How to make your body clock work for you by ZOE

How to make your body clock work for you

from ZOE Science & Nutrition

by ZOE

Published: Thu Sep 01 2022

Show Notes

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:

  • 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:

- Intro

- Topic introduction

- Quickfire questions

- What is the biggest myth about our body clock that drives Russell crazy?

- What are circadian rhythms?

- Why do they matter to us?

- How does your body sync its clock?

- How does the circadian rhythm influence sleep?

- What happens if we don’t live alongside our circadian rhythms?

- What should night workers do?

- Does your circadian rhythm change when going through menopause?

-Is there a circadian rhythm for our gut?

- Will it damage our long-term health to continuously be awake by our small children?

- Summary

- Goodbyes

- Outro



Episode transcripts are available here.


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This podcast was produced by Fascinate Productions.