Hello everyone, in today's podcast I interviewed Dan Party. I first met Dan about a year

and a half ago at a PaleoFX conference we both spoke at. Dan came up to me after my

talk and we immediately hit it off. Dan researches sleep neurobiology both at Stanford and

University of Leiden and he's also pretty active in other areas of the health and fitness

community. This is a really really informative podcast loaded with so much good information,

including topics like what the determinants of good sleep are such as duration, timing,

and intensity. The major causes of sleep loss in our society and what the consequences

of sleep loss are including decreased purging of toxic substances from the brain, damage

to neurons that signal to the brain to stay awake and how this leads to that feeling

that you need coffee in the morning. Increased incidence of chronic diseases such as cancer

and type 2 diabetes, cognitive and behavioral impairments, and the impact on eating behaviors

and waking. We also discuss the optimal amount of sleep, the importance of sleep timing

and keeping the same sleep schedule as well as other ways to improve sleep. But before

we get started I want to take a moment to remind you guys of just two quick items. The

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this conversation with Dan Party as much as I did. Now on to the podcast.

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