195. The Energy Connection: How Sunlight Governs Circadian Rhythms, Mitochondria, and Hormonal Well-being with Dr. Amy Shah

Ancient Health Podcast

Medicine, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Amy Shah joins us again to further break down how the body responds to light. We learn that light controls the part of our brain that directs sex hormones, hunger signals, sleep rhythms and more.

Topics discussed on this episode include:

Infradian rhythms
Circadian rhythms
Ultradian rhythms
The role of melatonin
Brain as the central clock vs. cells as the peripheral clock
The effects of changing time zones
How light affects dopamine in the gut
The best time to eat for optimal digestion
Coffee and your hormones
Ayurvedic body types
Hormones and weight gain
Cycles of detoxification
Circadian fasting rhythms

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0:00.0	Circadian rhythms are so important in hormones and weight gain that there was a study where
0:09.2	they found that women that slept with a light on, an ambient light, like even just like
0:14.7	a night light where a bathroom light had more weight gain than women who slept in complete
0:22.0	dark and dark.
0:23.9	And that just shows you how much hormones and weight gain have an effect on circadian
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