[Circadian Biology] The Science of Sunshine, Sleep, and Circadian Rhythm w/ Dr Alexis Cowan, PhD, Anders Varner, and Doug Larson #745
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2024
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Alexis Cowan received her PhD in molecular biology from Princeton University, specializing in the metabolic effects of nutritional and exercise interventions. She is currently a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania studying microbiome-diet interactions in both health and disease (i.e., cancer).
Alexis is passionate about health and wellness at a visceral level. Her healing journey led her to overcome childhood obesity--losing over 100lbs during high school--an eating disorder, and irritable bowel syndrome.
Her health challenges and successes have given her invaluable wisdom into what true healing looks and feels like, and have empowered her to effectively support others on their health journeys. Alexis has deep recognition for and appreciation of the interplay between the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels of being, and how harmonization across these levels is absolutely essential to achieving health in a holistic sense.
She is passionate about spearheading a new paradigm of N=1 personalized medicine into the mainstream, elevating and empowering individuals from all walks of life to find and fuel their vitality so that they may embrace their soul's higher purpose here on the planet.
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| 0:00.0 | Shark Family this week on Barbara El Shrud, Dr. Alexis Cohen is coming in and we're talking about literally my favorite subject. The song. |
| 0:07.0 | I love it so much. I've always kind of, if you've been around for a while, you've heard many times me talking about being a solar-powered creature |
| 0:14.9 | after living a decade in San Diego and having the absolute best |
| 0:18.8 | sunshine in the entire world probably for a decade and actually like really feeling how much |
| 0:26.0 | healthier your body feels when it's out in the sun and having somebody that is a |
| 0:31.1 | an expert in circadian biology we're going to come in today and talking about the |
| 0:35.0 | sunshine. The science really of the sunshine and how it affects our health, sleep |
| 0:39.7 | circadian rhythms, as well as kind of digging into a little bit on cardiovascular health, gut health, and how does being outside natureing yourself, foresting yourself can really help and increase the effects of the nutrition, the sleep kind of the lifestyle |
| 0:57.3 | side of things, but really how do we reintegrate into being a part of nature and creating a healthier you. |
| 1:04.8 | As always, friends, you can head over to RapidHealth report.com. |
| 1:08.5 | That's where Dan Garner and Dr. Andy Galpin are doing a free lab, lifestyle and performance analysis. |
| 1:12.2 | And you can access that free report at rapid health report.com. |
| 1:15.7 | Friends, let's get into the show. |
| 1:17.1 | Welcome to Barbara, Charlotte, I'm Anders Marner, Doug Larson, Dr. Alexis Cohen. |
| 1:23.6 | Welcome to the show, longtime listener first-time guest. |
| 1:27.0 | Right? |
| 1:28.0 | That's right. |
| 1:29.0 | This is a good day. |
| 1:30.0 | Today we're going to be talking about the sunshine for all you dedicated |
| 1:33.2 | barbell shrug fans. Wait for the rant coming about how much I miss living in |
| 1:37.1 | San Diego and the beautiful sunshine, but cardiovascular benefits, training |
| 1:42.2 | inside versus outside, |
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