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Welcome to episode 43 of the Food for Fitness podcast, brought to you by foodfor Fitness.com.

I'm your host, Scott Bapty, and this week, my friend, Dr. Ian Walsh, is our expert guest.

Now, Ian is a researcher at the University of Sterling, and he has worked with professional athletes, lots of

football clubs, very impressive background and at the moment his main area of focus is on sleep

and sleep restriction. So in this episode we'll be looking at exactly why sleep is so important

if sleep or lack of sleep can lead to fat storage how it impacts

appetite metabolism we'll be looking at is it the quality of sleep or the quantity of sleep

that's more important if there are any long-term risks from sleep deprivation if shift work

affects metabolism looking at any foods and supplements that can

improve the quality of sleep. We're looking at lots of myths as well and the old sayings like

is one hour before midnight better than two after. What does the science actually say? Is power nap being a

good thing? It's really a fantastic episode. It's one of my

absolute favorites that I've recorded. So I think you'll get a lot from it. I certainly did. I was

scribbling notes all the way throughout. So here we go. Episode 43 of the Food for Fitness podcast

with Dr. Ian Walsh. Hey Ian, welcome to the podcast. Thank you very much

for having me. Oh, absolute pleasure. So Ian, give us a little bit more info about how you got

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