New Circadian Science: Improve Your Energy, Metabolism, Focus, Strength, & More

The Liz Moody Podcast

Liz Moody

Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Wondering why you have trouble falling asleep, why you hit that midday slump, how to reach peak performance, and more? Learn how to optimize your circadian rhythm with science journalist Lynne Peeples. In this conversation, Lynne and Liz discuss everything from light exposure to melatonin, as well as practical tips that everyone can use to improve their circadian rhythm and overall health. Your circadian rhythm is more important than you may realize, and everything from wildfire smoke to the types of windows in your home can affect it. Luckily, there are tweaks that everyone can make to their daily lives to get better sleep at night and feel more awake during the day. 0:23 What Is A Circadian Rhythm? 4:12 Light Exposure 7:16 Timing Your Meals For Better Metabolism 10:12 Benefits Of Optimizing Circadian Rhythms 13:10 Anti-Jetlag Protocol 18:21 Uses and Misuses of Melatonin 22:14 Blue Light Exposure 23:15 Unexpected Circadian Disruptors 34:30 Chronodiversity 37:31 How To Ditch Your Alarm 44:10 SAD Lamps 46:07 Daylight Savings Time & Circadian Rhythms 56:51 Fighting The 3 PM Slump 59:54 Optimizing Sleep For Shift Workers For more from Lynne, find her on Instagram at @lynne.peeples or online at www.lynnepeeples.com. Purchase her new book, The Inner Clock: Living in Sync with Our Circadian Rhythms where books are sold. Ready to uplevel every part of your life? Order Liz’s book 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success now! To join The Liz Moody Podcast Club Facebook group, go to www.facebook.com/groups/thelizmoodypodcast. Connect with Liz on Instagram @lizmoody or online at www.lizmoody.com. Subscribe to the substack by visiting https://lizmoody.substack.com/welcome If you like this episode, check out How To Hack Your Circadian Rhythm To Increase Energy, Sleep Better, Improve Gut Health, Fight Jet Lag & More With Dr. Russell Foster. This episode is sponsored by: LMNT: go to DrinkLMNT.com/LizMoody to get a free LMNT sample pack with any order. Puori: go to puori.com/LIZMOODY and use promo code LIZMOODY for 20% sitewide. Cymbiotika: use code LIZMOODY on cymbiotika.com to get 15% off plus free shipping on subscription orders. Pique: go to piquelife.com/LIZMOODY for 15% off plus a special gift. The Liz Moody Podcast cover art by Zack. The Liz Moody Podcast music by Alex Ruimy. Formerly the Healthier Together Podcast. This podcast and website represents the opinions of Liz Moody and her guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice. The content here is for information purposes only, and because each person is so unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions. The Liz Moody Podcast Episode 287. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Lynn, welcome to the podcast.
0:01.0	Thank you so much for having me.
0:02.6	I would love to know, as a circadian rhythm expert, what is your anti-jet lag protocol?
0:08.2	People take melatonin, takes it as they're basically getting in bed at night and you're saying,
0:11.8	we don't want to be doing that.
0:13.0	Our clocks are constantly looking for cues from the environment and from our own behavior
0:18.8	to keep synced.
0:20.0	And primary of those is light and dark.
0:22.7	What are your thoughts on daylight savings time? Yeah, this is evolved from talking to people
0:27.2	over the last couple years. If we wanted to ditch our alarm clocks, how can we do it? Because you
0:32.9	also put yourself through some crazy stuff in writing the book and doing experiments on yourself.
0:38.3	Hello, friends, and welcome to the Liz Moody podcast, where every week we are sharing real
0:42.9	science, real stories, and realistic tools that actually level up every part of your life.
0:48.0	I'm your host, Liz Moody, and I am a best-selling author and longtime journalist.
0:52.3	Today, I'm joined by Lynn Peoples, a leading science journalist
0:55.7	with master's degrees in biostatistics from Harvard and science journalism from NYU. And if
1:02.2	that wasn't impressive enough, she is also an MIT night science journalism fellow. And her writing
1:08.2	has appeared in publications like The Guardian, Scientific American,
1:11.6	and the Atlantic.
1:12.7	Lynn just published a brilliant book called The Inner Clock, Living in Sync with Our Circadian Rhythums.
1:18.5	To write it, she dove into all of the latest research, and she ran some really crazy
1:23.3	experiments on herself, like living in a cave with zero light exposure.
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