What's up, folks? Welcome back to the Whoop podcast. At Whoop, we're on a mission to unlock human performance. I'm your host, Will Ahmed, the founder and CEO of Whoop. I hope everyone is having phenomenal holidays.

Our last podcast was the holiday hacks.

And this one is Woop VP of Performance Science, principal scientist, Kristen Holmes, being joined by Dr. Eric Prather.

Eric is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of California, San Francisco.

He co-directs the UCSF aging metabolism and emotion center, is the interim director for the UCSF Center for Health and Community, and serves as a clinician at the UCSF Insomnia Clinic.

He is also the author of The Sleep Prescription, a book that offers a simple yet powerful plan to

improve your sleep in just seven days. How about that? Eric's research is regularly featured in the

New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Tays Show, and NPR. Kristen and Eric discuss

Eric's research at the AME Center, how sleep is working with immune systems and vaccines, sleep impacting your

metabolic health, sleep can actually be a big help when it comes to losing weight,

the link between time restricted eating and sleep, Eric's book, The Sleep Prescription,

he touches on the small behavioral changes that can impact your sleep, mental health, and energy

levels, and myths around sleep and

stress. This is a timely podcast. If you have a question, you want to see answered on the podcast,

email us podcast at whoop.com. Call us 508-443-4952. Without further ado, here are Kristen Holmes and

Dr. Eric Prather. Dr. Eric Prather.

Dr. Eric Prather is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of California, San Francisco.

Eric's research program focuses on the causes

and consequences of insufficient sleep,

with particular interest on how poor sleep

impairs mental and physical health, including

immunity and her health. His research has been supported continuously by the National Institute

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