The Fitness Scientist: "Even A Little Alcohol Is Hurting Your Health!", "Late Night Screen Time Linked To Cancer!", "Working Shifts Kills You 15 Years Early!" - Kristen Holmes

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Society & Culture, Business, Education

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🗓️ 4 January 2024

⏱️ 110 minutes

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If you enjoy hearing about the transformative power of sleep, I recommend you check out my conversation with Dr Matthew Walker, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us8n8VBQn_c If you have ever wanted to understand what exactly Circadian Rhythm is, and its unbelievable total body impacts, this is the episode for you. Kristen Holmes is the Vice President of Performance Science at the health and fitness monitoring company, WHOOP. Kristen’s focus is on understanding the scientific, psychological and personal factors that either promote or harm human performance. In this interview, Steven and Kristen discuss everything from the amazing impact of harnessing your Circadian Rhythm, Heart Rate Variability, the psychology of peak performance, and how people can take control of their health. Follow Kristen: Instagram: https://bit.ly/47oC8fh Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/3kxINCANKsb Follow me: Instagram: http://bit.ly/3nIkGAZ Twitter: http://bit.ly/3ztHuHm Linkedin: https://bit.ly/41Fl95Q Telegram: http://bit.ly/3nJYxST Watch the episodes on Youtube: https://g2ul0.app.link/3kxINCANKsb Follow me: Instagram: http://bit.ly/3nIkGAZ Twitter: http://bit.ly/3ztHuHm Linkedin: https://bit.ly/41Fl95Q Telegram: http://bit.ly/3nJYxST Sponsors: Whoop: https://join.whoop.com/en-uk/CEO Shopify: http://shopify.com/bartlett Huel: https://g2ul0.app.link/G4RjcdKNKsb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What the research says is that people who are having sex within a few hours when they sleep have better markers of sleep and recovery.
0:07.0	So does masturbation not have the same implications?
0:10.0	Well, what was so interesting about this research is that Kristen Holmes is the vice president of Performance Science at Woo.
0:16.2	Who has access to health data from hundreds of thousands of people and her groundbreaking research will tell you the secrets of achieving perfect health and performance.
0:24.0	The key to your health is your circadian rhythm, which are physical, mental, and behavioral changes that happen in a 24-hour cycle.
0:32.0	One of the most known circadian rhythms
0:33.9	is being asleep during the night
0:36.4	and it has massive health consequences.
0:39.3	For example, we know they're shift workers.
0:41.3	On average, are going to die 15 years sooner but if you're awake for two hours between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m.
0:47.2	Two days per week for 25 days of the year you qualify as a shift worker. You are putting yourself at increased risk for
0:56.0	cancer, cardiovascular disease, mental health issues, you can have trouble having children.
1:00.3	I mean that's terrifying. We know that we haven't adapted to blue light.
1:04.0	The light we get from screens?
1:05.0	Yes.
1:06.0	If you're viewing light between the hours of 10 p.m. and 4 a.m.
1:09.0	It actually has a pro-depressive effect.
1:11.0	The list goes on and on.
1:12.0	And a lot of people are like, I have to go to bed at 1 a.m.
1:14.4	because I'm a night owl.
1:15.4	Total BS.
1:16.4	You're making a choice.
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