The Power Of The Downstate | Sara C. Mednick
The Lindsey Elmore Show
Lindsey Elmore
5.0 • 529 Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Circadian rhythms are physical, mental, and behavioral changes that follow a 24-hour cycle. |
| 0:08.4 | These are natural processes that respond to light and dark and affect most living things, including animals, plants, and microbes. |
| 0:19.2 | Chronobiology is the study of circadian rhythms, and these biological |
| 0:25.3 | clocks that are inside of us are our natural timing devices, regulating the cycle of our |
| 0:33.7 | circadian rhythm. They are composed of specific molecules that interact with the cells in |
| 0:40.6 | our body, and nearly every tissue and every organ contains a biological clock. Researchers have |
| 0:48.1 | identified similar genes in people, fruit flies, mice, plants, fungi, and several other organisms that show that we all have a very similar molecular circadian clock. |
| 1:04.8 | My guest today is all about how do we fully embrace the power of the downstate, how sleep and exercise can balance out |
| 1:15.8 | our natural body rhythms. This is the Lindsay Elmore Show. Welcome to the Lindsay Elmore |
| 1:22.6 | Show, a podcast for people who deserve to be healthy with honest, open, and enlightening conversations with doctors, thought leaders, creatives, and spiritual gurus, |
| 1:34.4 | you'll walk away with simple and tangible tips and tricks that allow you to live your healthiest life |
| 1:42.2 | so you can pursue your dreams, overcome obstacles, and leave your |
| 1:46.5 | mark. Professor Sarah C. Mednick is a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of California, |
| 1:55.2 | Irvine, and the author of The Power of the Downstate and Take a Nap, change your life. Dr. Megnik was awarded the Office of |
| 2:06.2 | Naval Research Young Investigator Award in 2015, and her research findings have been published |
| 2:14.3 | in leading scientific journals, such as nature neuroscience and the proceedings |
| 2:20.6 | from the National Academy of Science and covered by all major media outlets. Sarah resides in |
| 2:28.9 | San Diego, California, and you can find out more about her on her website, sarahednik.com. |
| 2:37.6 | Dr. Sarah Mednick, welcome to the Lindsay Elmore show. |
| 2:42.0 | Hi, thank you so much for having me. |
| 2:43.9 | We have talked extensively on the podcast about just how poisonous chronic stress can be in our lives because we're |
| 2:55.2 | constantly in overdrive we're constantly an overdrive and it's making us sick on |
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