Welcome back to the Ben Greenfield Fitness show.

Welcome back to another epic episode with my friend Paul Check.

This one's a doozy.

You're going to love it.

Be sure to listen to it before Christmas.

That gives you plenty of time because it's about why Christmas could be a very bad thing.

No, I'm just kidding.

Christmas is not a bad thing, but you'll learn what I mean on today's show.

This show is brought to you by the human charger.

I actually have been using this thing a ton when I've been traveling, reason being that

when I travel, my circadian rhythm needs little help, shall we say.

And in addition to that, it helps with energy levels, it helps with mood, it helps with

mental alertness.

Here's how this mysterious magical machine works.

It generates this calibrated white light that suppresses melatonin, which is a good thing

when you want to be waky, waky.

And it stimulates the photosensitive proteins on the surface of your brain, using this white

light that passes through your ear canals.

How cool is that?

So you slap this thing on anywhere where you are at in the world, where you need a burst

of wakefulness, or if you're a shift worker, or if you just need something as an alternative

to a cup of coffee in the morning, and it works.

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