How to make your body clock work for you

What a delightful and eloquent gentleman the Prof is. A highly enjoyable and informative episode ✨️

Very interesting. Russell Foster is so clear, and such a nice man too. As a society, we are woefully ignorant of the effects of light, and timing of food, on our sleep. It seems to me that acting in conflict with our circadian clocks is a major way in which we screw up our sleep. Natural hormone reduction (in menopause) also has a massive effect on our sleep. Sleep hygiene can help, but not always. Anti depressants may be prescribed to address the depression that can ensue but aren't an appropriate remedy: we need our rhythm back.

Really informative podcast. I’m so pleased that there’s increasingly more information on the importance of the body clock. But I was surprised the subject of ‘circadian rhythm disorders’ wasn’t really mentioned. As someone with Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder (in my case a chronic 4-5 hour shift in my circadian rhythm) I’m always looking for more information and trying to raise awareness of such conditions. I fought for decades against the label of just being ‘lazy’ because I was effectively cognitively impaired in the morning and unable to sleep until very late at night (3-4am). I eventually became self-employed so that I could better regulate my life in accordance with my delayed sleep-wake phase instead of fighting it to fit into societal norms. But I still have to put up with doubt, or sometimes ridicule, from others who refuse to believe that my condition is even real. Would love to hear more on disorders like this in a future podcast.

Your guest spoke sense, we are not all the same, my mother never liked getting up early since she was a girl going to school. In her working life she worked for the post office. The shift she opted to do for longest period of time to her retirement, was the 14:00-22:00 shift. So no early rising she is still alive 93 last month.

In am earky bird that Sleeps early despite waking am able to return to sleep . I never take a siesta and I’m 72 now and prefer to go out to lunch and stay home late afternoon.. fascinating talk on our circadian systems

Brilliant podcast. I look forward to hearing more about our circadian rhythm soon, I hope. Thank you Jonathan.

Wow, please invite him back. He had vital information to share.

I worked every kind of shift work for 26 years. I could never sleep more than 4 hours. I was constantly jet lagged. Now I have been day working for 20 years, guess what, I wake up after 4 hours and have terrible trouble getting back to sleep. Winter seems worse

This is a really important subject explained with complete clarity.

Very watchable. Such a talented pair of communicators!

I have always been accustomed to burning the candle at both ends, and always been very active. Stress would always fatigue me, so best avoided. Nap after lunch if possible is a great reviver and lingering in bed would give me headache. Going to bed worrying about 8 hours would probably be counter productive but reading is a good wind down until my eyelids feel heavy.

Thank you for all that information and covering the topic so well. I look forward to hearing about medication and our body clock. Slow release drugs in particular.

When you’re in hospital you’re woken up every few hours to have your vitals checked!

The quickfire questions were interesting but I didn't hear them elaborated on. Particularly the idea that looking at screens is harmful and that you shouldn't let teens sleep in. They both seem contrary to what I've read elsewhere so I'd love to hear more.

Great podcast, very interesting! I'll be making some changes as a result. Thanks

This tells me that I need to offset the glucose in the afternoon/evening meals more, so ACV before eating, fiber first, then protein and fats, not too much carbs and not those that are high in glycemic index, and a walk after a meal.

2 of my uncles both worked for the press in Fleet Street at nights. Both died from stomach cancer.

I was really interested to hear about why looking at a screen late at night is not an issue... and you skipped this topic altogether.... eeek... So, YES, we do need a follow-up podcast, please. The rest I was already quite aware of from various other podcasts... but this nugget went 'against the flow of thinking' so to speak... hence I was extra interested in that topic.

Entrancing presentation…. I would love to hear more from you both.

I found this very interesting,thank you .