There was also other small stuff that I can’t be bothered with, for example, he mentions leaky gut often and not once does he even mention that this isn’t a recognized medical term at all. Not immediately but when we get older the body may start to break down showing diseases that are all too common now. Have a relaxing and consistent bedtime ritual before you go to bed (this was completely missed in the book and it is sleep hygiene 101). These circadian rhythms are controlled by internal molecular clocks and regulate everything from sleep to metabolism.

Beginning with an in-depth explanation of the circadian clock—why it’s important, how it works, and how to know it isn’t working— The Circadian Code outlines lifestyle changes to make to get back on track.It's a concrete plan to enhance weight loss, improve sleep, optimize exercise, and manage technology so that it doesn’t interfere with your body’s natural rhythm. Apparently the liver and pancreas (insulin) better accommodate a large meal earlier in the day than the exact same meal at night .

I heard Dr Satchin Panda, author of The Circadian Code: Lose Weight, Supercharge Your Energy and Sleep Well Every Night, speak at a conference in 2019 and I found this information fascinating. While it was known as far back as 1700 that there was an internal clock in plants, the idea that animals and humans were internally driven rather than externally motivated was hard to prove. We used to believe that our day-night cycles were only guided by the external world: The light in the morning would wake us up, and seeing the moon was our cue to go to sleep. The book contains a lot of other useful advice, worth remembering, if you care about your health and your healthspan. Social jet lag: This occurs when someone sleeps late and wakes up at least 2 hours later on the weekends.Having a job that doesn’t match your sleep/wake cycle is bad so find a new one, but good luck because you also need to get two hours of sunlight first thing in the morning and exercise too. But, as the field is relatively young, the studies are far from complete, and he refuses to fill in all the blanks with fabrications (as many of the non-scientific health gurus do).