This episodes guest is Greg Potter from Humanos.me
Greg Potter's PhD work at the University of Leeds on sleep, diet, and metabolic health was featured by the likes of the BBC World Service, the Washington Post, and Reuters. Greg has a BSc and an MSc in Exercise Physiology from Loughborough University, where he coached a sprinter to four gold medals at the European Championships. Greg has also worked with groups such as The United States Naval Special Warfare Command on health and performance optimisation.Greg also likes science, mountains, diving, sunshine, techno, and fish pie!
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This episodes guest is Greg Potter from Humanos.me
Greg Potter's PhD work at the University of Leeds on sleep, diet, and metabolic health was featured by the likes of the BBC World Service, the Washington Post, and Reuters. Greg has a BSc and an MSc in Exercise Physiology from Loughborough University, where he coached a sprinter to four gold medals at the European Championships. Greg has also worked with groups such as The United States Naval Special Warfare Command on health and performance optimisation.
Greg also likes science, mountains, diving, sunshine, techno, and fish pie!
On this episode Greg and I discuss:
- Greg's background
- I ask Greg how he got into circadian biology research
- I ask Greg to explain what is a circadian rhythm?
- I ask Greg how detrimental is artificial light, central heating within homes, and available of out of season foods on our health
- I ask Greg to explain the concept of "social jet lag"
- I ask Greg about the use of rodent models for sleep research and inferring these results to humans
- I ask Greg would ape models be better to use for sleep research?
- I ask Greg about Blind peoples circadian regulation
- I ask Greg about peripheral clocks and their influences
- I ask Greg about the detrimental impact of misalignment between the central and peripheral body clocks
- I ask Greg for his top and current book recommendation
- And, finally I ask Greg about future topics I want to discuss with him when we do our next podcast - these include - circadian regulation and the microbiome, indoor lighting, light therapy, behaviour change, circadian rhythms impact on blood chemistry and CBC panels, and chronotypes
This was an outstanding episode and I hope you all enjoy it as much as we did!
Stay Strong,
RB
Show Notes:
Website - humanos.me
Facebook - HumanOS.me
Twitter - @humanOS_me
Twitter - @GDMPotter
Instagram - humanos.me
Instagram - gdmpotter
YouTube - humanOS.me
Podcasts Mentioned:
Underground Wellness Radio
Revolution Health Radio - Why Most People Are Sleep-Deprived and What to Do about It
Interview with Carl Lanore at Superhuman Radio
Sunlight And Fat Metabolism: A New Discovery. Podcast with Peter Light
Sigma Nutrition Radio 213: Greg Potter – Chronobiology & Chrononutrition (Research Breakdown)
Humanos Radio
Research and Articles Mentioned:
Sleep Strategies for Strength, Speed, and Size
Restricted feeding uncouples circadian oscillators in peripheral tissues from the central pacemaker in the suprachiasmatic nucleus
Circadian disruption: What do we actually mean?
High Caloric intake at breakfast vs. dinner differentially influences weight loss of overweight and obese women
Afternoon exercise is more efficacious than morning exercise at improving blood glucose levels in individuals with type 2 diabetes: a randomised crossover trial
Books Mentioned:
The Amazing Liver & Gallbladder Flush
Behave
A Short Introduction into Economics
Why Evolution is True
Sex at Dawn
People and Resources Mentioned:
Patrick Ward
Dan Pardi
Sean Croxton
Carl Lanore
Peter Light
Frank A.J.L. Scheer, PhD
Prof. Dr. Till Roenneberg
Steven W. Lockley, PhD
Professor Debra J. Skene
Christopher J. Morris
Francesca Damiola
Céline Vetter
Ian MacDonald
Danny Lennon
Joe Rogan
Andrew Weil
Robert Sapolsky
Stephan Guyenet
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