The Robbie Bourke Podcast

Episode 210: Greg Potter - Circadian Rhythm masterclass

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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

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    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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