The Science of Eating at the Right Time | Adriano dos Santos

March 12
49 mins

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Episode Description

💬 Health isn’t just about what you eat - it’s about when. Meal timing matters much more than you might realise. The same food eaten at different times can have wildly different effects on your body. 

⚡To discuss the emerging field of chrononutrition, Dr Karan is joined by Adriano dos Santos - known as The Circadian Nutritionist. Together they explain how your organs and even your gut microbiome keep time - operating on a circadian clock!

🎧 Stay tuned to find out:

➡ How clock genes throughout our entire body impact our health

➡︎ Why poor meal timing can create a lack of energy, sleep struggles and even IBS

➡︎ How late nate phone scrolling isn’t as bad as you think

➡︎ Why late night snacking and evening exercise confuses your body clock

➡︎ Why not all fasting is created equal

➡︎ Which foods and habits will improve your health and body clock the fastest

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📕 Chapters

(0:00) Introduction - Why chrono nutrition is so important for health

(02:15) The health impacts of not paying attention to meal timing

(04:46) How  butyrate interacts with your internal clock

(06:56) What happens when your gut timing is out of sync

(10:35) The gut clock’s role in sleep

(14:37) How late night phone scrolling impacts your body clock

(18:40) Should you avoid late night snacking?

(21:58) How the same calories affect you differently depending on when you eat them

(26:26) Should you eating your fibre earlier in the day?

(31:19) Why fasting might not be as healthy as we thought

(36:09) How body clock disruption could cause IBS

(40:12) Specific food and habits to improve

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