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Most replayed moment: How to stop fighting your body clock | Prof. Debra Skene
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Every one of us runs on a biological rhythm - a finely tuned system that controls when we feel alert, when we feel tired, and even how we process food. But here’s the problem: modern life doesn’t always respect this rhythm. Late nights, early alarms, and irregular meals put many of us out of sync with our own biology. I’m joined by Professor Debra Skene to explain why this mismatch matters, and how you can transform your health by aligning your lifestyle with your internal ticker. 🌱 Try our science-backed and tasty...
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Hello and welcome to Zoe recap, where each week we find the best bits from one of our podcast episodes to help you improve your health. Every one of us runs on a biological rhythm, a finely tuned system that controls when we feel alert, when we feel tired, and even how we process food. But here's the problem. Modern life doesn't always respect this rhythm. Late nights, early alarms, and irregular meals put many of us out of sync with our own biology.
I'm joined by Professor Deborah Skeen to explain why this mismatch matters, and how you can transform your health by aligning your lifestyle with your internal ticker. One of the biggest purposes of this biological clock is actually to separate the times when you're eating and the times when you're not so that your body is sort of prepared to deal
with the influx of everything that comes from the food and then have a period when you're not. When you're fasting. And therefore if you are eating suddenly like in the middle of the night when I'm not expecting
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