FoundMyFitness
FoundMyFitness: Conversation with Dr Rhonda Patrick
Dr Satchin Panda with Dr Rhonda Patrick
Summary
A conversation with Rhonda Patrick covering circadian rhythm and the timing of food. How the clocks distributed through the body are set, why feeding acts as one of the strongest signals reaching them, and what that implies for metabolic health.
Dr Panda's laboratory built its reputation on this question. The finding that the liver clock follows feeding rather than light made meal timing a circadian intervention rather than a dietary one, and the feeding and fasting studies that followed showed that animals on identical diets fared differently depending only on the hours they ate. His group's whole genome time series work across tissues filled in why. Much of metabolism is scheduled, with genes and pathways rising and falling through the day in patterns specific to each organ.
Patrick's audience tends to want the underlying biochemistry rather than the headline, and the conversation is pitched accordingly, with more detail on mechanism and less on protocol.
