University of California Television
University of California TV
with Dr Satchin Panda
Summary
A broadcast lecture for UCTV, produced for a public television audience and consequently one of the more carefully paced explanations of this material available.
It covers the full arc from molecules to daily life. The clock as a distributed system rather than a single organ. How light sets the brain's pacemaker through melanopsin, the blue light sensing protein Dr Panda's group found to be indispensable for circadian alignment. The discovery that the clock in the liver follows feeding time rather than light, which turned meal timing into a lever anyone can use. The animal studies showing protection from disease based on feeding window alone, with calories held constant. And the translation of all of it into time-restricted eating, now tested in well over a hundred clinical trials worldwide.
The production quality and unhurried delivery make this a reasonable alternative to reading The Circadian Code, and a good thing to send to a relative who would rather watch something than be handed a book.
