THIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on understanding how our unique internal circadian rhythms, derived from interaction of genotype with environment, define our chronotype, which can help us optimize the times at which we should Sleep, eat, Exercise, interact with others and much more. 

Today’s Featured Expert is Dr. Michael Breus, Clinical Psychologist, diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine, and a fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Dr. Breus is the author of The Power of When, a biohacking guidebook showing that, based on your genetic, biological chronotype, there is an optimal time to do everything from eating to exercising, to even asking for a raise. He is the author of two other books, focusing on Sleep, The Sleep Doctors Four Week Program to Better Sleep and Better Health, and The Sleep Doctor’s Diet Plan. Known as the Sleep Doctor, Dr. Breus is recognised  for his characterization of 4 chronotypes, Lion, Bear, Wolf and Dolphin.

Episode Timeline:

0.11 Intro to Sleep medicine and chronobiology

5:41 Genetics, time zones and personality traits

10:20 Circadian science and biological clocks.

21:06  Sleep disturbances and muscle cramps

26:55  Sleep apnea and its impact on daily life.

32:57 A Sleep Doctor’s approach to Aging, Wellness and Genetics

About this episode’s Featured Expert: Dr. Michael Breus

Website: www.sleepdoctor.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesleepdoctor/

About  Your Host: Dr. Gillian Lockitch

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Dr. Gillian Lockitch is an international speaker, author of Growing Older, Living Younger: The Science of Aging Gracefully and The Art of Retiring Comfortably, and host of the Growing Older, Living Younger Podcast. As a dual-certified Specialist in Paediatrics and Medical Biochemistry and Professor at the University of British Columbia, her professional career was rooted in science. During her rehabilitation from life-saving emergency spinal surgery, her passion to be able to dance again led her to explore the intersection of medical and epigenetic science with non-Western healing traditions, to understand how to change aging at the cellular level. Within the Growing Older, Living Younger Project, the Change Your Aging Masterplan cycle is a year-long 3 part coaching program to preserve mind and brain, build your best body, and to survive and thrive in your environment. At 70 Dr. Lockitch became a first time entrepreneur, building a global online business with the premiere wellness and beauty company, to help others extend their healthspan, stay vibrant, active, and independent as they age. Now retired from medical practice, Dr. Lockitch is an empathetic coach and mentor but does not diagnose, treat or prescribe for medical diseases.