The Fitness Scientist: "Even A Little Alcohol Is Hurting Your Health!", "Late Night Screen Time Linked To Cancer!", "Working Shifts Kills You 15 Years Early!" - Kristen Holmes

What the research says is that people who are having sex within a few hours when they sleep have better markers of sleep and recovery. So does masturbation not have the same implications? Well, what was so interesting about this research is that Kristen Holmes is the vice president of performance science at Wu. Who has access to health data from hundreds of thousands of people and her ground. breaking research will tell you the secrets of achieving perfect health and performance. The key to your health is your circadian rhythm, which are physical, mental, and behavioral changes that happen in a twenty-four hour cycle. One of the most known circadian rhythms is being asleep during the night, and it has massive health consequences. For example, we know that shift workers, on average, are going to die fifteen years sooner. But if you're awake for two hours between ten PM and four AM, two days per week. For 25 days of the year, you qualify as a shift worker, you are putting yourself at increased risk for cancer, cardiovascular disease, mental health issues, you can have trouble having children. I mean that's terrifying. We know that. We haven't adapted to blue light. The light we get from screens. Yes. If you're viewing light between the hours of 10 PM and 4 AM, it actually has a pro-depressive effect.

The list goes on and on. And a lot of people are like, I have to go to bed at one a.m. because I'm a night owl. Total BS. You're making a choice. And if you want to perform consistently, increase your tolerance for stress, and take control of your life, you need to we wanna eat. And most importantly, we need to Christian. Why do you do the work that you do?

I am uh Irrationally passionate. about human flourishing. And the frameworks policies Basically determinants.

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