Dr. Darren Candow

So if you're like, wow, I got something coming up Friday.

Unfortunately, I'm not going to get any sleep at best one or two hours.

Then a high dose might come into play and then you can go back to your more consistent routine.

I think what happened or is happening is a lot of individuals are now thinking I need to take 20 or 30 grams on a daily basis based on those studies.

And I'm like, wait a minute, are you getting enough sleep the next day?

Because at that dose, we don't know if the neuron will swell with water.

And if that's the case, is that potentially causing any detrimental effects in the long term?

So again, I would not recommend taking a mega dose for consistently over time.

Could that downregulate your natural synthesis?

These are all questions that we need to look at.

Yeah, so I'm religious with exercise.

So I try to exercise at least three to four days a week with weight training and add in at least 20 or 30 minutes of either moderate intensity cardio or like a spin class.

I personally like to do alternating days.

So I'll do weight training, like maybe Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and then cardio Tuesday, Thursday.

And then on the weekends, hiking, things like that.

Pretty religious with nutrients as well.

Try to eat a really balanced diet.

And my God, my failure is getting enough sleep.

So I've had to cut caffeine out quite a bit by past noon to allow me.

I'm probably a slower metabolizer with caffeine.