Dr. Rhonda Patrick

So you want to give your body repair mode. And that's where I...

is that no no like treats not even a little snack a couple of nuts i mean that's not going to be as big as a meal right like let's be real yeah so i'm some people really take it seriously like they don't want to take a vitamin or anything like like don't worry about you drink water or whatever i take my vitamins like close to bed you know so but but yeah you don't want a full-on meal yeah i mean now of course there's there's times that i've been so obsessive about it where i then i go to bed hungry and i'm cold because

is that no no like treats not even a little snack a couple of nuts i mean that's not going to be as big as a meal right like let's be real yeah so i'm some people really take it seriously like they don't want to take a vitamin or anything like like don't worry about you drink water or whatever i take my vitamins like close to bed you know so but but yeah you don't want a full-on meal yeah i mean now of course there's there's times that i've been so obsessive about it where i then i go to bed hungry and i'm cold because

My metabolism is down. You don't sleep well. And then I don't sleep well. Exactly. I wake up cold all night and I'm like, well, maybe I should have had a little something to eat because that.

My metabolism is down. You don't sleep well. And then I don't sleep well. Exactly. I wake up cold all night and I'm like, well, maybe I should have had a little something to eat because that.

It's a different kind of cold.

It's a different kind of cold.

It's your bones cold. Yeah. It's not like you can put the blanket on and feel. It's eternal cold. It's like, yeah, it's like that cold that you can't, you just can't fit.

It's your bones cold. Yeah. It's not like you can put the blanket on and feel. It's eternal cold. It's like, yeah, it's like that cold that you can't, you just can't fit.

So, yeah, I will say that I've decided I'm not going to be so obsessive about it. But like with the fasting thing too, what's interesting is I do think that a lot, you know, the problem that people could come across is where they're skipping so many meals that they're not getting enough protein. Right.

So, yeah, I will say that I've decided I'm not going to be so obsessive about it. But like with the fasting thing too, what's interesting is I do think that a lot, you know, the problem that people could come across is where they're skipping so many meals that they're not getting enough protein. Right.

And then are they working out to make sure they're at least getting that aspect of increasing, you know, getting that muscle protein synthesis? Because so if you are going to be doing some intermittent fasting and there's an argument to be made to kind of like do a little once in a while sort of just clean out, right, where you kind of stress your body a little bit and do that. But

And then are they working out to make sure they're at least getting that aspect of increasing, you know, getting that muscle protein synthesis? Because so if you are going to be doing some intermittent fasting and there's an argument to be made to kind of like do a little once in a while sort of just clean out, right, where you kind of stress your body a little bit and do that. But

I feel like, I mean, that's what exercise does. And in fact, exercise activates, vigorous exercise activates a lot of those same repair processes, like autophagy. That's one of the things that's happening when you're not eating. It also happens when you're sleeping and not eating. So again, it comes back to exercise forgives a lot of sins. Not all of them, but I mean, it really does.

I feel like, I mean, that's what exercise does. And in fact, exercise activates, vigorous exercise activates a lot of those same repair processes, like autophagy. That's one of the things that's happening when you're not eating. It also happens when you're sleeping and not eating. So again, it comes back to exercise forgives a lot of sins. Not all of them, but I mean, it really does.

So there's a lot, there's been some studies and this isn't, you know, I don't remember the details like in great detail, basically. There have been studies that have looked at like, if you eat a high carbohydrate meal for dinner versus a high fat meal versus high protein. And I don't remember all the details. All I remember is that one would improve deep sleep, but the other would improve REM.

So there's a lot, there's been some studies and this isn't, you know, I don't remember the details like in great detail, basically. There have been studies that have looked at like, if you eat a high carbohydrate meal for dinner versus a high fat meal versus high protein. And I don't remember all the details. All I remember is that one would improve deep sleep, but the other would improve REM.

And so it was with this kind of mixed bag where it's like, okay, well, if I am gonna do the higher carbohydrate meal, then at least I'm gonna get one of those other ones. I don't know, I forgot which one it is.

And so it was with this kind of mixed bag where it's like, okay, well, if I am gonna do the higher carbohydrate meal, then at least I'm gonna get one of those other ones. I don't know, I forgot which one it is.

Been a few years since I read those studies, but like if you're looking at like the macronutrient level I would say that that It seems as though different types of foods are affecting different stages of interesting It is interesting and it also is sorry to all the people out there that want to say it's the one or the other let's I'm just gonna tell you what the data says is that it's like I don't remember which one improved the deep sleep and which one because honestly, I don't know that you know, I yeah eating your meal right before bed also kind of