Episode 75: Interview with Dan Pardi - All about Sleep




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Summary: This episodes guest is Dan Pardi from Dan's Plan.Dan is an entrepreneur and researcher who's life's is centered on how to facilitate health behaviors in others.He is the developer of  "Loop Model to sustain Health Behaviors" to help people live a healthy lifestyle in the modern world.Dan does research with Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department at Stanford, and the Departments of Neurology and Endocrinology at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Dan's current research looks at how sleep influences decision making (publications). Dan also works with Naval Special Welfare to help the most elite fighters in the world maintain vigilant performance in both combat and non-combat conditions. Formerly, Dan served as Board Chairman of the Investigator Initiated Sponsored Research Association, a global non-profit aimed to promote best practices in the arena of academic research grants.Early in his career, Dan served as a Division 1 Strength and Conditioning Coach where he designed year-round training protocols for 13 athletic teams.On this episode Dan I discussed:- What got him interested in Sleep Research?- Dan's thoughts on the evolutionary Perspective of Circadian Timing- Sleep Pressures and Wake Drives]- Circadian Timing in Blind People- The affect of Blue light on the skin at nighttime- Sleep restriction and decision making, particularly with food choices- Dan's Plan- The Ideal Body Weight Program - And much moreHope you guys really enjoy the show.Stay Strong,RB Show Sponsor:To get INSTANT ACCESS to almost 20 hours of World Class online video Strength and Conditioning Information go to upmentorship.com