Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life: How to Harness the Power of Clock Genes to Lose Weight, Optimize Your Workout, and Finally Get a Good Night's Sleep

by Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar, Michelle D. Seaton

Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life: How to Harness the Power of Clock Genes to Lose Weight, Optimize Your Workout, and Finally Get a Good Night's Sleep by Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar, Michelle D. Seaton

Do you ever feel like you just can't get your life on track? Do you have trouble waking up, maintaining a diet, and sticking to your workout plan? If so, you may be one of the millions of people all around the world who could benefit from understanding their body's natural "clock genes". Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life: How to Harness the Power of Clock Genes to Lose Weight, Optimize Your Workout, and Finally Get a Good Night's Sleep by Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar is a comprehensive guide to the science behind circadian rhythm and how to use it to your advantage.

The human body has a complicated internal clock that regulates everything from sleep to metabolism. When this clock is disrupted or out of sync, it can lead to all sorts of problems including weight gain, fatigue, and a weakened immune system. By understanding how clock genes affect our physiology, we can make small adjustments to our lifestyle and reap the benefits of increased productivity and better health.

In Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life, Dr. Kshirsagar provides a clear explanation of the science behind circadian rhythm and offers easy-to-follow advice on how to adjust our lifestyle to optimize our natural rhythms. He discusses the importance of getting sufficient sleep and shows how our responses to light and darkness can be used as cues to help us regulate our internal clock. He also provides detailed instructions on how to create an optimal light-dark cycle to maximize alertness and reduce fatigue.

The book provides practical advice on how to adjust the timing of meals, the intensity of workouts, and the timing of caffeine intake to better sync with our body's natural clock genes. Dr. Kshirsagar also offers guidelines for optimizing sleep by setting consistent sleep and wake times, avoiding too much blue light before bed, and understanding the power of melatonin and its effect on the body's sleep-wake cycle.

In addition, the book covers how to use the power of clock genes to help shed excess weight and keep it off by balancing hormones, understanding how stress affects our bodies, and focusing on mindful eating. Dr. Kshirsagar also discusses how our sleep-wake cycle can have a profound impact on our physical, emotional, and social wellbeing, and provide readers with the tools they need to take control of their schedule and their life.

Overall, Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life is an essential guide for anyone wanting to optimize their body's internal clock, break bad habits, and take control of their life. Dr. Kshirsagar's simple yet effective advice shows readers how to use the power of clock genes to improve their diet and exercise regimen, get more restful sleep, and maximize their productivity and physical health.