404: Why You Should Eat Your Carbs At Night, Ben's Top Recovery Tactics, Can You Do Cold Therapy If You're Sick & Much More!

Q&A Episode 404

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News Flashes.. -Why I save all my carbohydrate intake for the evening, usually in a post-workout scenario, followed by a 12-16 hour intermittent fast:

• Article: Greater weight loss and hormonal changes after 6 months diet with carbohydrates eaten mostly at dinner

-Blue light from modern, fluorescent lighting is damaging to the mitochondria in your retina:

• Article: Mitochondria as Potential Targets and Initiators of the Blue Light Hazard to the Retina

...and interestingly, not everyone responds the same way:

• Article: High Sensitivity and Interindividual Variability in the Response of the Human Circadian System to Evening Light
• Iris Tech
• BGF podcast w/ Matt Maruca
• BGF podcast w/ Iris Tech founder Daniel Georgiev

-Here’s one good reason why sauna use makes you live longer, and why some people can get away with LESS heat therapy:

• Article: Anti-inflammatory heat shock protein 70 genes are positively associated with human survival.

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Listener Q&A: Is Earthing Dangerous?

Ray asks: After your podcast with Clint Ober, I was fascinated with the