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Elements of Nature: How Natural Forces Shape Human Health
"Elements of Nature: How Natural Forces Shape Human Health” is a monthly podcast series about how nature influence our health and wellness, and affects our flourishing. Each episode is focused on an element of nature – earth, water, wind, fire, thunder, ice, force, time, flower, trees, shadow, light and moon – and how they regulate the rhythms of our lives and enhance wellness, health, and resilience. We discuss how sleep and sunlight regulate our mood and fitness, how air pollution of natural domains impairs our health and increases our the risk of chronic disease, and how green spaces and vegetation affect our moods, attention, and immunity. We will explore the many and sometimes magical mysterious nuances of nature and learn how, if we pay attention to nature, we can all live a more healthy and harmonious life. Each month we talk to an accomplished scientist, a professor, or a renowned author with expertise in studying the relationship of each element of nature with human health and wellness.
Elements of Nature: How Natural Forces Shape Human Health
1. Circadian Rhythms - Professor Russell Foster
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Dr. Aruni Bhatnagar
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Season 1
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Episode 1
In this episode Dr. Bhatnagar speaks with Professor Russell Grant Foster, a British professor of circadian neuroscience, the Director of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology and the Head of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute.
"We have an internal biological clock, which is ticking away and essentially fine tuning every aspect of our physiology and behavior to the varied and indeed dynamic demands of the 24 hour rotation of the earth on its axis and the light/dark cycle."
