The Healthy Shift Worker The Wellness Couch

In today's episode I'm joined by educator, clinician, Myotherapy & Musculosketal Therapist Emerys Goldsworthy as we dive deep around the topic of the vagus nerve and it's role in regulating the nervous system.We discuss how shift workers - as a result of disrupted sleep and circadian patterns, can experience vagus nerve dysfunction which can present as a myriad of symptoms such as fatigue and gut complaints.To watch the episode on YouTube CLICK HERE.
To learn more about Emrys, including his new book, The Vagus Nerve - Unleashing The Body's Secret Weapon Against Disease, visit:https://www.emrysgoldsworthy.com.au/To follow Emrys on Facebook, visit:https://www.facebook.com/emrysgoldsworthyTo learn more about Audra's work, or to get in contact, visit:https://healthyshiftworker.com/Buy The Bookhttps://healthyshiftworker.com/too-tired-to-cook-book/Join The Healthy Shift Worker Clubhttps://healthyshiftworker.com/the-healthy-shift-worker-services/the-healthy-shift-worker-club/

Shift work causes havoc on our health in a number of ways, but there other factors which can play a role.
In this episode, Alex Stewart from Low Tox Life discusses the impact of toxins in our food, personal care products, and environment on our hormones and health.
She emphasizes the importance of making informed choices and reducing our toxic load.
Alex provides practical strategies for choosing safer personal care products, reading labels, and cooking nutritious meals. She also highlights the significance of creating a safe environment, particularly in workplaces, to protect our health. To learn more about Alexx and Low Tox Life, visit:https://www.lowtoxlife.com/
To follow Alexx on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/lowtoxlife
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Did you know sunlight therapy, also referred to as heliotherapy, was used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by dermatologists and ophthalmologists as a therapy to heal many conditions?
In fact, the healing properties of sunlight was even embraced in hospital settings as patients were moved outside in the sun, in lieu of being left indoors under artificial light.Hard to imagine here in Australia (and in many countries around the world), as sun is often demonised as the number one cause of skin cancer.  But could the experts have it wrong?In this episode I talk with Zaid Dahhaj, a men's health coach based in Southern California that has extensive knowledge on circadian biology, share research that totally debunks this theory, and how sensible sun exposure is actually essential in order to prevent the majority of chronic diseases that we see today.
To learn more about Zaid, visit:https://www.zaidkdahhaj.com/To read Zaid's article titled - The Lost Wisdom of Heliotherapy, visit:https://zaidkdahhaj.substack.com/p/the-lost-wisdom-of-heliotherapy
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A great conversation with medical doctor, GP Registrar and decentralized health educator Dr Max Gulhane around the topic of preventative health care and why we need to be adding additional strategies to the sleep-nutrition-exercise equation when it comes to optimising our health.
Having spent time working in the emergency department in hospitals around Australia, Max was able to experience first-hand the negative effects of working through the night and into the early hours of morning whilst on night shift.
This led him down the path of learning more about circadian biology and how he could incorporate circadian health strategies to help reduce some of the deleterious effects he was feeling as a result of working through the night. 
To learn more about Dr Max Gulhane, visit:https://www.drmaxgulhane.com/
To see Dr Max speak at the REGENERATE SUMMIT on April 21st in MELBOURNE, Australia, visit:https://regenerateaus.com/
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In this podcast we talk to Dr Emily Manoogian, a postdoctoral researcher and chronobiologist from the Salk Institute in San Diego, California, as she shares research on how time restricted eating (TRE) improved the health of firefighters.Results from this randomised controlled trial, titled The Healthy Hero's Study, is the first of it's kind as it involved real-life shift workers in their workplace setting as opposed to being a laboratory.In this interview we discuss:- Why shift workers are normally excluded from research studies- The time-frame and schedule of the time-restricted eating?- Did participants get hungry whilst fasting during the night?- Did cardiometabolic health parameters improve?- Why eating at night isn't optimal- When is the ideal time to eat on early shift- Why it's best to avoid the donuts whilst on shift!
To read The Healthy Hero's study in full;https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9536325/The circadian clock App - https://mycircadianclock.org/
To learn more about Audra's work, or to get in contact, visit:https://healthyshiftworker.com/
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In this episode we're talking with Sleep Researcher and PhD candidate Alexandra Shriane from the Appleton Institute at Central Queensland University on her latest research titled - 'Healthy sleep practices for shift workers:  consensus sleep hygiene guidelines using a Delphi methodology'.
As a former Paramedic from the QLD Ambulance Service, Alexandra brings a personal background of shift work to her research which makes for a refreshing conversation!
Published in the journal, SLEEP, her research incorporates 18-clear guidelines to ensure healthy sleep patterns for shift workers - whether on permanent night shift or a rotating roster.In this interview we discuss:- The missing gap in sleep research specifically for shift workers.- What is sleep hygiene and what does it entail?- The ideal nap duration to enhance alertness or assist with sleep debt recovery.- How medications and food timing can impact sleep quality and much, much more!To read Alexandra's research including a full list of the 18-guidelines https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37429599/
To learn more about Audra's work, or to get in contact, visit:https://healthyshiftworker.com/
Buy The Bookhttps://healthyshiftworker.com/too-tired-to-cook-book/
The Healthy Shift Worker Club
https://healthyshiftworker.com/the-healthy-shift-worker-services/the-healthy-shift-worker-club/
Individual Consultationshttps://healthyshiftworker.com/the-healthy-shift-worker-services/individual-consultations/
Online Programhttps://healthyshiftworker.com/the-healthy-shift-worker-services/21-day-kickstart-program/
Workplace Wellness
https://healthyshiftworker.com/the-healthy-shift-worker-services/workplace-wellness/