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Dan Pardi: Understanding GHB, the Four-Part Model of Behavior Change + How to Define and Measure Health
Dan Pardi: Understanding GHB, the Four-Part Model of Behavior Change + How to Define and Measure Health
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82 minutes
Released:
Sep 27, 2023
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Podcast episode
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In this episode of the Smarter Not Harder Podcast, our guest Dan Pardi joins our host Scott Sher to give one-cent solutions to life’s $64,000 questions that include: How does GHB affect sleep and longevity and what is its role as an allosteric modulator of GABA A receptors? What is the four-part model of behavior change and why is it important to note that knowledge alone isn't enough to bring about lasting change? How can tracking our behavior help us stay mindful of our daily habits and what are the benefits and potential pitfalls of this approach? Dan Pardi, PhD is the founder and CEO of the cutting-edge platform, humanOS.me, which leverages a novel behavior model to promote health fluency, skill development, and lifestyle insights so people can master their health practice. He does research with the Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department at Stanford, and the Departments of Neurology and Endocrinology at Leiden University in the Netherlands where he investigates how lifestyle factors, like sleep, influence decision making, cognitive performance, and metabolism. What We Discuss: 01:37 - Understanding the Drug GHB 07:27 - How does GHB Work and Its Effects on Sleep and Longevity 14:19 - GHB vs. Sodium Oxybate 18:21 - How to Improve Health 23:01 - Sleep Loss Studies 25:25 - Framework of a Behavioral Change Model 27:08 - Forming New Skills and Behaviors 30:50 - The Impact of Tracking on Lifestyle 37:57 - How to Define Health 45:00 - Evolutionarily Based Understanding of Health 49:41 - Health Performance Expert 52:43 - Preventing Diseases 55:57 - Behavior Changes 1:02:00 - Taking Care of Your Health 1:10:15 - Systems in Health Find more from Smarter Not Harder: Website: https://troscriptions.com/blogs/podcast | https://homehope.org Instagram: @troscriptions | @homehopeorg Find out more from Dan Pardi: Website: https://home.humanos.me/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/healthformance Get 10% Off Your Purchase of the Metabolomics Module by using PODCAST10 at https://www.homehope.org Get 10% Off your Troscriptions purchase by using POD10 at https://www.troscriptions.com Get daily content from the hosts of Smarter Not Harder by following @troscriptions on Instagram.
Released:
Sep 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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