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What do you think about Bluetooth headsets?

Chris Kresser: I think the precautionary applies. You know we don’t have a lot of research showing that those cause...

In the HPA axis section you mentioned the ideal sleep count for a college student is just over nine hours of sleep a night. I was wondering if you could discuss this and when extended and alternate sleep schedules are appropriate in a little more detail. For example, would you ever recommend over nine hours of sleep to patients with intense schedules, certain conditions, or in a certain age range? I saw a post a while ago on the two-sleep method. I believe you posted an article on your social media about this as well from the point of view of it being unrealistic for modern day.

Chris Kresser: So yeah, our sleep needs change as we go through life. It’s no surprise to anyone who has...

Just wondering if you have any advice for dealing with teenage girls. I have a few teenage clients who aren’t heavy, but just aren’t fit, and would like to lose a little weight, one of them maybe five pounds, the other two 10 to 15 pounds. Two of them are gluten free, the other isn’t, and try to eat as healthfully as they can. They eat plenty of meat, fruits and vegetables, and healthy fats, but all three find it very difficult to keep up with all the team sports pasta dinners—don’t get me started—and tempting cafeteria offerings. They’ve had periods where they’ve done really well and not eaten any junk for a few weeks or so, but never lost any weight, and I feel like I’m getting the buy-in, and I don’t want to have them focus too much on their food for fear of creating an eating disorder because they are at such impressionable ages. Any advice? Thanks so much. I have also discussed the importance of sleep with all of them, and none of the three are willing to take on a stress management practice right now.

Laura Schoenfeld: I have a lot of thoughts about this question, so I’ll just try to go through a few...

Do you shoot for 10,000 steps a day like so many companies encourage, or do you find that to be overkill?

Laura Schoenfeld: That’s a really interesting question. I don’t know if you all are familiar with the reason 10,000 is...

What are your favorites kinds of go-to restaurants to find Paleo-ish options?

Laura Schoenfeld: That’s kind of a specific question to where you live in the country because where I live there’s...

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