#296: Alan Flanagan – Circadian Entrainment, Chronotypes & Chrononutrition

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Alan Flanagan, PhD (c)

Alan Flanagan is currently a PhD researcher at the University of Surrey, UK. His research is in the general field of chrononutrition, with a specific focus on how calorie distribution and timing may impact health & energy balance. Alan has a Masters in Nutritional Medicine, also from the University of Surrey. Alan is also a qualified lawyer, practising in Dublin, Ireland before embarking on his PhD.

• Alan’s current research study
• Chronotypes: genetic vs. trained
• How feeding can entrain circadian clocks
• Circadian alignment vs misalignment
• Light exposure, light history & inter-individual variation in response to light
• Current evidence linking nutrition & circadian biology
• Impacts of exercise/resistance training on impact of night time carbohydrates/calories
• How does TRF impact likely adherence?
• The benefits of “fasting physiology”
• Alan’s “back-of-the-napkin” recommendations

• Get Podcast Transcripts
• Episode 255: Alan Flanagan – Public Health Nutrition & the Role of Epidemiology
• Instagram: @thenutritional_advocate
• Danny’s “Circadian Eating” Lecture
• Phillips et al., 2019 – High sensitivity and interindividual variability in the response of the human circadian system to evening light
• Galindo Munoz et al., 2019 – Effect of a chronotype-adjusted diet on weight loss effectiveness: A randomized clinical trial
• Antoni et al., 2018 – A pilot feasibility study exploring the effects of a moderate time-restricted feeding intervention on energy intake, adiposity and metabolic physiology in free-living human subjects

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