Aug 27, 2026 · 55 min · 18 segments
Dr David Cox is a neuroscientist and the author of the internationally best selling book, 'The Age Code' in which he shares the latest science-backed information on how the food we eat (and when we…
David CoxGuest
James KennedyHost
yeah 100 i mean like so these are some of the big kind of like biological processes going on like so within our bodies they're completely invisible we have no idea really that a lot of these things are kind of like playing out but you know they're kind of silently aging us over time but i think what's quite interesting is some of the the dietary habits which we're all doing and we all kind of just slip into you know particularly sort of through middle age as life kind of gets busier and stuff like that which are sort of silently enhancing kind of some of these things in the background.
And to be honest, like most of the Western world, you know, most of us have dinner has always been the biggest meal.
We should be getting the bulk of our calories across breakfast and lunch and having a small dinner.
The reason because of that is if you're having a small dinner relatively early, it's not going to impact your sleep.
And we know that sleep is so, so important for immune health and repair and healing.
If you just look at the core of a lot of stuff relating to aging, it comes back down to this balance between damage and repair.
And so many of us are kind of doing things which inflict more damage on our bodies without giving our bodies enough chance to repair.
And because the body is actually quite incredible at repairing, you know, at any one time, there are millions of like really sophisticated repair operations taking place within our cells.
And if we give our body, like, more chance for that to happen, then, you know, over the long term, like, the benefits can really be quite profound.
Why is it then? I mean, people talk about the Mediterranean diet as, you know, the one that people should aim for.
But when I travel to the Mediterranean, which I love to do, they're eating super late, man.
Why is that? I think, unfortunately, it's just simply how our world sort of evolved in the last 200 years, isn't it? I mean, I think in many ways, artificial light is to blame for that.
Because, you know, back in the days 200 years ago, when we just had candles and oil lamps, you know, most of us had to eat quite early because it was getting dark.
I'll just tell you just one fascinating little nugget, which just really illuminated that for me.
yeah 100 i mean like so these are some of the big kind of like biological processes going on like so within our bodies they're completely invisible we have no idea really that a lot of these things are kind of like playing out but you know they're kind of silently aging us over time but i think what's quite interesting is some of the the dietary habits which we're all doing and we all kind of just slip into you know particularly sort of through middle age as life kind of gets busier and stuff like that which are sort of silently enhancing kind of some of these things in the background.
And to be honest, like most of the Western world, you know, most of us have dinner has always been the biggest meal.
We should be getting the bulk of our calories across breakfast and lunch and having a small dinner.
The reason because of that is if you're having a small dinner relatively early, it's not going to impact your sleep.
And we know that sleep is so, so important for immune health and repair and healing.
If you just look at the core of a lot of stuff relating to aging, it comes back down to this balance between damage and repair.
And so many of us are kind of doing things which inflict more damage on our bodies without giving our bodies enough chance to repair.
And because the body is actually quite incredible at repairing, you know, at any one time, there are millions of like really sophisticated repair operations taking place within our cells.
And if we give our body, like, more chance for that to happen, then, you know, over the long term, like, the benefits can really be quite profound.
Why is it then? I mean, people talk about the Mediterranean diet as, you know, the one that people should aim for.
But when I travel to the Mediterranean, which I love to do, they're eating super late, man.
Why is that? I think, unfortunately, it's just simply how our world sort of evolved in the last 200 years, isn't it? I mean, I think in many ways, artificial light is to blame for that.
Because, you know, back in the days 200 years ago, when we just had candles and oil lamps, you know, most of us had to eat quite early because it was getting dark.
I'll just tell you just one fascinating little nugget, which just really illuminated that for me.
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