About this episode

Roger Sutherland discusses the best recovery strategies after a night shift, emphasizing the importance of sleep timing based on work schedules.

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Should you sleep straight after night shift, stay awake, or have a short sleep and get up? The answer depends on one important question: are you working another night shift, or have you just finished your final night shift? In this episode, Night Shift & Sleep Specialist Roger Sutherland explains how to recover after night shift, why your recovery strategy should change depending on your roster, and how sleep, daylight, movement and food timing can h...

People in this episode

Host: Roger Sutherland

Topics covered

• sleep recovery
• night shift
• health
• nutrition
• self improvement

Keywords

• night shift
• sleep
• recovery
• health
• nutrition

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