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
Dan Pardi: Understanding GHB, the Four-Part Model of Behavior Change + How to Define and Measure Health
In this episode of the Smarter Not Harder Podcast, our guest Dan Pardi joins our host Dr. Scott Sherr 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?
Who is Dan Pardi?
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 did Scott discuss with Dan Pardi?
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
