Sex, Sleep, Eat, Drink, Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body

Steve Scher
10/23/2007 at 9:00 a.m.

Your body's abilities vary throughout the day. For instance, your stomach empties out your breakfast faster than it digests dinner. On the flip side, your first 30 minutes of wakefulness is when you do your worst thinking. In the evening, your body handles workouts better, and alcohol better too. This is only the beginning. Our bodies are full of mysteries. Are you prepared to know yours better? Or not? Either way, tune in.

Guests:
Jennifer Ackerman is the author of Notes from the Shore and Chance in the House of Fate. She has received a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and literature fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College. She writes for National Geographic and the New York Times, among other publications. Her new book is Sex, Sleep, Eat, Drink, Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body.