"Why we Sleep" by Matthew Walker is one of the most important health books I have ever read. One thing they don't get is that if solving the sleep crisis could free up 2% of GDP, that means that the corrupt healthcare system loses billions. Health isn't profitable, and healthy people are harder to control. That is why medical school doesn't teach health, that is why this is fringe. I have so much respect for these two brilliant individuals, promoting true health.
Humans are proven in health studies to be best suited for the vegan lifestyle AKA plant-based. Some major diseases are exclusive to animal based diets. But you probably season animals, like I used to. We have mockups where you cannot tell the difference, and they'll even taste better. The pandemic was started by eating bats or by a Wuhan lab leak (which is now said to be 95% or so of certainty in this cause). Several outbreaks happen from animal agriculture. Even with this virus, scientists have warned of animal agriculture. The AMA (American Medical Association), the Physician's Committee, the largest study known as the China Study, and several other sources state that thousands of top doctors and evidence points to humans being plant-based. Even the latest science shows early ancestors were thriving on plant-based. Some worship the cow but there's a lot of recorded animal abuse there in India. They're the second largest producer of beef. Around the world, about 99% of animals come from factory farms and even regular farms tend to be pretty brutal on average, in overwhelming documentation. We've had several animal based companies go out of business, oh so thankfully. The largest and the oldest milk company in America went out of business recently after filing bankruptcy. Several milk companies have shut down. Vegan meat and vegan milk outsell their animal based counterparts when sold side by side. But only vegans in the small millions. The Canada food pyramid now has meat, dairy, eggs, and other animal products removed. The AMA is encouraging hospitals to replace processed meats and butter and such with plant-based alternatives. 75+ billion land animals are raped into the world each year, tortured, and murdered while around 1 billion humans starve a day. The main reason for pollution, droughts, and deforestation is animal agriculture. About 85% of antibiotics (which are synthetic ones that destroy good bacteria too) go to animal agriculture. Even then, plenty of cancer tumors and other things that get unchecked or barely treated before it's sent out to the public. That's while the meat literally rots as it sits around getting moved around until it's bought. Heart disease is the number one killer in America, mainly linked to animals, especially red meat. Type two diabetes is caused to humans by animal fat, officially. So on and so forth.
@@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked You are saying that humans are meant to be vegans. That couldn't be farther from the truth. Now, looking from your standpoint, you might be justifying some emotions you have regarding animals. To begin with, you can tell by the length of our guts that we are not supposed to be relying solely on plants, our guts are not long enough. Looking at our teeth, it is obvious that we are omnivores. Humans have short canines that are a functional consequence of having an enlarged cranium and associated reduction of the size of the jaws. We also know that humans share anatomical features with those of omnivores (e.g. pigs, mice, rats, rodents, raccoons, etc.). Cattle and deer have vats, enlarged chambers where plant that are eaten can stay to be digested by microbes. However, we, as humans, lacks those vats. We are neither carnivores nor herbivores, we are simply omnivores. You can say that you want to have a certain diet due to emotional reasons, however you are certainly mistaken when you say that a plant based diet is best for humans.
If Matthew were to ever make a guided meditation track, I would buy that in a heartbeat. He has the most pleasant, relaxing, Unintentional ASMR vibe in his voice. I wish he would read me a bedtime story and give me a big hug.
Super podcast, young children sleep naturally and longer when recovering from illness. Adults pop a pill and stay working. You would always hear the old generation say, sleep is the best medicine.
Great to hear Dr Walker speak of the associative brain "your bed is neither a kitchen, nor an office, nor a cinema" "your brain gets desoriented on what a bed is about". It inspires me... And do not eat when you wake up in the night because your brain will learn that night is the time to eat. That was j.u.s.t. for me. I would appreciate to hear on studies done on the effect of theobromine on sleep...
Your channel is an absolute gem. You bring amazing guests and also host great interviews. Thanks. I now regularly recommend several of your videos. 🙏🏼❤️
Dr. Walker please help me. After hearing in your book that routines are so important. I decided to start a routine along with my baby girl last Feb 27, 2022. I used to not have a routine ever in my life. I'm a woman in my upper 30's. After me and my 6 year old daughter started a routine I have not been able to sleep. That first week a did not sleep but 2 days out of seven. After that I start taking 50 MG trazodone and it was helping and I was getting better. Then, daylight savings came and destroyed all my progress. Now, I consistatly wake up at 2, 3 or 4 am. If I am lucking taking a trazadone can help me sleep until five. Sometimes, if I have too much stress I can sleep at all. My doctor increased the trazodone up to 300 but it did not helped with the waking up at 2. Just gave me a horrible dry mouth. I have not had a good night sleep since Feb. I feel like I'm dying. I forgot to mentioned that my little girl was/is also affected by this routine. I am camping out in another room but she wakes up to "go to the bathroom", or because she is cold, etc. A tiny bit of melatonin 0.25 MG has helped her somewhat but she still wakes up for different reasons. . Why would a routine mess my sleep and how can we fix it?? I forgot to mentioned that I don't take naps and we are trying to get more light exposure in the morning but sometimes the cold weather doesn't allow for that. Please help us Dr. Walker and Dr. Chaterjee I feel like I can't go on much longer.
Surely in 21st century med schools need to be incorporating both sleep & nutrition into their training. It seems unbelievable that these 2 things get virtually no time devoted to them (or the menopause I believe) so GP’s have to largely fall back on drugs. A pill for every ill. Think how much money could be saved or better used in NHS if doctors knew more about such fundamental things.
Lovely podcast. My late mother, who was a licensed practising traditional Chinese medicine, told me that one of the most important factors to longevity is to sleep as early as possible. She mentioned that our organs begin to rest at 10pm. Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine has been going upstream on general health.
i just recently got into reading self improvement books. i've read cal newport's deep work, barbara oakley's a mind for numbers, and james clear's atomic habits. i stumbled upon this accidentally, which was great
I love this interview, Mathew Walker's episode of JRE was one of my favorites as well. HOWEVER.. that pop filter over Matts face is driving me crazy! It[the podcast] listens really well but the visual is distracting af. I keep finding myself watching where the line crosses his face..
Doctors... what is the most important element to health??? It's Attitude gentlemen. 😀 Without a grateful attitudes who can sleep well? 😀 if you don't have a good attitude, how can you crave healthy food? If you don't have a loving attitude, why would you exercise? If you don't "not" have an entitled attitude you won't want to drink lots of water. Do 20 thank yous and call me in the morning... lol. Thank you so much for sharing all your great work and love Doctors!!! 🙏🏻💪🤙✌💞😍
One of the best videos I’ve ever watched on RUclips. Excellent content AND easy voices to listen! Thank you for this presentation…. Starting on losing my coffee addiction today 😊
I know you're trying to raise awareness and do your best. Unfortunately, this information is very bad for me. When I can't sleep enough and there's nothing I can do about it, I'll be even more worried about all the other negative health effects of sleep deprivation than I've known about so far. So I'll be even more worried than now and it will be harder falling asleep again at 3 or 4 am .
I have exactly the same and hated Dr. Walkers book very much. Absolutely no help mentioned for real insomniacs. Would be much better to research for the new drug for inducing sleep that would work without side effects and help those who really need it not those who do not go to bec in time...CBTI is an absolute nonsense
I wish I had known this earlier. I have lived a sleep deprived life for all of my adult life, I'm now in my mid 50s. I was part of the bravado thinking Matthew talks about 'aren't I clever for sleeping so little' what an idiot! , I do wonder how this will play out in the next few years! eek !
I really believe that business have prioritized Money at the cost of sleep including the choice to adopt permanent Daylight saving time and not permanent standard time in some Canadian provinces.
I listen to long podcast to help me sleep. Tonight, it didn't work because I just can't keep my mind off this podcast. I need stop listening. Will catch up the rest of the podcast tomorrow.
At around 2:40 Matthew talks about not wearing sunglasses outside for a daylight reset. I acknowledge that sunlight can cause permanent damage to the eyes over time, and I personally wear crystal clear polycarbonate glasses when outside, since that blocks most of the UV rays, but lets 100% of the sunlight through so I still have to squint, which is even healthier since squinting naturally reduces the amount of UV rays into the eyes. My question is if you can get that reset using polycabonate clear glasses, so you can maintain eye health, while also getting your circadian rhythm reset.
Great podcast. Dr rangan, let the expert speak, hes the expert not you. Dont interrupt him. U can reframe your personal experiences in less words / reframe the long story as a question. We mostly want to hear about fromt he expert after all
Thanks, guys! I only wish I could sleep more than six hours. I always wake up exhausted. Otherwise: my favorite hobby is my REM-sleep with all the dreams. Greetings from an avid follower of both of you from Germany.
I work early/late shift system. Sundaynight, before early shift, I often don't sleep at all or max 2 hrs. Obv I crash when I get back from work and sleep like from 3pm to 9pm, then I'm unable to sleep till 2 am but that's 1.5 hrs before I have to get up again for my next shift... I think I sleep average 5 hrs during this early shift week. I end up eating so much and crave for sugar. During late shift I sleep avrg 8 to 9 hrs.
I agree with this but suggest it is an option for people who have choices. I sympathise with parents of babies and young children, 24 hour carers of people suffering dementia, and others who are on 24 hour call for dependents.
Humans are proven in health studies to be best suited for the vegan lifestyle AKA plant-based. Some major diseases are exclusive to animal based diets. But you probably season animals, like I used to. We have mockups where you cannot tell the difference, and they'll even taste better. The pandemic was started by eating bats or by a Wuhan lab leak (which is now said to be 95% or so of certainty in this cause). Several outbreaks happen from animal agriculture. Even with this virus, scientists have warned of animal agriculture. The AMA (American Medical Association), the Physician's Committee, the largest study known as the China Study, and several other sources state that thousands of top doctors and evidence points to humans being plant-based. Even the latest science shows early ancestors were thriving on plant-based. Some worship the cow but there's a lot of recorded animal abuse there in India. They're the second largest producer of beef. Around the world, about 99% of animals come from factory farms and even regular farms tend to be pretty brutal on average, in overwhelming documentation. We've had several animal based companies go out of business, oh so thankfully. The largest and the oldest milk company in America went out of business recently after filing bankruptcy. Several milk companies have shut down. Vegan meat and vegan milk outsell their animal based counterparts when sold side by side. But only vegans in the small millions. The Canada food pyramid now has meat, dairy, eggs, and other animal products removed. The AMA is encouraging hospitals to replace processed meats and butter and such with plant-based alternatives. 75+ billion land animals are raped into the world each year, tortured, and murdered while around 1 billion humans starve a day. The main reason for pollution, droughts, and deforestation is animal agriculture. About 85% of antibiotics (which are synthetic ones that destroy good bacteria too) go to animal agriculture. Even then, plenty of cancer tumors and other things that get unchecked or barely treated before it's sent out to the public. That's while the meat literally rots as it sits around getting moved around until it's bought. Heart disease is the number one killer in America, mainly linked to animals, especially red meat. Type two diabetes is caused to humans by animal fat, officially. So on and so forth.
wow this is great, i have not been sleeping well few months ago after having a baby, but now he's 10moths and got him more or less in a routine. But my sleep is still not perfect and am always tired. And as i also have constipation problems, having tea seems to help along side my tiredness and orange juice and laxative i got from my gp all play different parts. i see where im going wrong. need more sleep and only caffeine before 12pm. only drink green tea, but that has caffeine so, now know what to do. then i will have more deep sleep. currently using lavender to try sleep, but still not deep sleep, i think my caffeine is also probably affecting me. no wonder i feel horrible in my health, constantly tired.
Try strength and resistance exercises ,at least 3/w,time for your hobbies,row green salads , cabbages,fiber,apples,..dates are great.fluids...breath and relax....take care
Great discussion and very helpful. Thx! @Rangan - just an idea. you might want to add posture as 5th pillar in your next book (check out things like the Gokhale method - has made a big difference in my life...less pain, better breathing)
We are currently in the Covid19 pandemic. I wonder if it would have been so bad if the world slept better if sleep has such an impact on immune function.
One of ex use to wonder why I wouldn't be lying next to him when he woke up. One person mentioned she sleeps with earphones in ears cause her spouse snores loudly and excessively.
Thank you for explaining the importance of sleep, but I would like to know if you have an advise how to help us to fall asleep and stay asleep. I am taking melotonin 5 mg, helps for couple of hours and than I am awake and cannot fall asleep. Hot shower is a great advise.I do not smoke or drinking wine or coffee. Do you have a podcast with more recommendations in addition you have mentioned: dark room, cooler temp return, no food at night.I practice all these things because I listened to your and other doctor’s advise.
Dr Chatterjee, thank you for this great podcast. You seem like a very lovely and smart fellow, however, may I suggest that you practice asking shorter questions? A sign of a very good interview is the fact that the interviewer speaks very little, and the interviewed speaks a lot. Just my two constructive two cents. :)
Agreed, the body language says it all. The guest seemed uncomfortable a lot of the time and barely got to speak at all. If it was a guest at dinner they would probably make an excuse to leave early. I'm sure there was no malice or ill intent at all but if you are interviewing someone you need to let them talk and make it about them.
I'm a big fan of Matthew Walker and his works. But I noticed that he quotes a study giving participants 200mg of caffeine and calls it "a standard cup of coffee". Wouldn't this be more like half a litre? Not saying that it majorly changes the results or that people do not drink that much (many do) but do I have a massive misconception about caffeine content or is this just an error or simplification?
Blessed are people who can sleep on an airplane at all! How can they starch out and relax? Nothing will ever take the place of a bed! I guess you could heavily sedate yourself while you are in the air.
Thank you.Sorry too much time is spent on self, ego ,instead of focusing on the subject at hand like a serious lectures ,one to learn something from for time spend watching.Content is so crucial for serious listners ,thank you.
Thank you for the podcast. Where can I find the links to the research about caffeine? I am specifically interested in part that caffeine stay in your body for 12 hours
Great podcast, thank you! Is it possible that decaf tea/coffee would still be in your system at night (as there is still a little caffeine in decaf) enough to disrupt sleep?
Maybe just wake up early and have your decaf at 7 or 8 a.m will be the best solution. An at the workplace, after you wake up from the short break, just have some direct sunlight and does the breath holding exercises (which Dr.C also has a podcast on, #99) can help you with your focus enough for the rest of the day. I'm currently an university student, which led me to a very "strange" biological "clock" (lol, my English is not so good, hope that you can understand what I'm talking about): wake up at 10-11 a.m and *try* to sleep at 11 p.m which actually is 1-2 a.m in the morning. Because of that routine, when I wake up at the "mornoon", I feel really bad, which makes me to drink a lot of coffee after that, which now leads me to stay awake for far too long, how miserable. After listening to a lot of Dr.C and Jay Shetty podcast on health, now I'm trying to sleep and wake up earlier, using my "addiction" to cafein as a bait to trick me wake up earlier so that I can sleep like a "ideal normal person". It works like this, I told myself that: Hey, I know that if I drink coffee so late in the day, I can't sleep soon enough to feel good, and I love my coffee routine, and I don't want to continue suffer from that miserable lifestyle of me anymore (because I'm selfish and I don't want to die too soon and too painful), so I will sleep earlier, in order to wake up earlier, in order to still have my coffee and also to greatly improve my health. (long comment, hope that I can help you, just want to share my experience in case that it can help you with yours)
Decaf coffee /tea has about 4% of the caffeine of regular. If coffee has 150 mg per cup you only have 6mg at the time you drink it. How's the half life of 6 hours so 6 hours you after you drink it it's down to 3 mg and 6 hours later it's down to a milligram and a 1/2. I don't really think the decaf coffee or tea is a problem. One way you could try is to give it up entirely and see if that affects you.
I love coffee more so for the smell n taste not so much alertness but I heard decaf is worse than standard caffeine as it has more chemicals? Is this true? Also can u recommend a good decaf?
How do the 1% of "short sleepers" fit into this and are these parameters relevant to this population? Or do you think the "short sleeper" anomaly is not legitimately a reduced sleep requirement?
Natural short sleepers must show that there is no physiological harm being done to them with 4 hr sleep Linda. They do fine! They are the outliers of course but they could get pretty bored trying to fill that much time each day with things to do.
I have to say I barely sleep especially once I hit menopause two years ago I’m lucky if I sleep to three hours some nights none I was on bioidentical hormones for 17 years and had to come off due to stomach issues from the thyroid medicine that was not working for me but I’m definitely going back on because I sleptLike a baby before but I have to say I eat so good I have all my vitals checked and they are amazing I don’t know how I run on no sleep but I do I am refresh the next morning I get up no problem maybe I don’t require sleep or much of it I don’t know but it frustrates me that I don’t what would you suggest
My goodness that doesn't sound healthy or balanced you deserve better. If you're having gut issues start drinking bone broth daily. I have IBS and in 1 week time I'm seeing results. I also cut out coffee because I'm serious about having better health when I get older. Stop all coffee and drink bone broth to heal your gut. Coffee does so much to women's hormones and blocks absorption of minerals. Bone broth has a ton of nutrients and glycine to help improve sleep. Just think of what your grandmother made in a slow cooker and get back to ancestral traditions. Also I use red lights and red light bulbs at night to eliminate blue light which blocks melatonin. If you wear glasses you can find clip on lenses to block blue light at night before bed. They sell on Amazon. Good luck. Don't stop seeking better health. If you can heal your gut and get sleep your hormones might improve way more needing extra medications. God bless 🙌
We must reduce our caffeine: caffeine reset for a week, try decafe, don't drink after 12 8 hours sleep extremely important ( non negotiable) Mental health crisis is coinciding with Sleep crisis One night of only 4 hours sleep has prevailing bad effects for longer then a week Alcohol as a sleep aid is terrible, it is a sedative not a sleep aid Losing weight and building muscle begins with getting a good night sleep you are 40% more susceptible to virus' when you are sleep deprived Sleep tips: Keep bedroom cool Wake up at the same time Lights off for 1 hour before sleep Use artificial light exposure to fix jet lagg If not sleeping in bed, get out for a bit Quote: "children need a sleep routine, why don't we?
U trained ur brain to wake up at 4. Now ur brain keeps putting u in that cycle. Change your daily routine, try to meditate. Listen to raining sound on your phone. Try cbd oil
With respect the mere fact of caffeine having a 6 hr half life does not imply that its level is sufficient to cause CNS stimulation. An aminogyloside antibiotic may have a half life of 12 hours but the does is repeated after 8 hours to maintain therapeutic level. Additionally the receptors adapt and become tolerant to the drugs. In the end only what the person experiences as the effect of a pharmacologically active substance matters. Relative to other disruptors of sleep like stress, noise, air pollution, pain ; coffee is a small player.
Aren't there any RUclips rules that prohibit a Brit from interviewing another Brit? Were poor sleep really killing humans then how do we explain the population explosion and the doubling of the lifespan? Something stronger is negating the harm of sleep loss is causing so in the sum we are bit ahead but that is about to stop now as lifespan shrinks. Sleep alone wont halt this, We have overlived ourselves a bit.
@@drew3976 Good job! You're almost there. For me the headache stopped after about a week. I did whatever I could think of to feel better, except caffeine of course. I took bathes in epson salt, slept as much as I could, and ate whatever I wanted. Now I'm back in the gym. It was more difficult than I expected. My sleep is a lot better already. I don't have that bloated feeling, reflux, indigestion every time I eat anymore. Good luck! It'll be worth it.
"Why we Sleep" by Matthew Walker is one of the most important health books I have ever read.
One thing they don't get is that if solving the sleep crisis could free up 2% of GDP, that means that the corrupt healthcare system loses billions. Health isn't profitable, and healthy people are harder to control. That is why medical school doesn't teach health, that is why this is fringe.
I have so much respect for these two brilliant individuals, promoting true health.
Humans are proven in health studies to be best suited for the vegan lifestyle AKA plant-based. Some major diseases are exclusive to animal based diets. But you probably season animals, like I used to. We have mockups where you cannot tell the difference, and they'll even taste better.
The pandemic was started by eating bats or by a Wuhan lab leak (which is now said to be 95% or so of certainty in this cause). Several outbreaks happen from animal agriculture. Even with this virus, scientists have warned of animal agriculture. The AMA (American Medical Association), the Physician's Committee, the largest study known as the China Study, and several other sources state that thousands of top doctors and evidence points to humans being plant-based.
Even the latest science shows early ancestors were thriving on plant-based. Some worship the cow but there's a lot of recorded animal abuse there in India. They're the second largest producer of beef. Around the world, about 99% of animals come from factory farms and even regular farms tend to be pretty brutal on average, in overwhelming documentation.
We've had several animal based companies go out of business, oh so thankfully. The largest and the oldest milk company in America went out of business recently after filing bankruptcy. Several milk companies have shut down. Vegan meat and vegan milk outsell their animal based counterparts when sold side by side. But only vegans in the small millions.
The Canada food pyramid now has meat, dairy, eggs, and other animal products removed. The AMA is encouraging hospitals to replace processed meats and butter and such with plant-based alternatives. 75+ billion land animals are raped into the world each year, tortured, and murdered while around 1 billion humans starve a day. The main reason for pollution, droughts, and deforestation is animal agriculture. About 85% of antibiotics (which are synthetic ones that destroy good bacteria too) go to animal agriculture.
Even then, plenty of cancer tumors and other things that get unchecked or barely treated before it's sent out to the public. That's while the meat literally rots as it sits around getting moved around until it's bought. Heart disease is the number one killer in America, mainly linked to animals, especially red meat. Type two diabetes is caused to humans by animal fat, officially. So on and so forth.
I have also read Walker's book and highly recommend it.
@@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked You are saying that humans are meant to be vegans. That couldn't be farther from the truth. Now, looking from your standpoint, you might be justifying some emotions you have regarding animals.
To begin with, you can tell by the length of our guts that we are not supposed to be relying solely on plants, our guts are not long enough. Looking at our teeth, it is obvious that we are omnivores. Humans have short canines that are a functional consequence of having an enlarged cranium and associated reduction of the size of the jaws. We also know that humans share anatomical features with those of omnivores (e.g. pigs, mice, rats, rodents, raccoons, etc.). Cattle and deer have vats, enlarged chambers where plant that are eaten can stay to be digested by microbes. However, we, as humans, lacks those vats.
We are neither carnivores nor herbivores, we are simply omnivores. You can say that you want to have a certain diet due to emotional reasons, however you are certainly mistaken when you say that a plant based diet is best for humans.
But Dr. Walker himself does not know Why all animals Sleep. Whether plants sleep is bit unclear.
Matthew Walker has no idea "Why we Sleep" but the book still sells
If Matthew were to ever make a guided meditation track, I would buy that in a heartbeat. He has the most pleasant, relaxing, Unintentional ASMR vibe in his voice. I wish he would read me a bedtime story and give me a big hug.
Settle for tiny hug for now dear Erica!
@@sleepsmartsmashstress8705 I do put his videos about sleep and sleep.It is doable with what is available.Thank you.
He has an audio book but I think it is read by someone else :(
@@Music-gw4qf Yes, unfortunately so. I have it on Audible. A great listen nonetheless.
Almost like he is into sleep! :)
Super podcast, young children sleep naturally and longer when recovering from illness. Adults pop a pill and stay working. You would always hear the old generation say, sleep is the best medicine.
Adults pop many pills Seniors close to dozen
Children can sleep longer because of the mega amount of HGH circulating in their bodies.
Sick animals sleep too!
This video is amazing. We need to talk about the importance of sleep more. We need to normalize 8-9 hours of sleep everyday in society.
Great to hear Dr Walker speak of the associative brain "your bed is neither a kitchen, nor an office, nor a cinema" "your brain gets desoriented on what a bed is about". It inspires me... And do not eat when you wake up in the night because your brain will learn that night is the time to eat. That was j.u.s.t. for me. I would appreciate to hear on studies done on the effect of theobromine on sleep...
When we bought our house 21 years ago we decided not to have TV in the bedroom. Best decision ever. Bedroom is for sleep and sex only. 😋
Your channel is an absolute gem. You bring amazing guests and also host great interviews. Thanks. I now regularly recommend several of your videos. 🙏🏼❤️
Thank you so much - I really appreciate your kind words!
@@DrChatterjeeRangan keep it up, doc! Love and appreciate your work.
Both decaf tea and coffee, wow! I love both of those, I have a long way to go in terms of lessening caffeine- thank you!
My toxic trait? Sleep procrastination while watching RUclips videos on sleep. 🤦🏽♂️🥱😴🥴
Break the habit and leave your phone in the kitchen
Dr. Walker please help me. After hearing in your book that routines are so important. I decided to start a routine along with my baby girl last Feb 27, 2022. I used to not have a routine ever in my life. I'm a woman in my upper 30's. After me and my 6 year old daughter started a routine I have not been able to sleep. That first week a did not sleep but 2 days out of seven. After that I start taking 50 MG trazodone and it was helping and I was getting better. Then, daylight savings came and destroyed all my progress. Now, I consistatly wake up at 2, 3 or 4 am. If I am lucking taking a trazadone can help me sleep until five. Sometimes, if I have too much stress I can sleep at all. My doctor increased the trazodone up to 300 but it did not helped with the waking up at 2. Just gave me a horrible dry mouth. I have not had a good night sleep since Feb. I feel like I'm dying.
I forgot to mentioned that my little girl was/is also affected by this routine. I am camping out in another room but she wakes up to "go to the bathroom", or because she is cold, etc. A tiny bit of melatonin 0.25 MG has helped her somewhat but she still wakes up for different reasons.
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Why would a routine mess my sleep and how can we fix it??
I forgot to mentioned that I don't take naps and we are trying to get more light exposure in the morning but sometimes the cold weather doesn't allow for that.
Please help us Dr. Walker and Dr. Chaterjee
I feel like I can't go on much longer.
Surely in 21st century med schools need to be incorporating both sleep & nutrition into their training. It seems unbelievable that these 2 things get virtually no time devoted to them (or the menopause I believe) so GP’s have to largely fall back on drugs. A pill for every ill. Think how much money could be saved or better used in NHS if doctors knew more about such fundamental things.
This honest physician/scientist can sell me anything. I totally believe in his teachings/instructions!
Brilliant podcast that was kept simple & informative for the average listener👍🏻 thanks both!
Love this. Thankyou! PLEASE GO MORE INTO DETAIL ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL HEALING AND REM SLEEP!!! I think this is one of the needed areas of knowledge.
Lovely podcast. My late mother, who was a licensed practising traditional Chinese medicine, told me that one of the most important factors to longevity is to sleep as early as possible. She mentioned that our organs begin to rest at 10pm.
Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine has been going upstream on general health.
i just recently got into reading self improvement books. i've read cal newport's deep work, barbara oakley's a mind for numbers, and james clear's atomic habits. i stumbled upon this accidentally, which was great
I love this interview, Mathew Walker's episode of JRE was one of my favorites as well. HOWEVER.. that pop filter over Matts face is driving me crazy! It[the podcast] listens really well but the visual is distracting af. I keep finding myself watching where the line crosses his face..
Doctors... what is the most important element to health??? It's Attitude gentlemen. 😀 Without a grateful attitudes who can sleep well? 😀 if you don't have a good attitude, how can you crave healthy food? If you don't have a loving attitude, why would you exercise? If you don't "not" have an entitled attitude you won't want to drink lots of water. Do 20 thank yous and call me in the morning... lol. Thank you so much for sharing all your great work and love Doctors!!! 🙏🏻💪🤙✌💞😍
One of the best videos I’ve ever watched on RUclips. Excellent content AND easy voices to listen! Thank you for this presentation…. Starting on losing my coffee addiction today 😊
I know you're trying to raise awareness and do your best. Unfortunately, this information is very bad for me. When I can't sleep enough and there's nothing I can do about it, I'll be even more worried about all the other negative health effects of sleep deprivation than I've known about so far. So I'll be even more worried than now and it will be harder falling asleep again at 3 or 4 am .
I have exactly the same and hated Dr. Walkers book very much. Absolutely no help mentioned for real insomniacs. Would be much better to research for the new drug for inducing sleep that would work without side effects and help those who really need it not those who do not go to bec in time...CBTI is an absolute nonsense
"The shorter your sleep, the shorter your life."
And that, ladies and gentleman, is why Matthew looks like an 11 year old boy.
Wait… he's actually older than eleven? ;-)
Matthew is an 11 year old baby He sleeps like one
Maturation Arrest!
I wish I had known this earlier. I have lived a sleep deprived life for all of my adult life, I'm now in my mid 50s. I was part of the bravado thinking Matthew talks about 'aren't I clever for sleeping so little' what an idiot! , I do wonder how this will play out in the next few years! eek !
My favorite interview, thank you so much 🙏
Thank you, Dr. Chatterjee, for your podcast.
I really believe that business have prioritized Money at the cost of sleep including the choice to adopt permanent Daylight saving time and not permanent standard time in some Canadian provinces.
So helpful. Keep having him on please. Let him talk please. Yes mental health so important I can’t sleep. Please advise. Ok I’ll cut down on caffeine.
Love you two. Aside from the great info, Matthew has the most charming little laugh. Love it all. Thanks so much.
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This episode is so acoustically pleasant.
Designed to induce hypnosis, that is side job of Dr. Walker other than walking excessively. Now you know why his name is this way
I listen to long podcast to help me sleep. Tonight, it didn't work because I just can't keep my mind off this podcast. I need stop listening. Will catch up the rest of the podcast tomorrow.
At around 2:40 Matthew talks about not wearing sunglasses outside for a daylight reset. I acknowledge that sunlight can cause permanent damage to the eyes over time, and I personally wear crystal clear polycarbonate glasses when outside, since that blocks most of the UV rays, but lets 100% of the sunlight through so I still have to squint, which is even healthier since squinting naturally reduces the amount of UV rays into the eyes.
My question is if you can get that reset using polycabonate clear glasses, so you can maintain eye health, while also getting your circadian rhythm reset.
Great podcast. Dr rangan, let the expert speak, hes the expert not you. Dont interrupt him.
U can reframe your personal experiences in less words / reframe the long story as a question. We mostly want to hear about fromt he expert after all
Indeed could not sleep after a 5k evening run. Interesting talk.
Thanks, guys!
I only wish I could sleep more than six hours. I always wake up exhausted.
Otherwise: my favorite hobby is my REM-sleep with all the dreams.
Greetings from an avid follower of both of you from Germany.
Time stamps would be great...
Amazing evidence! I don’t drink coffee or tea and always have slept great! Must be true.
I work early/late shift system. Sundaynight, before early shift, I often don't sleep at all or max 2 hrs. Obv I crash when I get back from work and sleep like from 3pm to 9pm, then I'm unable to sleep till 2 am but that's 1.5 hrs before I have to get up again for my next shift... I think I sleep average 5 hrs during this early shift week. I end up eating so much and crave for sugar. During late shift I sleep avrg 8 to 9 hrs.
I agree with this but suggest it is an option for people who have choices. I sympathise with parents of babies and young children, 24 hour carers of people suffering dementia, and others who are on 24 hour call for dependents.
Great talk, thank you both.
Life changing inspiration to improve one of our most primal, every day habits. Brilliant!
How did it go? Any improvement?
Humans are proven in health studies to be best suited for the vegan lifestyle AKA plant-based. Some major diseases are exclusive to animal based diets. But you probably season animals, like I used to. We have mockups where you cannot tell the difference, and they'll even taste better.
The pandemic was started by eating bats or by a Wuhan lab leak (which is now said to be 95% or so of certainty in this cause). Several outbreaks happen from animal agriculture. Even with this virus, scientists have warned of animal agriculture. The AMA (American Medical Association), the Physician's Committee, the largest study known as the China Study, and several other sources state that thousands of top doctors and evidence points to humans being plant-based.
Even the latest science shows early ancestors were thriving on plant-based. Some worship the cow but there's a lot of recorded animal abuse there in India. They're the second largest producer of beef. Around the world, about 99% of animals come from factory farms and even regular farms tend to be pretty brutal on average, in overwhelming documentation.
We've had several animal based companies go out of business, oh so thankfully. The largest and the oldest milk company in America went out of business recently after filing bankruptcy. Several milk companies have shut down. Vegan meat and vegan milk outsell their animal based counterparts when sold side by side. But only vegans in the small millions.
The Canada food pyramid now has meat, dairy, eggs, and other animal products removed. The AMA is encouraging hospitals to replace processed meats and butter and such with plant-based alternatives. 75+ billion land animals are raped into the world each year, tortured, and murdered while around 1 billion humans starve a day. The main reason for pollution, droughts, and deforestation is animal agriculture. About 85% of antibiotics (which are synthetic ones that destroy good bacteria too) go to animal agriculture.
Even then, plenty of cancer tumors and other things that get unchecked or barely treated before it's sent out to the public. That's while the meat literally rots as it sits around getting moved around until it's bought. Heart disease is the number one killer in America, mainly linked to animals, especially red meat. Type two diabetes is caused to humans by animal fat, officially. So on and so forth.
What about drinking tea?
Really enjoyed this episode Dr Chatterjee. Thank you!
wow this is great, i have not been sleeping well few months ago after having a baby, but now he's 10moths and got him more or less in a routine. But my sleep is still not perfect and am always tired. And as i also have constipation problems, having tea seems to help along side my tiredness and orange juice and laxative i got from my gp all play different parts. i see where im going wrong. need more sleep and only caffeine before 12pm. only drink green tea, but that has caffeine so, now know what to do. then i will have more deep sleep. currently using lavender to try sleep, but still not deep sleep, i think my caffeine is also probably affecting me. no wonder i feel horrible in my health, constantly tired.
Try strength and resistance exercises ,at least 3/w,time for your hobbies,row green salads , cabbages,fiber,apples,..dates are great.fluids...breath and relax....take care
@@domimacetas5337 yes whole foods. For healthy intestines
For people with Sleeping issues is it recommended to have medicines to sleep better or more ? Isn't a risk of becomming addicted to these medicines .?
Just an awesome conversation! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Great discussion and very helpful. Thx! @Rangan - just an idea. you might want to add posture as 5th pillar in your next book (check out things like the Gokhale method - has made a big difference in my life...less pain, better breathing)
We are currently in the Covid19 pandemic. I wonder if it would have been so bad if the world slept better if sleep has such an impact on immune function.
So life kind sucked not super attached I can take it or leave it
I think another way to bring the core temperature down is a cold glass of water before bed.
One of ex use to wonder why I wouldn't be lying next to him when he woke up. One person mentioned she sleeps with earphones in ears cause her spouse snores loudly and excessively.
Thank you for explaining the importance of sleep, but I would like to know if you have an advise how to help us to fall asleep and stay asleep. I am taking melotonin 5 mg, helps for couple of hours and than I am awake and cannot fall asleep. Hot shower is a great advise.I do not smoke or drinking wine or coffee. Do you have a podcast with more recommendations in addition you have mentioned: dark room, cooler temp return, no food at night.I practice all these things because I listened to your and other doctor’s advise.
My favourite podcast. So much interesting information thankyou both
Is this a interview or more about Dr. Rangan realization’s
Dr Chatterjee, thank you for this great podcast. You seem like a very lovely and smart fellow, however, may I suggest that you practice asking shorter questions? A sign of a very good interview is the fact that the interviewer speaks very little, and the interviewed speaks a lot. Just my two constructive two cents. :)
Agreed, the body language says it all. The guest seemed uncomfortable a lot of the time and barely got to speak at all. If it was a guest at dinner they would probably make an excuse to leave early. I'm sure there was no malice or ill intent at all but if you are interviewing someone you need to let them talk and make it about them.
For me pushing through is the fastest way to set my body for a new timezone, but make sure not to have caffene 10 hours before planned sleep
I'm a big fan of Matthew Walker and his works. But I noticed that he quotes a study giving participants 200mg of caffeine and calls it "a standard cup of coffee". Wouldn't this be more like half a litre? Not saying that it majorly changes the results or that people do not drink that much (many do) but do I have a massive misconception about caffeine content or is this just an error or simplification?
Blessed are people who can sleep on an airplane at all! How can they starch out and relax? Nothing will ever take the place of a bed! I guess you could heavily sedate yourself while you are in the air.
I think he just talked me into a sleep problem..
Tnx for this great episode! I would love to hear a podcast's episode on endometriosis...
Will see what I can do!
I absolutely agree!!!
Brilliant episode and so many good tips regarding sleep and helth. Thank you Namasté.
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Thank you.Sorry too much time is spent on self, ego ,instead of focusing on the subject at hand like a serious lectures ,one to learn something from for time spend watching.Content is so crucial for serious listners ,thank you.
I just wonder if it is advisable to take melatonin supplements on a daily basis to ensure quality sleep.
Stumbled across this video and now sharing it with friends and family, definitely worth watching!
Thank you for the podcast. Where can I find the links to the research about caffeine? I am specifically interested in part that caffeine stay in your body for 12 hours
Check it out!! Dr. Andrew Huberman has a podcast now!!!😁👍🏽👍🏽✌🏽
Dr. Andrew Huberman chatters lot more than Dr. Chatter Jee
Great podcast, thank you! Is it possible that decaf tea/coffee would still be in your system at night (as there is still a little caffeine in decaf) enough to disrupt sleep?
Maybe just wake up early and have your decaf at 7 or 8 a.m will be the best solution. An at the workplace, after you wake up from the short break, just have some direct sunlight and does the breath holding exercises (which Dr.C also has a podcast on, #99) can help you with your focus enough for the rest of the day. I'm currently an university student, which led me to a very "strange" biological "clock" (lol, my English is not so good, hope that you can understand what I'm talking about): wake up at 10-11 a.m and *try* to sleep at 11 p.m which actually is 1-2 a.m in the morning. Because of that routine, when I wake up at the "mornoon", I feel really bad, which makes me to drink a lot of coffee after that, which now leads me to stay awake for far too long, how miserable. After listening to a lot of Dr.C and Jay Shetty podcast on health, now I'm trying to sleep and wake up earlier, using my "addiction" to cafein as a bait to trick me wake up earlier so that I can sleep like a "ideal normal person". It works like this, I told myself that: Hey, I know that if I drink coffee so late in the day, I can't sleep soon enough to feel good, and I love my coffee routine, and I don't want to continue suffer from that miserable lifestyle of me anymore (because I'm selfish and I don't want to die too soon and too painful), so I will sleep earlier, in order to wake up earlier, in order to still have my coffee and also to greatly improve my health. (long comment, hope that I can help you, just want to share my experience in case that it can help you with yours)
Decaf coffee /tea has about 4% of the caffeine of regular. If coffee has 150 mg per cup you only have 6mg at the time you drink it. How's the half life of 6 hours so 6 hours you after you drink it it's down to 3 mg and 6 hours later it's down to a milligram and a 1/2. I don't really think the decaf coffee or tea is a problem. One way you could try is to give it up entirely and see if that affects you.
I love coffee more so for the smell n taste not so much alertness but I heard decaf is worse than standard caffeine as it has more chemicals? Is this true? Also can u recommend a good decaf?
Such an interesting and eye opening discussion
Wow! I so needed to hear this!
Thank you so much!
Thanx for this great episode!
Amazing work brother 👌👌👌👌👌
Thank you both for the advise because i am addicted to coffee and it makes me lack of sleep.
What do u think about Chicoree?
Awesome episode!!
Rest easy
We need information about the role of sleep. Try again.
I’m going to bed!
Huge value, 2 HQ people
I love him
How do the 1% of "short sleepers" fit into this and are these parameters relevant to this population? Or do you think the "short sleeper" anomaly is not legitimately a reduced sleep requirement?
Natural short sleepers must show that there is no physiological harm being done to them with 4 hr sleep Linda. They do fine! They are the outliers of course but they could get pretty bored trying to fill that much time each day with things to do.
I guess i have to quit cocaine liquor and cigarettes tomorrow so i can SLEEEPP
I wont vape n e mary jane after 9:30-10:00 pm on worknightd for optimum sleep for meself
I have to say I barely sleep especially once I hit menopause two years ago I’m lucky if I sleep to three hours some nights none I was on bioidentical hormones for 17 years and had to come off due to stomach issues from the thyroid medicine that was not working for me but I’m definitely going back on because I sleptLike a baby before but I have to say I eat so good I have all my vitals checked and they are amazing I don’t know how I run on no sleep but I do I am refresh the next morning I get up no problem maybe I don’t require sleep or much of it I don’t know but it frustrates me that I don’t what would you suggest
My goodness that doesn't sound healthy or balanced you deserve better. If you're having gut issues start drinking bone broth daily. I have IBS and in 1 week time I'm seeing results. I also cut out coffee because I'm serious about having better health when I get older. Stop all coffee and drink bone broth to heal your gut. Coffee does so much to women's hormones and blocks absorption of minerals. Bone broth has a ton of nutrients and glycine to help improve sleep. Just think of what your grandmother made in a slow cooker and get back to ancestral traditions. Also I use red lights and red light bulbs at night to eliminate blue light which blocks melatonin. If you wear glasses you can find clip on lenses to block blue light at night before bed. They sell on Amazon. Good luck. Don't stop seeking better health. If you can heal your gut and get sleep your hormones might improve way more needing extra medications. God bless 🙌
@@ShinySilverBunny I never drink caffeine and my gut is perfectly fine now that I’ve been off the hormones but I can’t sleep now off the hormones
@@secondskinfillers8709 well okay then it sounded like you needed help so I offered some. Good luck!
@@ShinySilverBunny no ty I do in sleep. However lol. Ty thou
We must reduce our caffeine: caffeine reset for a week, try decafe, don't drink after 12
8 hours sleep extremely important ( non negotiable)
Mental health crisis is coinciding with Sleep crisis
One night of only 4 hours sleep has prevailing bad effects for longer then a week
Alcohol as a sleep aid is terrible, it is a sedative not a sleep aid
Losing weight and building muscle begins with getting a good night sleep
you are 40% more susceptible to virus' when you are sleep deprived
Sleep tips:
Keep bedroom cool
Wake up at the same time
Lights off for 1 hour before sleep
Use artificial light exposure to fix jet lagg
If not sleeping in bed, get out for a bit
Quote:
"children need a sleep routine, why don't we?
profound.
I keep waking up after 4 hours and cannot get back to sleep. Help
U trained ur brain to wake up at 4.
Now ur brain keeps putting u in that cycle.
Change your daily routine, try to meditate.
Listen to raining sound on your phone.
Try cbd oil
With respect the mere fact of caffeine having a 6 hr half life does not imply that its level is sufficient to cause CNS stimulation. An aminogyloside antibiotic may have a half life of 12 hours but the does is repeated after 8 hours to maintain therapeutic level. Additionally the receptors adapt and become tolerant to the drugs. In the end only what the person experiences as the effect of a pharmacologically active substance matters. Relative to other disruptors of sleep like stress, noise, air pollution, pain ; coffee is a small player.
Decaff is fine
Note for self:
Return at 7:30 mark
that some people can do just 1 or 2 cups everr morning i cant do that its 6-10 cups a day or nothing for me lol wants i started i want more and more
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Aren't there any RUclips rules that prohibit a Brit from interviewing another Brit? Were poor sleep really killing humans then how do we explain the population explosion and the doubling of the lifespan? Something stronger is negating the harm of sleep loss is causing so in the sum we are bit ahead but that is about to stop now as lifespan shrinks. Sleep alone wont halt this, We have overlived ourselves a bit.
What about tea?
Not shades, blue light blockers and cold showers and cherries
In the netherlands it's illegal to give to children, wth is going on over there?
We're all on some kind of drugs. I'm finally getting off caffeine, and it's hell so far, but I'm 7 days in now, so there's no going back
@@Hello_Ladies day 6 right now myself and it’s so tough. Hope you’re still holding strong
@@drew3976 Good job! You're almost there. For me the headache stopped after about a week. I did whatever I could think of to feel better, except caffeine of course. I took bathes in epson salt, slept as much as I could, and ate whatever I wanted. Now I'm back in the gym. It was more difficult than I expected. My sleep is a lot better already. I don't have that bloated feeling, reflux, indigestion every time I eat anymore. Good luck! It'll be worth it.
Sleep good??
No coffee for kids? Then what, coke? Triste.....please say water, please!
water
Look for dopamine addiction too. Cut it off.
Who else is watching at 4:00 am
Ads too many long ones