In this interview, world renowned sleep doctor, Dr Michael Breus, aka The Sleep Doctor, discusses the importance of high quality sleep and how to achieve it, some powerful “sleep hacks” around caffeine and alcohol, its role in reducing inflammation and strengthening our immune system and much, much more. What an honour to have this gentleman on my podcast!
Healing Your Body With High Quality Sleep With The Sleep Doctor, Dr Michael Breus
SHOW NOTES
3 mins – Dr Breus´background, education, inspiration
5 mins – 24 hours, he can change people’s lives. When you change someone’s sleep, you change their lives – mood, Vitality, Testosterone, inflammation, everything about them
7 – We are at the early stages of Sleep Medicine
9 – Everyone can relate to sleep and challenges
10 – My insomnia experience
11 – Sleep Hacks
12 – Caffeine and its parameters
13 – Half life of caffeine
15 – Caffeine sensitivities & stimulants
16 – Fun caffeine hack: The “Napolatte”
20 – Sunshine breaks
21 – Morning hydration
23 – A powerful morning routine
24 – It turns out that most of the time we don’t need caffeine
25 – Alcohol & its effects on sleep
27 – How to hack alcohol consumption.
28 – Unconsciousness vs actual sleep
29 – The circadian rhythm of alcohol dehydrogenase hormone
32 – Systems check
33 – Sleep is the process of body recovery
34 – Sound bite – If you just breathe, drink, sleep – winning
35 – Circadian rhythms and chronotypes
36 – PER3 gene – night owl versus early bird
37 – Genetic form of insomnia
38 – Lions, Bears, Wolves
43 – Chronoquiz.com – discover your Chronotype
45 – Sleep and inflammation
46 – How does sleep help control inflammation? SOUND BITE
- Lack of sleep raises levels of inflammation
- Too much sleep raises levels of inflammation
- Sleep deprivation leads to increased C-RP
48 – How do we know if we’re sleep deprived and how long should it take to fall asleep?
49 – What happened when Dr Michael was on the Oprah Winfrey show..
50 – Covid and sleep – direct link with cytokine inflammatory response, and melatonin. Melatonin can regulate the cytokine response – Cytokine storm – soundbite
51 – If melatonin is not present, response continues to rise
52 – Soundbite on Vitamin C IV
53 – Sugar on sleep and inflammation
54 – Reference to sugar on rheumatoid arthritis patient
55 – Were immunosuppressed if we are inflamed – immediate effect
56 – Step 1: go to chronoquiz.com to find our your sleeping type. Listen to hear steps 2, 3, 4. Wake up routine
57 – Grounding Sleep (Sound Bite)
58 – EMF Sensitivity. Cell phone use reduces melatonin production. Grounding pad results
59 – Painting a Faraday Cage
60 – The Hidden Rainbow: EMFs exposure and what happened preceding every pandemic for 220 years – EARTHING
61 – Earthing & Grounding
62 – Routines: Breathwork and Meditation – NC Soundbite
63 – “Sleep is a lot like love”
63 – The Sleep Doctor´s #1 Vitality Secret
64 – Where you can find www.thesleepdoctor.com – for articles on sleep, inflammation, testosterone and Covid