Why We sleep_Matthew Walker_youtube interview review

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20241012_youtube review and takeaway Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpyoDML2eUI

Tips for good night's sleep.

• Sleep & wake up at same time every day
• Dark & gadget-free bedroom
• Cool temperature
• Don't stay awake in bed. (Your brain leans the the association between your bedroom being about being awake)
• Avoid Caffeine & alcohol

Sleeping pills do not produce naturalistic sleep. There are class of drugs that called the sedative hypnotics. And sedation is not sleep so you are simply removing consciousness you are not producing that naturalistic sleep.

Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us8n8VBQn_c -If you are a morning person then you are a morning person, your genes decides it.

• There is a term called "sleep divorce"
• Descending level: Government-Workplace-Medical place(school, hospital, etc.)-Family
• There are 5 reasons why lacking of sleep does not mean more productivity:
  1. When you are under sleep, you will choose less challenging problem.
  2. They produce fewer creative solutions. Creation and ingenuity help to drive business forward.
  3. They slack off and tend to let other people to do their work. (They ride on other people's coattails.)
  4. They are more deviant. (They are more likely to fudge data in spreadsheets.)
  5. Go all the way to the top of the business chain. CEO gets more sleep then he/she gets more charismatic and vice versa.

To be continued from 49:00-Napping

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• One sleep cycle last about 90 minutes.
• To try not to nap longer than 20 minutes. (Do not nap later than 3 pm)
• Do not nap during the day if you are struggling with sleep at night.
• Adenosine induces sleep.
• Coffee carries antioxidant not caffeine. (Be careful of the does and timing.)
• What to do when you're struggling with sleep?→Go to another room and break the association with your bed. Let you brain knows the bed is the only place you sleep.
• Insufficient sleep links to cancer and Alzheimer's disease. Till to the end-02:05:40