12 Things That STOP a Good Night's Sleep

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Sleep has a significant impact on your health. I want to cover the top things that can prevent you from getting a good night’s sleep.

There’s a direct correlation between your sleep and overall heart function and longevity.

A lack of sleep can affect your blood sugar levels and increase cravings and hunger. Poor sleep can also raise your cortisol and affect your mood.

The top things that prevent you from sleeping:

1. High cortisol

2. Low vitamin D

3. Low calcium

4. Low magnesium

5. Low potassium

6. A bad sleeping environment

7. Taking melatonin

8. Blue light and EMF

9. Low vitamin B12

10. Low vitamin B1

11. Low zinc

12. Stimulants

Cutting out sugar and going on a low-carb diet is crucial to help you start sleeping better. Also, avoid eating too late or overeating to help support better sleep. Another great tip is to focus on your breathing to help you fall asleep fast.

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0:00.0	Now out of all the things that can affect your state of well-being and your health,
0:04.0	sleep is at the top of the list.
0:06.5	And people don't even appreciate a good night's sleep until they don't sleep.
0:10.5	There was a period of my life, actually 12 years, where I had terrible sleep.
0:15.8	There were nights where I didn't even sleep one minute.
0:18.3	So I really appreciate sleep.
0:20.4	And I have 12 things today.
0:21.5	I'm going to share it with you about sleep based on firsthand experience.
0:26.4	There is a direct correlation with your sleep and your overall heart function and your
0:32.1	longevity. And if you don't sleep it can affect your
0:36.1	cravings you can actually develop an alteration in your blood sugars from just
0:41.0	not sleeping that well your your appetite will increase, your
0:44.4	cortisol will increase, your mood will go down if you don't get enough sleep, but
0:48.1	boy when you sleep good, everything is great. So the first thing we're talking
0:52.3	about is cortisol.
0:53.3	Cortisol is an adrenal hormone and that can keep you up at night, especially around
0:59.3	2 to 2.30 in the middle of the night. You want to take more Vitamin B1. Make sure it's a natural
1:06.5	version, but it can actually greatly reduce your cortisol. You want to put a lot of attention
1:11.2	on long walks every day just to kind of get rid of this stress.
1:15.2	Because obviously stress is activating the cortisol release.
1:19.8	So you want to do a lot of things to focus in on what's really underneath the stress.
1:24.9	Is it that you're watching too many YouTube videos on the news and bad news?
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