#242 How To Sleep Better and Reduce Inflammation with Dr Roger Seheult

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Alternative Health, Mental Health

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🗓️ 2 March 2022

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

This week, I welcome Dr Roger Seheult back to the podcast. Roger is a medical doctor who is quadruple board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary diseases, critical care medicine and sleep medicine. As well as his clinical practice, he is passionate about teaching doctors and the public via his teaching company MedCram and his YouTube channel.

In this conversation, I was keen to focus on the topic of inflammation. Inflammation is a natural and necessary biological response to injury or infection, but thanks to our modern lifestyles, it’s become a response that doesn’t always go away when it should. Chronic unresolved inflammation in the body lies at the heart of conditions such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, depression, obesity, diabetes and dementia. And in this conversation, we look at some of the best things that you can do on a daily basis to reduce inappropriate inflammation and increase your chances of staying fit and healthy.

We begin by talking about sleep, and Roger explains why quantity, as well as quality, is so important. We discuss the impact that a lack of sleep can have on inflammation and what we now know about sleep deprivation and our risk of disease. Of course, if you’re someone who struggles to sleep, this knowledge can just make you more anxious and this is something that Roger and I discuss. We share some practical tips for shift-workers, new parents and insomniacs.

Roger explains the connection between stress and inflammation and he shares the type of exercise that studies show is most effective in lowering stress, anxiety and fear.

Finally, we discuss why it’s not what we eat but when we eat that’s key to reducing inflammation. We’re not designed to be constantly digesting food, and Roger explains why practising time-restricted eating can result in amazing improvements in inflammation, metabolism and more.

This conversation is full of actionable information to empower you to take control of your health. Roger has a brilliant way of simplifying complex ideas to motivate each and every one of us into action. I think you’ll really enjoy this conversation.

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0:00.0	We are just now finding out in the last 20, 30 years now in terms of research.
0:05.4	It's very solid that if people don't get enough sleep, the processes in their body are just not going to be completed that need to happen.
0:14.0	So we talked about metabolic, we talked about cancer fighting, we talked about Alzheimer's disease.
0:20.0	All of these things seem to be tied to a lack of sleep.
0:24.0	My name is Rongan Chasji. Welcome to Feel Better Live More.
0:34.0	Today's guest is someone who is making their second appearance on my podcast, the wonderful Dr Roger Schwellt.
0:43.0	Now Roger is someone who has impeccable qualifications.
0:47.0	He is a medical doctor who is quadruple board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary diseases, critical care medicine and sleep medicine.
0:57.0	And as well as his clinical practice, Roger is really passionate about teaching doctors and the public via his teaching company MedCram and the videos that he regularly releases on his YouTube channel.
1:11.0	Some of you may remember Roger from episode 206 when he came on the show to talk about our immune systems and the simple things that we can all do to improve its function.
1:22.0	And we talked about all kinds of things including vitamin D, food, sleep, cold therapy, so on and so much more.
1:30.0	If you've not heard the episode yet, I highly recommend you take a listen at some point when you have a little bit of time.
1:37.0	A few bites of that episode was absolutely fantastic, so I decided to invite Roger back for a second conversation.
1:44.0	And this time, I was keen to focus on the topic of inflammation.
1:49.0	Now inflammation is a natural and necessary biological response to injury or infection.
1:55.0	But thanks to our modern lifestyles, it's now become a response that doesn't always go away when it should.
2:02.0	You see chronic unresolved inflammation in the body lies at the heart of all kinds of different conditions such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, depression, obesity, type 2 diabetes and dementia.
2:16.0	And in today's conversation, we look at some of the very best things that you can do on a daily basis to reduce inappropriate inflammation and increase your chances of staying fit and healthy.
2:29.0	And we spend the first part of the conversation talking about sleep.
2:33.0	And I think you will really enjoy hearing Roger's perspective on this topic.
2:37.0	And what kinds of things he has found to work with his patients.
2:40.0	We talk about light exposure, the potential problems with going to bed at a time that is not aligned with our own circadian rhythm.
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