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Dr. Joseph Mercola - Take Control of Your Health

Ben Greenfield on the Importance of Deep Sleep

Dr. Joseph Mercola - Take Control of Your Health

Briana Mercola

Health & Fitness, Health, Alternative Health

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2018

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Natural health expert and Mercola.com founder Dr. Joseph Mercola interviews Ben Greenfield, one of the top biohackers in the U.S., on the importance of deep sleep and the role it plays on optimal health.

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0:00.0

We're so happy to be connected with Ben Greenfield today and explore some of his insights on fitness.

0:06.5

He's an extraordinarily knowledgeable and fit person.

0:10.7

Is a very interesting history. There is no one that I personally

0:15.8

know that reads more books than Ben. He reads one book a day, about 350 books a year I I thought I read a lot at 150 books but he's

0:26.4

got me beat by a long way and that's the majority of them are Captain Underpants, Diary of a Kid,

0:34.0

I can get them with a very large font and many pictures.

0:38.0

Yeah, we know that's not true.

0:40.0

And you might wonder how I get a lot of the ideas I have and inspirations and even some of the

0:47.4

guests that I've had on the past.

0:49.2

It's from Ben.

0:50.5

I first met him a few years ago when he actually interviewed me and I was extraordinarily

0:55.3

impressed with his insights and his understanding of health and I follow his side regularly

1:01.5

because he's got some of the most intriguing

1:04.0

insights into health and fitness and he is a biohacker is one of the top

1:08.7

biohackers in the United States and introduced me to a number of biohacts of which I think we should start off

1:15.5

on then we'll go into some of the other things that we can talk. You know one of

1:19.1

I've been I haven't discussed this with you but I think one of the most important books I've read in

1:23.5

2017 was why we sleep by Matthew Walker I believe is his name who is a

1:29.8

research scientist in California and have you heard of him before have you read the book?

1:35.0

You know I read an article about the book I haven't picked up the book yet I believe

1:39.3

oh yeah it's on the Kindle somewhere, but yeah.

1:42.6

Yeah, it is phenomenal.

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