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🗓️ 3 December 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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There’s a chill in the air as the winter months come around again. But the cold isn’t always something to fight or guard against. With a little bit of care, you can invite the cold into your life - with real benefits for health and mood. In each episode of this new podcast series, Dr Michael Mosley uncovers the science behind a different way you can harness the power of the cold, alongside the very latest research and atmospheric sound design.
In this final episode, how keeping a colder bedroom can lead to better, deeper sleep - and how our sleep is affected by the changing climate.
Guests: Kathryn Reid, research professor, Centre for Circadian and Sleep Medicine at Northwestern University, Illinois. Dr. Nick Obradovich, Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Series Producer, Sound Designer and Mix Engineer: Richard Ward Researcher: William Hornbrook Science Producer: Samantha Lewis Production Manager: Maria Simons Editor: Zoe Heron Specially composed music by Richard Atkinson (Mcasso) A BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds / BBC Radio
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0:49.0 | There's a chill in the air. |
0:55.0 | As winter arrives, bringing shorter days and longer nights. Traditionally, this is the time to wrap up to try and keep warm. |
1:00.0 | But the cold isn't always the enemy, something to bat away, to keep at bay. |
1:07.0 | The cold is something we can at times work with and harness in ways that can help our health and well being. |
1:16.0 | This is cold therapy with me Dr Michael Mosley. |
1:21.0 | In this BBC Radio 4 podcast series I'm going to look at the science behind how the cold affects us. |
1:28.0 | Based on the latest research we'll reveal some simple, safe and practical things you can do and the effect they'll have. |
1:36.0 | If you choose to invite in the colder months come round, like a hibernating bear, I find myself heading to bed earlier than normal in the evenings, looking for the warmth |
1:55.4 | and comfort of the do they. |
1:57.8 | There is, after all, something very lovely about burying yourself under the bedsheets when your |
2:02.4 | bedroom is really cold. |
2:05.0 | Interestingly enough, not only do I get to bed early in the winter, but I sleep longer and my sleep tracker tells me the sleep I'm getting is deeper and better quality. |
2:15.6 | So what role does the cold play in this and how can you harness it to improve your nightly |
2:22.3 | rest? If you are a poor sleeper there is lots you can |
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