Ep. 3: Drs. Dean & Ayesha Sherzai - Sleep! Who Needs It? You do.

PLANTSTRONG Podcast

Rip Esselstyn

Nutrition, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Getting a good night’s sleep at a fire station is like trying to do homework at a rock concert. Dream on! For most of us, sleep can be elusive, interrupted, and hard to come by in our tech-heavy, fast-paced world. But good sleep is crucial for brain health, allowing our main operating system to repair and reboot.

This week, Rip introduces Joe to husband-wife neurologists Dean and Ayesha Sherzai, leading physicians and researchers on brain health and the prevention of Alzheimer’s.

“Assume you have bad genes and then live in a way that reduces your vascular risk”, says Dr. Dean Sherzai before sharing how plant-based nutrition, exercise, sleep, mental activity and stress reduction all play pivotal roles in our ability to thrive.

Learn tips for getting a good night’s sleep even if your life circumstances are working against you. Be inspired by some positive news about Alzheimer’s and dementia - and hear simple actionable steps we can all take today to avoid this kind of demise.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Rip Osselston. If you're jumping in midstream into the podcast, I would encourage you,
0:05.6	go back to episode one where we meet Joe Inga, and this way chronologically, it will have a much
0:12.4	better flow and make more sense. I mean, I never have a good night in the firehouse. You're not
0:20.5	resting well there. You always on edge. You never know what's going to happen. So yeah, I'm a little tired.
0:26.5	So trying to get a good night's sleep at the firehouse is virtually impossible. The alarm is going off
0:37.2	anywhere between three to six times, between midnight and seven a.m. The guys are laughing, snoring,
0:45.3	throwing pillows at each other. Your mind is really hard to quiet your mind because you never know
0:52.5	when the tone is going to go off and what you're going to have, whether it's a medical emergency,
0:58.9	whether it is a high rise, that's a, you know, a barn burner of a fire. So sleeping at the firehouse,
1:07.6	it's like trying to do your homework at a rock concert.
1:16.4	I've been sleeping better when I do sleep, but like I said, I've been working like crazy
1:21.5	the last couple of weeks. I haven't been on my 24 hour schedule. I've been on like four
1:27.7	shifts and then over time and stuff like that. So it's been a little chaotic. That's one of the things
1:33.2	that's difficult. As you know, with being a fireman, there's no consistent sleep. You know, you come
1:38.7	home sometimes you, you don't end up sleeping very well or you don't get any sleep at work and now
1:44.0	you're in a deficit and takes a couple of days to recoup. Sleep is, it's crucial for brain health.
1:51.4	And for many of us in America in 2019 with all the distractions, the white noise and everything,
1:58.1	it's very elusive and it's hard to come by. But it's vital for protecting our minds. The people
2:05.3	that have the most definitive research really on the planet have become good friends of mine,
2:12.7	Dean and Aisha Shersai from Loma Linda. And they've got the hard science on how we can all
2:20.8	treat and even avoid Alzheimer's. And I'll bet you anything that these guys can help Joe out.
2:30.6	I'm Rick Bostolston. I am the founder of Engine 2 and I am going to be working with Joe
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