My name is Ben Greenfield and on this episode of the Ben Greenfield Life Podcast.

And so when people do this, they restore this microbe lactobacillus rotorite.

You get this surge in oxytocin and people will say things like,

I feel closer to my partner.

I love my children even more than I did before.

I like my co-workers better. They are less annoying to me.

And my favorite, I understand the opinions of other people even when I disagree.

Isn't that something?

Faith, family, fitness, health, performance, nutrition, longevity, ancestral living, biohacking, and a whole lot more.

Welcome to the show.

Alright, let's talk about one of the best things you can do to improve your health.

That's about seven hours of quality sleep every night. Yet changes from person to person.

Let's say it's seven-ish hours and can be hard to get that much sleep.

You can be bed that long, but your mind keeps you awake.

You can get comfortable. You wake up early or in the wee hours, you can't fall asleep again.

There are literally dozens of reasons why you might have a hard time getting seven hours of quality sleep every night.

But it's important because that's when your body heals itself.

If you're not getting enough quality sleep, you're increasing your risk of a lot of chronic diseases,

making it harder to lose weight and regulate your appetite.

One way that you can come at this is to replenish your magnesium levels.

75% of people don't have enough magnesium, and that helps explain why so many people have sleep problems.

It's not the only reason, but it's a big reason.

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