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podcast. You're listening to episode 88 of the Food for Fitness podcast, brought to you by

foodfor fitness.co.uk. I'm your host, Scott Bapti, and this week we are

chatting all about sleeping and insomnia and sleep science. So my guest this week is Jason Ellis,

and he is Professor in Psychology at Northumbria University and Director of the Northumbria

Centre for Sleep Research. So essentially he is actually one of the leading authorities on sleeping in the UK.

So in this episode, we'll be looking at some of the causes for insomnia and disorder of sleeping,

how many people are affected by it, why some people are more susceptible than others.

We're looking at how sleep impacts nutrition, looking at the quality versus the

quantity of sleep. I'll be talking about sleep diaries and if the little app on your wrist, if they're

any good for tracking your sleep, looking at some myths and traditional beliefs about sleeping,

like do you have to get eight hours and does counting sheep actually help? So it really, it's an

excellent episode. You'll find it very informative and Jason is an excellent guest. So here we go,

episode 8 to 8 of the Food for Fitness podcast. Professor Jason Ellis, welcome to the podcast.

Thank you, Scott. So Jason, give us a bit more background about yourself. Were you a

problem sleeper and you, that was your calling to become a sleep researcher or what stimulated

your interest in this area? Well, a couple of things really. One, yes, I had periods of insomnia in the past

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