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Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley

Hot Bath

Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Michael takes a long soak in the bath, and explores why it might be good for our heart, metabolism and sleep. He speaks to one of the UK’s leading sleep experts, Professor Jason Ellis, Director of the Northumbria Sleep Centre, to find out why a hot bath a couple of hours before bed can help us get to sleep. They discuss the interplay of responses in your brain and body that work together to get your body ready for rest - and why a hot bath one to two hours before bed can help kick start the process… Crucially, it is not the warm, relaxing bath that’s important, but what happens afterwards.

Transcript

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0:00.0

If you could have a conversation with your younger self, what would you tell them?

0:06.0

Anonymity is our most valuable gift.

0:09.0

I'm Kristi Young, and in Young again, I'll be asking my guests what honest advice they would give their past self.

0:16.0

Believe it when they say that loving yourself is the answer.

0:20.0

Among those joining me will be Jamie Oliver, Jeda Pinkett Smith and Mel B.

0:24.1

I knew that I had a voice and I knew that I wanted to say certain things and represent certain things.

0:30.0

Young again, with me, Kirstie Young.

0:33.0

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0:35.0

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0:40.0

I think I'm just going to like that. We'd all like some quick and simple ways to improve our health,

0:48.0

but we're bombarded with often conflicting advice.

0:52.0

So, if you were going to do just one thing to improve your

0:55.6

mental and physical well-being, what should it be? Maybe a few squats to enhance

1:00.4

your brain or more bacteria to improve your mood or even a cold shower to boost your

1:08.0

immune system.

1:09.0

I'm Dr Michael Mosley and this is just one thing where each episode will explore one thing

1:16.0

you can start doing tomorrow to improve your health or life in ways you might not expect. I'm recording this while lounging in a

1:28.4

deliciously relaxing hot bath. It's one of those rare things in life that not only feels good but actually is good

1:37.2

for you. Studies suggest that regular hot bars could have a host of benefits from reducing blood sugar levels to lowering your risk of heart

1:45.2

disease. But the benefit I'm most interested in exploring today is whether hot bars before

1:51.7

bed could help me get to sleep quicker and improve the quality of my sleep.

1:57.0

Right, better top it up. Let's make it a little bit warmer.

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