How to Get the Best Sleep Ever ( From Someone Who Spent $45K on Sleep) With Matt Gallant

The Wellness Mama Podcast

Katie Wells

Parenting, Education, Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Motherhood, Mom Life, Wellness, Kids & Family, Organic, Health, Natural Living, Self-improvement

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Episode Highlights With Matt

How he was shot in a robbery
He spent $45k on sleep and these are his main lessons
Inexpensive things related to sleep that anyone can do: light, sleep environment, temperature, food timing
How temperature drastically affects sleep
Ways to improve deep sleep
Why one hour of sleep is worth two hours (with some nuance)
The reason when you work your body you tend to get more deep sleep and when you work your brain you tend to get more REM (and this is a good thing)
During daylight savings, when we lose an hour of sleep, heart attacks go up by 24% and when we gain an hour, it goes down by 21%
Why night shift work is classified as a carcinogen
How not getting enough sleep leads to weight gain or loss of muscle mass
Lack of sleep directly impacts hunger, willpower and more
How blood sugar response changes from just one night of impaired sleep
His top supplements for sleep: L-Theanine (in evening), magnesium, glycine, potassium, GABA
A reason to consider taking potassium at night and how it can help minimize bathroom trips at night
What to know about wearables and trackables for sleep
HRV- what to know and understand and ways to improve it with float tanks, breathwork, and movement
Why he sets an alarm for his sleep supplements and his bedtime
A simple rule: 8 hours plus an hour for every hour of exercise
Why sleep quality trumps sleep quantity

Resources We Mention

BiOptimizers
Bon Charge red bulbs
Essentia Mattress - Use code wellnessmama15 for discount
Sleep.me - ChiliPad
Eight Sleep - Use code Mama150 for a discount
Oura Ring
Levels
NanoVi
Power Sleep : The Revolutionary Program That Prepares Your Mind for Peak Performance by James Maas
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior by Dr. David R. Hawkins

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to my Bobby's Podcast!
0:05.2	This episode is brought to you by Apollo Neuro.
0:08.8	That's APOLO and EURO.
0:13.0	If you haven't heard of this, it's something really cool and groundbreaking that I have
0:16.4	been experimenting with myself.
0:18.9	They utilize a new touch therapy experience by creating the Apollo wearable device.
0:23.7	It was developed by neuroscientists and physicians to help improve sleep, increase energy,
0:29.2	improve recovery, and focus.
0:32.1	Through soothing, gentle waves of vibration that mimic the body's natural ones, the Apollo
0:36.8	wearable helps your body relax and reduces feelings of stress, which helps put you in
0:41.3	a state that allows you to have more control over how you want to feel.
0:45.6	The Apollo wearable will give you more energy to put power through your day and to help
0:49.4	you sleep better at night, and the fact that I have felt personally.
0:53.0	And all you have to do is put it on your wrist and feel the soothing vibrations.
0:57.2	It's basically like a remote control for how you want to feel throughout the day, whether
1:01.4	it's more energetic, less stressed, better mood, or feel more calm and relaxed with sleepy.
1:06.6	It's a new technology and brand to the world, which is a game changer for both health and
1:10.8	wellness and the wearable tech space.
1:13.2	The new initiatives from Apollo include two new scientific research studies with groundbreaking
1:17.7	results.
1:18.7	Their sleep study demonstrates that Apollo users can get up to 30 more minutes of sleep
1:23.0	per night when it's used consistently for at least three hours a day, five days a week.
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