Sleep Expert Reveals How You Can Optimize Your Brain with These Simple Hacks | Matthew Walker (Replay)

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🗓️ 25 September 2023

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[Original air date: April 22, 2021]. The matter of sleep is so critical that in this episode, Neuroscience Professor and sleep expert, Dr. Matthew Walker, exposes the severity of sleep deprivation as so serious that the Guiness Book of World Records no longer allows record setting attempts for sleep deprivation but allows far more extremes. There is a need to highly value sleep and learn tips to improve your sleep health and be more productive in your time awake. Follow Matthew Walker: Website: https://www.sleepdiplomat.com/ FOLLOW TOM: Tom’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Tom’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Tom’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tombilyeu/ SPONSORS: Visit https://bit.ly/WildHealthImpact to apply for membership for a better alternative to traditional healthcare. Get 5 free AG1 Travel Packs and a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D with your first purchase at https://bit.ly/AG1Impact. Right now, Kajabi is offering a 30-day free trial to start your own business if you go to https://bit.ly/Kajabi-Impact. Head to www.insidetracker.com and use code “IMPACTTHEORY” to get 20% off! Learn a new language and get 55% off at https://bit.ly/BabbelImpact. Try NordVPN risk-free with a 30-day money-back guarantee by going to https://bit.ly/NordVPNImpact Give online therapy a try at https://bit.ly/BetterhelpImpact and get on your way to being your best self. Go to https://bit.ly/PlungeImpact and use code IMPACT to get $150 off your incredible cold plunge tub today. ***Are You Ready for EXTRA Impact?*** If you’re ready to find true fulfillment, strengthen your focus, and ignite your true potential, the Impact Theory subscription was created just for you. Want to transform your health, sharpen your mindset, improve your relationship, or conquer the business world? This is your epicenter of greatness. This is not for the faint of heart. This is for those who dare to learn obsessively, every day, day after day. * New episodes delivered ad-free * Unlock the gates to a treasure trove of wisdom from inspiring guests like Andrew Huberman, Mel Robbins, Hal Elrod, Matthew McConaughey, and many, many, more * Exclusive access to Tom’s AMAs, keynote speeches, and suggestions from his personal reading list * You’ll also get access to an 5 additional podcasts with hundreds of archived Impact Theory episodes, meticulously curated into themed playlists covering health, mindset, business, relationships, and more: *Legendary Mindset: Mindset & Self-Improvement *Money Mindset: Business & Finance *Relationship Theory: Relationships *Health Theory: Mental & Physical Health *Power Ups: Weekly Doses of Short Motivational Quotes *****Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3PCvJaz***** Subscribe on all other platforms (Google Podcasts, Spotify, Castro, Downcast, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podcast Republic, Podkicker, and more) : https://impacttheorynetwork.supercast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	From an evolutionary perspective, sleep is the most idiotic of all behaviors.
0:07.0	When you think about it, because firstly, when you're asleep, you're not finding a mate,
0:12.0	you're not reproducing, you're not caring for your young, you're not foraging for food,
0:17.0	and worse still, you're vulnerable to predation. Now, on any one of those single grounds,
0:23.5	but especially all of them as a collective, sleep should have been strongly selected against.
0:35.5	Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of Health Theory. I am here with somebody that's going to blow your mind. His name is Matthew Walker. Matthew, welcome to the show.
0:45.3	It's a delight to be here, Tom. Thank you for having me.
0:48.2	Dude, super excited. I was telling you before we started recording that you wrote a book called Why We Sleep. And I'm always worried when I'm bringing somebody on that's covering a subject that I've
0:57.8	talked about before if they're going to hit it in a new way.
1:00.8	And I loved your book.
1:02.6	You come at it from a totally different angle.
1:04.6	I wore my brain shirt out of acknowledgement of how much you talk about sleep and the
1:10.3	neurological impact.
1:12.2	And so I want to start with two things from the book that really blew my mind.
1:17.5	And the first is that sleep is so important that the Guinness Book of World Records will not let people try to set records for sleep deprivation. Walk us through
1:29.0	why not? I think this is a great entry to your world. Yes. So what we know is that a lack of
1:35.3	sleep will impact just about every major physiological system in your body and almost every
1:42.8	operation of your mind. For example, if I were
1:45.7	to take you and limit you to just four hours of sleep for one single night, there is almost a 70%
1:53.2	drop in what we call natural killer cell activity, which are critical anti-cancer fighting immune cells.
1:59.1	That's after one night of four hours of sleep.
2:01.2	That's crazy. Secondly, if I were to short sleep you for just one week, your levels of testosterone
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