Adults between the ages of 18 and 64 need 7 to 9 hours of sleep every night.

But over 35% of all adults in the U.S. report sleeping an average of less than 7 hours a night.

Good sleep is so crucial, so today we'll be discussing how you can

get your best rest. Welcome back to Essential Oil Solutions with Dutera, the podcast where you'll

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Today we're excited to talk to Dr. Ashley Anderson about getting the sleep you deserve.

Dr. Anderson, thank you so much for being with us today.

Thank you so much for having me.

So the first question I want to ask you is a really important one.

It kind of frames this whole topic.

Why is restful sleep so important?

That's an amazing question because a lot of us, I think, even in just the way we live life,

we are like, I'll sleep when I and die.

You know?

But truly, it's the time when your body heals and reboot itself.

You know, just like your phone or your computer, you need that time to reboot.

Otherwise, like your phone or computer would start to misfire, parts of our bodies will do the same thing.

So sleep plays such an important role in our healthy organ function and metabolism, having a healthy immune system, just to name a few things. But it is extremely

important that we get great sleep. Absolutely. Now, some of us find getting really restful

sleep a little bit harder than others. What are some of the common reasons that we might not

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