The #1 Anti-Aging Tool You’re Ignoring (Hint: It’s Free and Happens at Night)

The Dr. Hyman Show

Dr. Mark Hyman

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Medicine

4.6 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Sleep is not just a luxury—it’s a foundational pillar of health that influences nearly every aspect of our well-being. Sleep deprivation doesn’t just cause fatigue; it disrupts hormones, drives inflammation, damages metabolism, and accelerates aging. From the gut microbiome to stress hormones like cortisol, sleep is deeply intertwined with brain, immune, and metabolic health. Yet our modern world—filled with late-night screens, ultra-processed foods, and chronic stress—works against quality rest. In this episode, I discuss, along with Dr. Matt Walker and Shawn Stevenson, why we need to address sleep as a core health priority to unlock healing, prevention of chronic disease, and renewed vitality. Matthew Walker earned his PhD in neuroscience from the Medical Research Council in the UK, and subsequently became a Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is currently a Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and director of the Center for Human Sleep Science. Matt’s research focuses on the effect of sleep on human health and disease, brain, and body. He has published more than 100 scientific research studies and has received numerous funding awards from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Matt has given a main-stage TED Talk that has been viewed over 13 million times, has also created several TED Miniseries on sleep, a MasterClass series on sleep, and is author of the New York Times bestseller, Why We Sleep. Matt is also the host of the 5-star-rated, The Matt Walker Podcast. Shawn Stevenson is the author of the USA Today National bestseller Eat Smarter, and the international bestselling book Sleep Smarter. He’s also the creator of The Model Health Show, featured as the number #1 health podcast in the U.S. with millions of listener downloads each month. A graduate of the University of Missouri–St. Louis, Shawn studied business, biology, and nutritional science and became the cofounder of Advanced Integrative Health Alliance. Shawn has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times, Muscle & Fitness, ABC News, ESPN, and many other major media outlets. This episode is brought to you by BIOptimizers. Head to bioptimizers.com/hyman and use code HYMAN10 to save 10%. Full-length episodes can be found here: How to Optimize Your Sleep with Dr. Matthew Walker How To Stay Asleep And Sleep More Deeply Hack Your Sleep

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0:00.0	Coming up on this episode of the Dr. Hyman Show.
0:02.5	And I often tell people that you can overeat your weight fat, you can under-exercise your
0:06.8	weight fat, you can under-sleep your weight fat, and you can also over-stress your
0:09.6	way fat.
0:10.6	Stanford University, they found that just one night of sleep deprivation has a traumatic
0:14.9	effect on suppressing leptin.
0:16.8	Just one night of sleep deprivation, we're seeing about 14% reduction in glucose
0:20.4	reaching your brain.
0:24.0	What if I told you there's a mineral that acts like a spark plug for your body,
0:27.8	powering your brain, heart, muscles, and even your mood, and most of us are running on empty.
0:32.2	That mineral is magnesium, and it's involved in over 600 biochemical reactions,
0:36.2	from regulating stress to boosting energy,
0:38.2	sleep, and digestion, but not all magnesium supplements are created equal. That's why I recommend
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1:17.3	well, I wish I could help everyone by my personal practice. There's simply not enough time for me to do
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