TMHS 829 - Do THIS at Night To Get Deeper Sleep & Transform Your Body
The Model Health Show
Shawn Stevenson
4.8 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2024
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Sleep is a critical pillar of human health. Getting a good night of sleep is an important input for your mood, brain health, gut, and so much more. And luckily, learning how to optimize your sleep is simple when you understand the key behaviors that impact your biology. Today you’re going to learn exactly how to optimize your sleep cycles.
On this episode of The Model Health Show, you’re going to hear my interview from Lewis Howes’ School of Greatness Podcast. In this interview, I explained the science of sleep cycles, how your diet and other habits impact sleep quality, and specific habits you can cultivate in order to get a good night’s sleep. You’re going to learn about the role of serotonin and cortisol, how things like sugar and alcohol might be affecting your body, and the latest science on how optimal sleep impacts your health.
You’re also going to hear why sleep needs are individualized, the role your gut health plays in optimizing sleep, and why the common practice of supplementing with melatonin should not be taken lightly. If you’re ready to get better sleep, click play and enjoy the show!
In this episode you’ll discover:
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What your brain waves are doing when you sleep.
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The connection between REM sleep and short-term memory.
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What the link between sleep and human growth hormone is.
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Why HGH helps you recover faster.
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How sugar impacts your body.
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The way alcohol impacts sleep quality.
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What cortisol’s role is in the body.
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How sleep deprivation accelerates aging.
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The connection between carbohydrates, serotonin, and sleep.
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How to safely and effectively use melatonin supplements.
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Why your microbiome plays an important role in sleep.
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The relationship between serotonin and melatonin.
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How sleep deprivation can influence your hunger signals.
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Sleep-supportive habits you can add into your evening routine.
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How screentime affects your melatonin production.
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Why magnesium is important for sleep health.
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How sleep minutes are like calories.
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The interesting science of how sleep impacts appearance.
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What greatness is.
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| 0:00.0 | You are now listening to the model health show with Sean Stevenson. |
| 0:04.0 | For more visit the model health show. |
| 0:07.0 | What is sleep? How does it work? What happens during sleep? How does what I eat or drink affect my sleep? How does my sleep quality impact my appearance and attractiveness? |
| 0:24.1 | What are things that I can do starting tonight to improve my sleep quality? |
| 0:28.5 | You're about to discover the answer to all of these questions and much more on this powerful episode today. |
| 0:35.2 | This episode was actually inspired by an experience that I had this past weekend. |
| 0:39.1 | I was so fortunate to be able to take my family, my wife, and my two sons to an epic event put together |
| 0:47.0 | by my friend Louis House. And Louis is a New York Times best-selling author and has one of the top |
| 0:52.1 | podcasts in the United States |
| 0:53.5 | and he has a live event called The Summit of Greatness and kind of last minute he |
| 0:58.1 | invited us out he send us some tickets for my family and I to come and I happen to not have a basketball tournament for my |
| 1:05.0 | younger to come and I happen to not have a basketball tournament for my youngest son this weekend |
| 1:06.0 | and so it all fit and I felt like this would be a really great reset for our family |
| 1:11.0 | because we've been dealing with a lot of challenges past year. |
| 1:14.4 | You know, the loss of my father about a year ago, bookended by the loss of my wife's father |
| 1:19.4 | about a year later and in between my oldest son moving out my youngest son changing |
| 1:24.2 | schools and a whole host of other challenges and turbulence but a lot of times we |
| 1:29.0 | forget that in order for us to fly we're going to experience some turbulence during lift off. |
| 1:35.2 | And so just being able to have a moment to reset and to go to something empowering as a family |
| 1:41.5 | was just what the doctor ordered and he had an |
| 1:44.0 | incredible lineup of speakers including a guest from the model health show Dr. Joe |
| 1:48.6 | dispenser and he also had other speakers like New York Times best-selling author Rory Vayden, like David Goggins, like |
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