Top Sleep Doctor: What's Destroying Your Brain Every Night + Easy Remedies

Change Your Brain Every Day

Dr Daniel Amen

Braintrauma, Healthtips, Sleep, Obesity, Anxiety, Braininjury, Depression, Ptsd, Mentalhealth, Mood, Brainhealth, Health & Fitness, Energy, Disease, Addiction, Mental Health, Healthadvice, Adhd, Memory, Focus

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🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Can't sleep? Anyone who does shift work, travels across time zones, or simply can't get the deep rest you want needs to listen to this! If you want a sharper mind, stronger memory, better mood—and even a younger-looking brain—it starts with getting your ZZZs. In this episode, Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen sit down with world-renowned sleep psychiatrist Dr. Shane Creado to reveal the surprising science of how sleep impacts every part of your brain and body.

Discover why even one lost hour can raise your risk of heart disease, dementia, and depression, and how alcohol, anxiety, and irregular bedtimes secretly sabotage your brain health. Dr. Creado shares his proven strategies for better rest—used by Olympic athletes, CEOs, and patients at Amen Clinics—to help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and wake up truly restored.

You'll learn:

· Why "just one bad night" can age your brain by years

· The #1 mistake sabotaging your deep sleep

· Why you need to know your sleep type

· The sleep robbers stealing your rest

· Natural, drug-free ways to beat insomnia and jet lag

· The truth about the 20-minute "power nap"

· How to train your brain to rest, recover, and repair overnight

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0:00.0	Kids who are getting inadequate sleep, the risk of obesity down the line for a kid who's been sleep deprived is 89%.
0:06.0	People think 8 hours is great for a kid, but they need closer to 9 to 12 hours.
0:09.0	Adults.
0:10.0	Obesity rates, 55% with sleep issues.
0:13.0	Sleep apnea, increased dementia rates, Alzheimer is 45%.
0:16.0	Irregular sleep timings increase for myocognitive impairment by 83%.
0:21.2	Irregular sleep times.
0:23.4	So meaning you don't go to bed at the same time every night, even if you get eight hours
0:26.8	every night.
0:27.3	Yes.
0:27.7	Yes.
0:28.3	In fact, sleep regularity is one of the key metrics when it comes to overall cardiovascular
0:32.3	health and brain health.
0:33.5	Dr. Shane Creado is a sleep performance psychiatrist and mental optimization expert
0:38.3	who helps high achievers from elite athletes to top executives unlock peak brain power through better sleep.
0:44.3	So nightbears occur in your dream sleep. Night terrors occur in deep sleep. One of the most common factors that's leading to night's terrors is inadequate sleep time.
1:03.0	Every day you are making your brain better or you are making it worse. Stay with us to learn how you can change your brain for the better every day. There are day. There are days when I need to be at my best, whether it's back-to-back clinic sessions,
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1:59.7	So I am so excited about our guests today.
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