Why are we getting worse at sleeping, not better?
The Story
The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
If you get a decent night’s rest regularly, you’re likely to be slimmer, happier and healthier. But with research suggesting that the more we think and worry about our sleep, the worse it gets, is it time to throw away our sleep-trackers and unfollow the TikTok ‘sleepfluencers’?
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Host: Manveen Rana.
Guest: Tom Whipple, Science Editor, The Times.
Producer: Olivia Case.
Clips: TikTok / milaandmike, TikTok / justin_agustin, TikTok / anastazia, TikTok / thesleepdoctor, TikTok / valerieribon, TikTok / alishaxnourie, TikTok / marjmaroket, TikTok / hanbanan.fit, TikTok / melfyx.
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Further reading: How to get a good night's sleep - and why you're not.
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| 1:21.9 | I've been sleeping so much better by just having one of these before I go to bed at night. |
| 1:27.0 | Come in little packets like this. |
| 1:29.1 | It's like dissolvable paper. |
| 1:30.7 | You place it on your tongue. |
| 1:31.8 | It will dissolve within 30 seconds. |
| 1:34.6 | A few moments later, you will lift off to sleep. |
| 1:39.7 | TikTok is a breeding ground for all sorts of surprising new fads, and the latest seems to be |
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