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The Wellness Scoop

Why We Sleep with Matthew Walker

The Wellness Scoop

The Wellness Scoop

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.75.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Why do we sleep, how much does it matter, how much sleep do we really need, to what extent do lifestyle factors like coffee, alcohol and technology affect our ability to sleep? Today we’re talking to Matthew Walker, the award winning author of bestseller ‘Why We Sleep’ about sleep, getting to grips with our sleep cycles, the connection between sleep and our mental and physical health, how to sleep better and why we need to make it a priority. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Before we get into today's episode, I wanted to introduce you to our sponsor.

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A little note on sponsors, we only work with brands that I actually use and I truly love.

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I and we will never promote anything that isn't totally authentic or something that we don't

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believe in. For the next few months, our podcast sponsor is SimProve, a supplement that I've

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and something that's so many of you are interested in too. The gut microbiome is made up of trillions

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of bacteria that support pretty much all aspects of our mental and physical health, from digestion,

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to our immune system, energy production and mental health. Keeping the right balance of good bacteria

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1:55.4

Hi and welcome back to the deliciously Ella podcast with me, Ella Mills, and my husband

2:00.1

and business partner Matthew Mills. Hi everyone, so today we're talking about sleep. How it impacts

2:05.9

on mental and physical health, why we need it and what it actually does. I'm sure most of you

2:10.7

see in the book why we sleep somewhere. It's been the number one bestseller across the world and

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