Why You Can’t Sleep (And What to Do About It)

Food, We Need To Talk

Juna Gjata

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Health

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Ever find yourself wide awake at night, mind racing, unable to sleep—only to be falling asleep at your desk the next afternoon? Yeah, same. In this episode, we dive deep into the science of sleep with Dr. Param Dedhia, an expert in sleep, obesity, and integrative medicine, to answer all your burning (or drowsy) questions. Why do we even need sleep? How much is enough? And most importantly—how can we actually get better sleep? If you’ve ever struggled with exhaustion, cravings, or just wanted permission to prioritize rest, this episode is for you!

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0:00.0	Okay, how many times has this happened to you? It's starting to get later in the day.
0:08.0	You came home from work. You have all this stuff to do. You're working somewhere. Oh my God.
0:11.8	Now it's time to go to bed. And you're trying to go to bed. And you're trying and trying. And your mind is racing.
0:15.8	You're talking faster and faster and you just can't fall asleep.
0:20.5	Meanwhile, it's the daytime. You're at work. It's 1 p.m. and you're can't fall asleep. Meanwhile, it's the daytime.
0:22.6	You're at work.
0:23.4	It's 1 p.m.
0:24.2	And you're like time for coffee number 35 because I'm literally falling asleep at my desk.
0:29.6	Okay?
0:30.3	Like there's something going on here with our sleep that we're really, really not understanding.
0:36.0	You know, so many of my patients tell me that they make progress with their eating.
0:40.1	They can make progress with even like learning how to cook.
0:43.2	But the sleep, that's what suffers.
0:45.5	As one woman told me, where do you think I found the time to follow your recommendations
0:50.1	to exercise and cook?
0:51.7	Something had to go, so I just get less sleep.
0:54.9	And not only that, maybe she's taking away time from her sleeping,
0:58.2	but then taking away time from your sleeping also makes you hungry
1:01.0	and makes you, like, want more sugar,
1:03.2	and then it also doesn't make you want to exercise.
1:05.2	So I just feel like, I don't even know, do I spend time sleeping more?
1:09.2	Do I spend more time meal prepping and less sleeping?
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