Understanding Sleep Apnea

This chapter explores a recent sleep study revealing mild obstructive sleep apnea, discussing its implications and treatment considerations. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing symptoms and the role of technology, like sleep trackers, in managing the condition.

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Dr. Michael Breus cuts through the noise and discusses the three most important wellness habits: sleeping, drinking, and breathing.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The top habit that leads to better sleep

2) Just how much water your body needs

3) What many get wrong about breathing

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— ABOUT MICHAEL —

Michael J. Breus, Ph.D.,is a double board-certified Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Sleep Specialist. He is one of only 168 psychologists in the world to have taken and passed the Sleep Medicine Boards without going to Medical School. He is also the founder of sleepdoctor.com.

Dr. Breus is the author of four books with the newest book (2021) Energize! Go from dragging Ass to kicking it in 30 days, adds the concepts of Movement (not exercise), and Intermittent Fasting to his already famous Sleep Chronotypes. And it was recently named one of the top books of 2021 by The Today Show. In his 3rd book (2017) The Power of When, which is a groundbreaking biohacking book proving that there is a perfect time to do everything, based on your biological chronotype (early bird or night owl). Dr. Breus gives the reader the exact time to have sex, run, a mile, eat a cheeseburger, buy, sell, ask your boss for a raise and much more based on over 200 research studies.

He is an expert resource for most major publications doing more than 400 interviews per year (Oprah, Dr. Oz, The Doctors, NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and more). Dr. Breus has been in private practice for 23 years and recently relocated to and was named the Top Sleep Doctor of Los Angeles by Reader’s Digest.

• Book: Sleep Drink Breathe: Simple Daily Habits for Profound Long-Term Health (website)

• Quiz: ChronoQuiz.com

• Website: SleepDoctor.com

• YouTube channel: Sleep Doctor

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• App: SnoreLab

• Website: sleeplay.com

• Tool: Breather

• Book: Life Gives to the Giver by Joe Polish

• Book: Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein

• Book: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

• Past episode: 063: The Optimal Time For Everything with Dr. Michael Breus