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The Science of Sleep (Dr. Matthew Walker)

3 Things (with Ric Elias)

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How to Get a Good Night's Sleep

We need to drop our brain and body temperature to fall asleep and then stay asleep. You will always find it easier to fall asleep in a room that's too cold than too hot. When there's too much break from this fihtal flight branch of the nervous system, you're not going anywhere. And no wonder the data is as powerful as it is with a simple truth: Short sleep predicts or cause mortality.

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