Less Stressed Life: Helping You Heal Yourself #110 Improve Sleep with Temperature with Tara Youngblood
"Your body is an engine; you actually put off anywhere between 60-160 watts a night, depending on size, BMI, gender, and metabolism."
I got the chance to talk to the inventor of ChiliPad™, Tara Youngblood in this week's episode of the Less Stressed Life podcast about temperature regulation as a means of improving sleep and the impact of deep sleep on overall health.
Here are some of the key takeaways:
- [09:03] Significance of temperature regulation during sleep
- [12:21] Tips to improve sleep
- [16:13[ How to track deep sleep?
- [21:29[ Importance of cooling the surface of the bed vs. cooling the ambient temperature in the room
Mentioned in this episode:
- VLPO (ventrolateral preoptic)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventrolateral_preoptic_nucleus
- Jerome Seagal - http://www.bri.ucla.edu/people/jerome-m-siegel-phd
- WHOOP - https://www.whoop.com/
- Tara's TEDx episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR-lWXZ7ZUg
- Reprogram Your Sleep: The Sleep Recipe That Works
- ChiliPad™ - https://www.chilitechnology.com
Tara Youngblood is a fusion scientist working to further studies on cold therapy and its impact on sleep. She's written and published the leading white paper connecting more than 70 research papers to the effects of temperature on sleep quality and as an expert in sleep science, she is a highly regarded and sought-after international speaker. Tara’s research has led to more than a dozen patent filings, and she is the co-founder, along with her husband Todd, of Kryo, Inc., inventors of the ChiliPad™. Tara is continually seeking new opportunities to improve the quality of life by those most affected with sleep disorders. She and her family sleep soundly at their home in Charlotte, NC.
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