How Your Sleeping Position Affects Your Health with Dr. Peter Martone

Episode Highlights With Dr. Martone

• How he raised a deer! 
• The real truth on the optimal sleep position and why we can have trouble sleeping that way
• Best sleep posture tips and how to benefit from them
• Sleeping on the left side during pregnancy and how to get back to good sleep posture after birth- is it really true not to sleep on the back during pregnancy?
• The reasons we toss and turn at night: pain, safety, and how to fix it
• You are really only in control of how you fall asleep so to give yourself the best chance of staying asleep, you want to master falling asleep
• How breath and respiration affects sleep
• The vagus nerve controls 80% of the parasympathetic nervous system and how to support it during sleep
• Other ways to support the vagus nerve
• How to use scent to improve sleep and induce deeper states of relaxation
• Why we need more sleep in the winter and how this can help the immune system
• Your heart is one of the only organs that can metabolize cortisol in high doses so things like exercise and sauna can help regulate cortisol 
• One hour of sleep before midnight is worth two after
• The real deal on alcohol and the impact for sleep
• His take on melatonin and how/when to use it or not
• Don't think yourself to sleep. Instead, remember yourself to sleep and how to use memory to help yourself sleep better (cool tip)
• What it means when we do and don't remember our dreams

Resources We Mention

• Dr. Peter Martone - website - Use code Katie15 for a discount
• Oura Ring
• Magnesium for better sleep
• Dreamland Baby
• Book: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
• Book: The Zig Zag Principle by Rich Christiansen