What we get wrong about sleep, with Russell Foster

Tired all the time? Worried you’re not getting the fabled ‘8 hours’ ? You’re not alone: we’ve become a nation of orthosomniacs. But panic not, because sleep scientist Russell Foster is here to help. The University of Oxford neuroscientist and the author of a new book, Life Time, is a world leading expert on circadian rhythms, also known as: the body clock. And guess what? The whole 8 hours a night is…. A myth. We discuss the difference between sleepiness and fatigue; why broken sleep is not a bad thing but a natural occurrence; and why we are facing a public health crisis when it comes to looking after our night-shift workers. We also discuss what works and what doesn’t work: such as sleep tracking apps, sleeping pills, CBD drops and more - and why trying to become an early bird, when you’re a night owl is so damn hard. (Blame your parents.) Life Time: The New Science of the Body Clock, and How It Can Revolutionize Your Sleep and Health by Russell Foster Get 20% off OTO sleep drops with the code pandora20 Hosted & Exec Produced by Pandora Sykes Production by Joel Grove

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What we get wrong about sleep, with Russell Foster is an episode from Doing It Right with Pandora Sykes by Pandora Sykes.

This episode is 45:13 long.

This episode was published on Oct 6, 2022.

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