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Mar 2023
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How To Sleep Better for Your Health with...

HEAL THY SELF
About this episode

Tara Youngblood, sleep scientists and co-founder of ChiliSleep, joins show to tell you the best ways to get better sleep:


  • Is 8 hours of sleep a myth?


  • What is the best way to find out what works best for you?


  • Can we “make up” on lost sleep?


  • How to set up a “successful sleep.”


  • Deep sleep is interrupted after this time of night.


  • How to optimize your deep sleep switch.


  • Blue light disrupts sleep.


  • Cuddling and the hormones it helps for sleep.


  • How to optimize sleep when traveling.


  • The best body practice for sleep.


  • What is the best temperature to sleep in?


  • Can we take a hot shower before bed?


  • Eating late and sleeping.


  • Every disease is affected by lack of sleep.



Knowledge Bomb: Dr. G determines if the latest Tik Tok trends are myth or fact.


  • Rice water and hair growth.


  • Internal shower for flat stomach.


  • Oil pulling.


  • Bone broth.


  • Nature’s cereal.


  • Cycle syncing.



Guest Bio: Tara Youngblood is sleep scientist, and Co-founder and Chief Scientific Advisor of sleepme - a company that creates award-winning technologies and apps that are changing the way the world sleeps.

She is also CEO and co-inventor of Chili Sleep Products, whose revolutionary Chili Cool Mesh™ signature product has been used by Presidents, celebrities, and CEOs. Additionally, she is an international speaker, author, and has been a part of TEDx.


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