#20 Sleep - Health & Wellbeing Podcast, with guest Laura Yen

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A Naturopath's Approach to Sleep Sydney based Naturopaths Alison Mitchell and Laura Yen talk about the problems that can affect sleep, sleep cycles and why sleep is so important. Also, ways you can improve your sleep naturally. Health & Wellbeing Podcast #20 with naturopaths Alison Mitchell and Laura Yen (Burton) 0:00 Intro and disclaimer. 1:07 Some sleep statistics and the connection between sleep problems and depression. 2:04 What is insomnia? 3:02 Sleep cycles 06:04 Why sleep is important 07:00 Biphasic sleep, or segmented sleep. 7:50 How can sleep problems affect our health? 9:57 Lack of sleep can affect your ability to think clearly, and getting a good night sleep is very important for students. 10:30 Are phones in the bedroom affecting sleep health? 12:28 Sleep deprivation can worsen inflammation and affect gut flora 13:00 Causes of sleep issues: light, shift work, artificial light, noise, temperature, sleeping environment 17:04 Earthing 17:55 Light affects dopamine which can affect insulin signalling and cortisol, and how cortisol can affect sleep 19:10 Get into a good routine and start improving sleep hygiene 20:39 How your dinner can affect your sleep 21:19 Sleep routine, and training yourself to sleep 22:19 The blue light from electrical gadgets can affect sleep. F.lux is an app you can get to change the colour of your computer screen, or you can get orange/amber coloured glasses. 23:19 Stimulants and sleep 23:40 More on food and sleep: carbohydrates and low-carb diet for sleep; amino acids in foods to help sleep hormones; alcohol 25:20 What time should you go to bed? 27:10 Mindfulness, meditation and journaling 29:47 Sleep debt 30:40 Address stress in the day, cortisol test and herbs for stress 31:55 Have a nice bedroom 32:45 Supplements and herbs for sleep