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“How does temperature affect sleep?”
Season 7 Episode 5
My guest on this week’s episode of The Lifestyle First Podcast is Tara Youngblood.
Tara is the co-founder of Chilli Sleep and a TEDx speaker with TEDx CaryWomen with the talk, “How a sleep recipe changed my life.”
We discuss the sleep switch activated by temperature
We reflect on hunter-gatherer research and natural outdoor temperature dips compared to current day climate control
We talk about the connection between sleep and stress
We look at how digestion and metabolic processes generate heat that can disrupt sleep
We also discuss cryotherapy and ice baths
1. The one question we discuss is “How does temperature affect sleep?”
2. The two references we look at are:
· Kroeger, D. et al. Galanin neurons in the venterolateral preoptic area promote sleep and heat loss in mice. Nature Communications. 2018. (9): 4129
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-06590-7
· Yetish, g. e tal. Natural Sleep and its seasonal variations in three pre-industrial societies. Current biology. 2015.25 (21): 2862-2868
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(15)01157-4
3. The three actions to take are
· Manage stress – take stress checks throughout the day
· Set yourself up for success for sleep
· Get sunlight by 9am
Which of these 3 actionable health tips will you implement?
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