Why We Sleep [Matt Walker]

<p>Watch his TED Talk: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MuIMqhT8DM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MuIMqhT8DM</a><br>Bill Gates on the book: <a href="https://www.gatesnotes.com/Books/Why-We-Sleep">https://www.gatesnotes.com/Books/Why-We-Sleep</a><br>Criticisms of the book: <a href="https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/">https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/</a></p><ul> <li>Lack of Sleep ages you 10 years by testosterone</li> <li>"Sleep Spindles" from Deep Sleep act like file transfer from short term memory to long term</li> <li>Sleep gets worse as you age</li> <li>Sleeping pills are blunt instruments - electrical stimulation helps better</li> <li>Daylight savings time causes 20% increase/decrease in heart attacks as we jump forward/backward due to lost sleep</li> <li>70% loss in immunity with 4 hrs of sleep</li> <li>Nighttime shift work is carcinogen</li> <li>711 genes distorted on 6 hrs of sleep</li> <li>Tips for better sleep:<ul> <li>no alcohol/caffeine</li> <li>avoid naps during the day</li> <li>regularity - bed and wake at same time regularly </li> <li>keep it cool: 18 deg celsius</li> </ul> </li> </ul>