


And in this episode, we've got five things for you to do today to help you sleep better tonight.ĪUBREY: There is plenty to be said about good nighttime routines for bed. And it turns out that process starts from the moment you wake up.ĪUBREY: This is your NPR LIFE KIT for getting better sleep.
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But scientists have also learned a lot about how to get those eight hours in and how to improve the quality of our sleep. Hook them with small testicles.ĪUBREY: So clearly, all kinds of things can happen to you if you don't get enough sleep. Testicles is probably one of the best hooks for maintaining people's attention.ĪUBREY: (Laughter) Yeah. It's the best opening that I've found yet. In addition.ĪUBREY: Oh, I'm sure that gets their attention. One of the first things I usually say in those speeches is regarding testicles - that men who sleep five to six hours a night have significantly smaller testicles than those. You know, for example, sometimes, I'll go and speak to a lot of Fortune 500 companies where there is a large dominance of sort of Type A males in the audience. WALKER: I think it's different facts for different populations. What is it that you've found over the years that really gets people's attention? He's a sleep researcher at UC Berkeley and the author of "Why We Sleep." He has made it his mission to convince the world that sleep is important. It's purely a selfish act on my behalf that I give myself that eight-hour sleep.ĪUBREY: That is sleep guru Matthew Walker. MATTHEW WALKER: If you understood the damage that insufficient sleep has on the brain and the body as I do, you would choose to do nothing else. Lack of sleep - it's linked to anxiety, depression, weight gain, Type 2 diabetes, even certain kinds of cancer. I'm a health reporter, and every week, I see a new study. You know the downside of not getting enough sleep? Let me tell you it is a scary long list.
