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#115 - Insomnia and Sleep Debt: Pay It Back
Manage episode 437579281 series 3365942
There is no topic in sleep more likely to incite a riot between sleep experts than the concept of a sleep debt. Does it really exist? Can a sleep debt ever be repaid? If so, how long? In this episode, we will:
- Define sleep debt
- Examine a new population study on the effects of sleep debt on cardiovascular risk
- Attempt to consolidate the available research into guidelines for dealing effectively with sleep debt
- Differentiate between sleep debt responses in insomnia sufferers and sleep deprived individuals
- Touch on how accurately understanding personal sleep need directly impacts sleep debt
Produced by: Maeve Winter
More
- Twitter: @drchriswinter
- IG: @drchriwinter
- Threads: @drchriswinter
- Bluesky: @drchriswinter
- The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child
Thanks for listening and sleep well!
125 episodes
Manage episode 437579281 series 3365942
There is no topic in sleep more likely to incite a riot between sleep experts than the concept of a sleep debt. Does it really exist? Can a sleep debt ever be repaid? If so, how long? In this episode, we will:
- Define sleep debt
- Examine a new population study on the effects of sleep debt on cardiovascular risk
- Attempt to consolidate the available research into guidelines for dealing effectively with sleep debt
- Differentiate between sleep debt responses in insomnia sufferers and sleep deprived individuals
- Touch on how accurately understanding personal sleep need directly impacts sleep debt
Produced by: Maeve Winter
More
- Twitter: @drchriswinter
- IG: @drchriwinter
- Threads: @drchriswinter
- Bluesky: @drchriswinter
- The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child
Thanks for listening and sleep well!
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