The ULTIMATE Guide To Understanding How Sleep Works

⤵️ Having trouble sleeping? Visit my website to get better sleep tonight ⤵️ https://sleepdoctor.com/?youtube_id=7... We know that chronically poor sleep is linked to things like an increased risk for high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, and heart disease. It's CRUCIAL that you set yourself up for quality, consistent sleep to maximize your overall health. While you sleep, your body is undergoing a complex set of biological and neurological processes. Your body is at work restoring its cells; your brain is flushing the waste from the previous day; and all of this happens in regular sleep cycles throughout the night. In this video, sleep expert Dr. Michael Breus explains what we know about how sleep works, what occurs in each sleep stage, and how you can take practical, simple steps to improve your sleep quality night after night. 0:00 How Sleep Works 0:20 The Two Systems in the Brain 2:44 Sleep Stages and Sleep Cycles 4:37 Stage 1 Sleep 4:59 Stage 2 Sleep 5:20 Stage 3 and 4 6:50 REM Sleep 10:17 Planning Your Bedtime 11:48 The Effects of Bad Sleep 13:53 The Effects of Good Sleep 14:13 Natural Vitamins for Better Sleep 😴 Michael Breus, Ph.D., is a double board-certified clinical psychologist and sleep expert. He's been in practice since 1999 and helped thousands of patients improve their sleep. Dr. Breus has written five books on sleep and conducted over 1,000 interviews to the press and public. #sleepbetter #howstuffworks #sleeptips