No.1 Sleep Expert: Magnesium Isn’t Helping You Sleep! This Sleep Habit Increases Heart Disease 57%

Here's the problem with magnesium supplementation when it comes to sleep. The first thing to note is that most forms of magnesium don't cross the brain barrier, and sleep is produced by your brain. So how can something that doesn't get into your brain affect brain process? All you're doing is creating probably expensive urine. However, there is one form of magnesium that seems to have some evidence in favor of it, which we can speak about, but it doesn't stop there. There's so much new evidence that we have, including this myth of eight hours. My fear about giving melatonin to kids, why you keep waking up in the middle of the night, and the invention of the first new class of sleeping medication that I actually favor, and most people are not aware of it. Okay. Let me write this down. Matthew Walker is back. And the world renowned sleep expert and neuroscience professor is sharing brand new research to combat the sleep loss epidemic and help you get the perfect night's sleep. As a society, we have struggles with sleep at night due to many reasons, but no one teaches us this stuff. And it's things like, say you go to bed at eleven one night, 1AM the next night, then 10:30PM the next night. And it's remarkable how many people do this. Look, studies have shown that you are statistically forty nine percent more likely to prematurely die versus those people who are most regular in terms of going to bed and waking up at the same time. And worse, they had a fifty seven percent cardiometabolic disease risk increase. What the? But science really teaches us that there are four pillars of good sleep. And then there's this incredible new study looking at sleep banking. And this is remarkable for people who are facing a sprint at work or a medical doctor about to go on call for the next forty hours, new parent, and we can go through all of that. But if you were to push me to say the three most impactful things that you can start doing tonight to start sleeping better, it would be Just give me thirty seconds of your time. Two things I wanted to say. The first thing is a huge thank you for listening and tuning into the show week after week. It means the world to all of us and this really is a dream that we absolutely never had and couldn't have imagined getting to this place. But secondly, it's a dream where we feel like we're only just getting started. And And if you enjoy what we do here, please join the 24% of people that listen to this podcast regularly and follow us on this app. Here's a promise I'm gonna make to you. I'm gonna do everything in my power to make this show as good as I can now and into the future. We're gonna deliver the guests that you …