NEW STUDIES ON SLEEP AND COVID
In today's podcast Savage continues his COVID health discussion by taking up the topic of SLEEP:\xa0How it relates to overall health, how it affects covid outcomes, and how you can get more and better sleep.\xa0Sleep disruption harms the sympathetic nervous system, pituitary gland, and adrenal glands, and increases pro-inflammatory responses.\xa0Longterm it can lead to hyptertension, cardiovascular & weight issues, diabetes, and even colo-rectal cancer.\xa0A study of out China showed that sleep disruption before contracting covid increased hospitalization & mortality for those who later got covid.\xa0Savage offers advice on how to get better sleep, and points out that public health officials locking us up inside only made things worse.\xa0And this is because exposure to DAYLIGHT improves sleep by synchronizing the internal clock.\xa0Sunlight is needed for the body to create Vitamin D which is a key anti-inflammatory agent, and sunlight also has disinfectant properties.\xa0The podcast includes a great interview with renowned neurocscientist and sleep expert Dr. Kristen Willeumier.\xa0
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