Dr. Ayesha Sherzai

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319 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 9 Apr

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The Mel Robbins Podcast · #1 Neurologists: 5 Habits to Boost Brain Health & Prevent Alzheimer's · 9 Apr 2026 podcast

When we go to sleep, all of this information gets beautifully written into a nice Word document.

It goes into the right file and then the folder and then the cabinet.

I'm giving examples.

So you know where it is the next day.

You're not like thinking about like, oh, what was that thought that I had?

Where did I put it?

oh, it's neatly in the right file folder cabinet.

I can retrieve that.

That's what happens in our brain.

The defragging system of the brain actually gets activated during deeper stages.

So when we don't sleep, when we don't get at least seven to eight hours of deep sleep, when we don't hit those deeper stages of sleep where this process gets activated,

When we keep waking up over and over again because we have to go to the bathroom or if we have sleep apnea or if we have restless leg syndrome or if we are worrying constantly and we keep waking up because of that, all of these byproducts, these byproducts, they accumulate in the brain.

And over a long period of time, they've seen that people who have major sleep disorders, chronic disorders, they are at a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

There's so many things that you hear on the internet about sleep.

One thing that is extremely helpful and it has been validated by sleep specialists and scientists is choosing to wake up the same day every day.

Just set a time to wake up the same time every single day.

Why?

Because say, for example, if you decide to wake up at seven in the morning or six in the morning, even if you haven't had enough sleep the night before that, you're going to slowly and gradually fix that.

Your body will need to sleep more.

And so you don't have to like...

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