Dr. Barry Baines

And so that's one there.

There's a lot of social things with sleep that, well, I only need five hours of sleep, or I only need four hours of sleep.

And that's just not true.

And the mind, our brain needs sleep to process information.

And that's actually where some of the cognition problems and dementia can potentially come in.

Because actually the brain works while you sleep.

And oftentimes people are much more better problem solvers when they get enough sleep.

So what is enough sleep?

Typically, it should be seven to nine hours.

OK, now that, you know, seven hours should be the absolute minimum.

I know that's what I shoot for.

I used to think, oh, I only need, you know, five and a half or six hours of sleep.

But then when you don't get enough sleep, you're just not as sharp and you lose your concentration, ability to focus.

And it's not as healthy.

And it's not as healthy.

And they're finding more and more issues with people who don't sleep, I think, with cardiac issues.

You know, things as well, cardiac illnesses that people develop, blood pressure.

Yeah.

All kind of things there.

So that's, you know.