Dr. Peter Attia

Yeah, it makes sense.

Yeah, it makes sense.

broadly two to three different archetypes of that. I know there's a circadian rhythm test you can take online that gives you a sense of it. I almost think it's so self-evident if you pay attention to your patterns.

broadly two to three different archetypes of that. I know there's a circadian rhythm test you can take online that gives you a sense of it. I almost think it's so self-evident if you pay attention to your patterns.

Let's go back to sleep hygiene for a second. We talked about temperature. Nowadays, we have these incredible devices that can cool our mattresses and things of that nature. Obviously, we have air conditioning that can cool the room. Do you have a preference for one or the other? I mean, clearly not everybody needs to buy a mattress cooling device if they can't afford it.

Let's go back to sleep hygiene for a second. We talked about temperature. Nowadays, we have these incredible devices that can cool our mattresses and things of that nature. Obviously, we have air conditioning that can cool the room. Do you have a preference for one or the other? I mean, clearly not everybody needs to buy a mattress cooling device if they can't afford it.

That shouldn't be an impediment to sleep. Do you have a room temp set? We typically talk about the mid-60s as an ideal room temp. Do you adhere to that? Yes.

That shouldn't be an impediment to sleep. Do you have a room temp set? We typically talk about the mid-60s as an ideal room temp. Do you adhere to that? Yes.

Let's talk about light. Do we need to have it so pitch black you can't see your hand in front of your face? Do we need to block the moonlight? How dark do we need it to be?

Let's talk about light. Do we need to have it so pitch black you can't see your hand in front of your face? Do we need to block the moonlight? How dark do we need it to be?

You wouldn't just get relief from the eye mask in that situation?

You wouldn't just get relief from the eye mask in that situation?

Meaning like you're going to cover the alarm clock or whatever.

Meaning like you're going to cover the alarm clock or whatever.

My trick is I unplug alarm clocks because I realize sometimes they're so complicated that they just go off in the middle of the night and I didn't realize it. And yeah.

My trick is I unplug alarm clocks because I realize sometimes they're so complicated that they just go off in the middle of the night and I didn't realize it. And yeah.

Well, I mean, no disrespect to the WHO. I don't know what I believe that they say. I know that there's an association between night shift work and cancer, but do we really know that it's causal?

Well, I mean, no disrespect to the WHO. I don't know what I believe that they say. I know that there's an association between night shift work and cancer, but do we really know that it's causal?

How do we get around the confounding effects of the obvious dietary shifts that occur in people when they're working under those conditions? I mean, if I think back to how I ate in residency or how I eat after a night of poor sleep, I mean, to me, that would be more the cause. I'd put more of that on kind of the metabolic ill health that might result. But carry on.

How do we get around the confounding effects of the obvious dietary shifts that occur in people when they're working under those conditions? I mean, if I think back to how I ate in residency or how I eat after a night of poor sleep, I mean, to me, that would be more the cause. I'd put more of that on kind of the metabolic ill health that might result. But carry on.