Dr. Vonda Wright

That's not going to relax your nervous system, right? So the ritual of slowing down, maybe some rom-com or something non-stressful or something with beautiful music. It's okay to have a ritual of drinking something, but I find hot tea or something soothing... the ritual then will help you train your body to go to sleep. But the ritual can't be stimulating. It's self-defeating. Yeah.

And I'm sorry, because of streaming, the show will be there tomorrow. It's not like it's the only time you'll have it available. Yeah. It's not like it used to be.

And I'm sorry, because of streaming, the show will be there tomorrow. It's not like it's the only time you'll have it available. Yeah. It's not like it used to be.

You know, and I'm not a sleep expert, but I think it changes the way we enter into REM sleep. It changes the depth of us being able to descend into the deeper and at a molecular level, I don't know. But what I do know from having reading enough and watching my own

You know, and I'm not a sleep expert, but I think it changes the way we enter into REM sleep. It changes the depth of us being able to descend into the deeper and at a molecular level, I don't know. But what I do know from having reading enough and watching my own

I don't want to say brands out loud, but watching my own device, I can see that, and I don't drink anymore actually, but I used to see how I just would never end up in deeper sleep.

I don't want to say brands out loud, but watching my own device, I can see that, and I don't drink anymore actually, but I used to see how I just would never end up in deeper sleep.

Well, if we sit around and do nothing, then most of us in this country live in relative energy excess, right? It's not that we're in relative energy deficiency, which is its own set of problems, but excess. So with excess and sedentary living, Our body has to get rid of the glucose we consume. So in our bodies, whether we're eating protein or fat or carbohydrates, it's all used for fuel.

Well, if we sit around and do nothing, then most of us in this country live in relative energy excess, right? It's not that we're in relative energy deficiency, which is its own set of problems, but excess. So with excess and sedentary living, Our body has to get rid of the glucose we consume. So in our bodies, whether we're eating protein or fat or carbohydrates, it's all used for fuel.

And when we overfuel, it's going to accumulate. So we're going to gain weight as fat. And I want to distinguish that for all of us, that weight... is not the measure for me. It's body composition. Because I once was invited to Fashion Week, and I was a fish out of water. But one of the things I observed is that there were very, very thin women

And when we overfuel, it's going to accumulate. So we're going to gain weight as fat. And I want to distinguish that for all of us, that weight... is not the measure for me. It's body composition. Because I once was invited to Fashion Week, and I was a fish out of water. But one of the things I observed is that there were very, very thin women

who if I put them in a body composition machine, probably had very, very low muscle mass. So it's very possible to look thin, but be mostly fat, which is metabolically unfavorable. So imagine what happens if we're actually visualizing the adipose tissue And, you know, as we age, there is a syndrome called sarco obesity, which means we have too much adipose tissue and too little muscle.

who if I put them in a body composition machine, probably had very, very low muscle mass. So it's very possible to look thin, but be mostly fat, which is metabolically unfavorable. So imagine what happens if we're actually visualizing the adipose tissue And, you know, as we age, there is a syndrome called sarco obesity, which means we have too much adipose tissue and too little muscle.

So if we're in relative energy excess, we're going to accumulate that unhealthy metabolic tissue and not make enough muscle. I'm going to tell you, I mean, I'm a surgeon, right? Our bodies with energy excess, they're like scrambling. The closet's full, the cupboards are full. Where are we going to put this fat? I find it in the shoulder joint, which is not supposed to have that much fat.

So if we're in relative energy excess, we're going to accumulate that unhealthy metabolic tissue and not make enough muscle. I'm going to tell you, I mean, I'm a surgeon, right? Our bodies with energy excess, they're like scrambling. The closet's full, the cupboards are full. Where are we going to put this fat? I find it in the shoulder joint, which is not supposed to have that much fat.

I find it infiltrating muscle as I'm operating because our body is just trying to stick it places because there's just too much of it. That's what happens, especially because many, many jobs now are sedentary jobs. They're brain jobs. They're not laborish jobs. We're actually getting up and using our bodies, which frankly is what we're designed for. We're designed to move.

I find it infiltrating muscle as I'm operating because our body is just trying to stick it places because there's just too much of it. That's what happens, especially because many, many jobs now are sedentary jobs. They're brain jobs. They're not laborish jobs. We're actually getting up and using our bodies, which frankly is what we're designed for. We're designed to move.

So it's kind of against nature to sit around all day, but that's what happens.

So it's kind of against nature to sit around all day, but that's what happens.

But here's the good news.