Dr. Xand van Tulleken
speaker
1,387 appearances
8 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 8 Sep
Dr. Xand van Tulleken’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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That's right, Zandi.
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A quarter of us meet the criteria for having at least one sleep disorder.
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And that's when sleep problems become an issue for health and wellbeing.
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I mean, I think the reason that so many people worry about sleep is because there are internal problems that stop you having sleep.
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You may have a sleep disorder, but there are also just external things of whether an ambulance goes past or in my case a a screaming baby.
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I mean I would say the single biggest determinant of how my day goes is how much sleep I've had.
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You and me both sound.
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My feeling on sleep problems is I'm very much not alone.
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We get a massive number of messages from our listeners about sleep and sleep problems.
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According to the sleep charity, nine in ten people are currently experiencing sleep issues of some description, waking up in the night, severe insomnia.
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And of course, when you lose sleep, as much as Russell was reassuring.
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Over the long term, it is very disruptive to our lives, to our health, and even to our safety.
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So today we're going to be talking about sleep disorders, including parasomnias.
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Now, these are undesirable behaviors or experiences that occur either when you're asleep or when you're falling asleep or when you're waking up.
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They're more common in children, but they still affect around four or five percent of the adult population.
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And what I'd like to get into is what healthy sleep.
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looks like.
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Clearly we're not I I know there are some biohacking, body hacking billionaires who talk about getting perfect sleep, but I'm really interested in what most of us should aspire to be getting a lot of the people.
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Healthy sleep in the same way we might think about a healthy diet.
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There may not be such a thing as a perfect night's sleep.
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