Shawn Youngstedt
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first heard Mar 2026
last heard 24 Mar
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For the majority of people, they can get away with exercising pretty close to bedtime without it disturbing their sleep.
Well, certainly, you know, falling asleep faster, otherwise known as sleep latency, and awakening less during the night and sleeping for a longer duration, certainly like seven to eight hours seems to be the sweet spot in terms of how it's associated with health and feeling better.
It does, yes.
In fact, this latest meta-analysis we did, it found that, well, actually, the benefits of exercise for reducing anxiety and depression have been well known for many years.
And it's been shown in various populations.
But this meta-analysis showed that in people with insomnia, that exercise reduced anxiety and depression significantly.
That's important, I think, because...
If you contrast it with other treatments, particularly sleeping pills, sleeping pill use is associated with depression.
There's research showing that the regular use is associated with increased mortality.
Other research indicating maybe for older adults is associated with increased risk of suicide.
So exercise really contrasts significantly with sleeping pills.
It has overwhelming health benefits, including mental health benefits, anxiety and depression.
Yeah, I would say that people probably, there is a lot of evidence suggesting that sleeping pill use is hazardous.
So I would recommend people get off of sleeping pills.
Yeah, I would say just like a 20 minutes.
It wouldn't have to be running, you know, just kind of a moderate, moderate to vigorously paced walk.
That should do the trick for most individuals.
Yeah, that is a tough nut to crack.
Uh, well, a little, I'd say a little bit is better than none.
Uh, and it, you know, maybe some people don't, would rather, you know, cycle or do elliptical or, or, you know,
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