You guys are too chipper for me! But these are people that wake up hyper early. To be clear, I don't like morning people and I don't like mornings. In many cases, we can just get people to change their diet to include these vitamins and minerals that are essential for sleep. If you're a lion, you're one of these people that gets up at 4:45 in the morning. I wanted to choose animals that actually held the same circadian rhythm that we were talking about. I renamed them because I'm not a bird, I'm a mammal. I decided to group them all together and that's when I came up with The Power of When. So, once we did that, I found one for insomnia that was very similar to the other ones. I could tell you exactly what you are because it's literally sitting there on your genome. I could literally look on your or your 23andMe. People are always like, "Oh, I want to choose to be an early bird." It's like, "Dude, it doesn't work that way." What ended up happening was is I contributed a fourth chronotype. It seems like such a stupid thing to call them, but they were called hummingbirds. I don't honestly know why we called them hummingbirds. There were early birds, there were night owls, and then people in the middle, we called them hummingbirds. What I did in my third book, which was called The Power of When, my contribution to the literature is we used to only think that there were three chronotypes. If you've ever been called an early bird or a night owl, those are chronotypes. Chronotypes, for folks out there who never heard of the term chronotype, you've actually heard of some of the vernacular. Talk to us about ‘chronotypes’ for people who may not have listened to the first episode, so they’re aware of some of the terms we’ll be using today.Ībsolutely. Why add something else when it doesn't need to be added? In many cases, we can just get people to change their diet to include these vitamins and minerals that are essential for sleep. If it is, let's fix that deficiency first and see how your body reacts." Let's make sure that your body isn't deficient in something that we know affects sleep. Breus, I want to get on something for sleep," I'm like, "Hold on a second. When I'm assessing somebody and they'd come to me and they say, "Dr. Iron is another one and melatonin is the final one. If people are deficient in magnesium, we know that magnesium has a proficient effect on sleep and you supplement with magnesium, you're getting as natural sleep as you would get. There are substances out there that you can take that will give you a natural sleep, but they're natural substances. I'm going to answer it in kind of a unique way. Is there anything out there in terms of a supplement or a prescription that you recommend for people that would rival close to a deep sleep that you could get naturally? Or is that almost impossible to do through a packaged substance? In our last episode, you mentioned a lot of people are medicating with things like alcohol as well. Cannabis sales in the sleep marketplace have skyrocketed. People are out there, they're searching for solutions. The CDC just released a report saying that triple the number of people are now taking melatonin than were before COVID – which, by the way, may or may not be a good idea. That is crazy numbers, and that's just people with prescription sleeping pill increase.ĭuring COVID we have seen a 23% increase in sleeping pill prescriptions written. The easiest statistic that I can give you right off the top of my head is during COVID we have seen a 23% increase in sleeping pill prescriptions written. To be very fair, it's pretty terrible out there. Where are we at with sleep, and how bad are sleep problems at the moment? You've been working in this field for so long. You might have a meal, be intimate – because you know, everybody's living in the same house – maybe meet with some relatives, then go back for the second sleep, and then wake when the sun comes up and start with the farm once again.īut as soon as the light bulb came around, gone. You would wake up in the middle of the night. When the sun went down, you went to sleep. So then all of a sudden people's sleep shifted.Īt one point in time, we were what's called an agrarian society. Because as the inventor of the light bulb, it became possible for people to work at night. On Thomas Edison, if you had to pick one individual who has messed up sleep for more people than any other person, it would be him. Without question, this is at the top of the list for sure! And I love that Thomas Edison quote you mentioned for this episode. ĭoes this go straight to the top of your list of accomplishments!? You’ve got an incredible list of accomplishments – and now you are the first ever repeat guest on the Win the Day podcast.
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