How to Get the Best Sleep Ever ( From Someone Who Spent $45K on Sleep) With Matt Gallant

04/12/23 • 56 min

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The Wellness Mama Podcast

Episode Highlights With Matt

How he was shot in a robbery
He spent $45k on sleep and these are his main lessons
Inexpensive things related to sleep that anyone can do: light, sleep environment, temperature, food timing
How temperature drastically affects sleep
Ways to improve deep sleep
Why one hour of sleep is worth two hours (with some nuance)
The reason when you work your body you tend to get more deep sleep and when you work your brain you tend to get more REM (and this is a good thing)
During daylight savings, when we lose an hour of sleep, heart attacks go up by 24% and when we gain an hour, it goes down by 21%
Why night shift work is classified as a carcinogen
How not getting enough sleep leads to weight gain or loss of muscle mass
Lack of sleep directly impacts hunger, willpower and more
How blood sugar response changes from just one night of impaired sleep
His top supplements for sleep: L-Theanine (in evening), magnesium, glycine, potassium, GABA
A reason to consider taking potassium at night and how it can help minimize bathroom trips at night
What to know about wearables and trackables for sleep
HRV- what to know and understand and ways to improve it with float tanks, breathwork, and movement
Why he sets an alarm for his sleep supplements and his bedtime
A simple rule: 8 hours plus an hour for every hour of exercise
Why sleep quality trumps sleep quantity

Resources We Mention

BiOptimizers
Bon Charge red bulbs
Essentia Mattress - Use code wellnessmama15 for discount
Sleep.me - ChiliPad
Eight Sleep - Use code Mama150 for a discount
Oura Ring
Levels
NanoVi
Power Sleep : The Revolutionary Program That Prepares Your Mind for Peak Performance by James Maas
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior by Dr. David R. Hawkins

Episode Highlights With Matt

How he was shot in a robbery
He spent $45k on sleep and these are his main lessons
Inexpensive things related to sleep that anyone can do: light, sleep environment, temperature, food timing
How temperature drastically affects sleep
Ways to improve deep sleep
Why one hour of sleep is worth two hours (with some nuance)
The reason when you work your body you tend to get more deep sleep and when you work your brain you tend to get more REM (and this is a good thing)
During daylight savings, when we lose an hour of sleep, heart attacks go up by 24% and when we gain an hour, it goes down by 21%
Why night shift work is classified as a carcinogen
How not getting enough sleep leads to weight gain or loss of muscle mass
Lack of sleep directly impacts hunger, willpower and more
How blood sugar response changes from just one night of impaired sleep
His top supplements for sleep: L-Theanine (in evening), magnesium, glycine, potassium, GABA
A reason to consider taking potassium at night and how it can help minimize bathroom trips at night
What to know about wearables and trackables for sleep
HRV- what to know and understand and ways to improve it with float tanks, breathwork, and movement
Why he sets an alarm for his sleep supplements and his bedtime
A simple rule: 8 hours plus an hour for every hour of exercise
Why sleep quality trumps sleep quantity

Resources We Mention

BiOptimizers
Bon Charge red bulbs
Essentia Mattress - Use code wellnessmama15 for discount
Sleep.me - ChiliPad
Eight Sleep - Use code Mama150 for a discount
Oura Ring
Levels
NanoVi
Power Sleep : The Revolutionary Program That Prepares Your Mind for Peak Performance by James Maas
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior by Dr. David R. Hawkins

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Episode Highlights With Aaron

His own amazing story with adoption and using functional medicine to help his children
How he was able to use these techniques to help his daughter who they were told would never walk or talk or even crawl
Fascinating therapies he learned about for his daughter that are helpful to many of his other patients
More reasons to avoid processed foods and vegetable oils and how these foods can affect the brain
His foundational principles of health that are important before considering more advanced methods
The real data on omega-3 and omega-6 balance
What happens when we consume too much omega-6 and how this affects the brain
Why vegetable oils are partially plasticized and how these integrate into the cell membranes and hormones
Why women actually need more protein per pound of bodyweight than men
The average American is dehydrated and how this impacts health on many levels
How trace minerals can improve health
What peptides are and how he uses them with his children and with patients
How peptides can tell hormones what to do
Insulin was the first peptide we started using at large scale
Why being hypermobile in kids comes with a 400% increase in chance of spectrum disorders and what to learn from this
How the body is electric and how to support your body's electrical system
The science of meditation and how it physically improves health in a profound way

Resources We Mention

Dr. Hartman - website
Eidon trace minerals
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

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Episode Highlights With Dr. Shefali

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