Why We Sleep
A New York Times bestsellerThe first sleep book by a leading scientific expert Professor Matthew Walker, Director of UC Berkeley s Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab reveals his groundbreaking exploration of sleep, explaining how we can harness its transformative power to change our lives for the better.Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why we suffer such devastating health consequences when we don t sleep Compared to the other basic drives in life eating, drinking, and reproducing the purpose of sleep remained elusive An explosion of scientific discoveries in the last twenty years has shed new light on this fundamental aspect of our lives Now, preeminent neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker gives us a new understanding of the vital importance of sleep and dreaming Within the brain, sleep enriches our ability to learn, memorize, and make logical decisions It recalibrates our emotions, restocks our immune system, fine tunes our metabolism, and regulates our appetite Dreaming mollifies painful memories and creates a virtual reality space in which the brain melds past and present knowledge to inspire creativity Walker answers important questions about sleep how do caffeine and alcohol affect sleep What really happens during REM sleep Why do our sleep patterns change across a lifetime How do common sleep aids affect us and can they do long term damage Charting cutting edge scientific breakthroughs, and synthesizing decades of research and clinical practice, Walker explains how we can harness sleep to improve learning, mood, and energy levels regulate hormones prevent cancer, Alzheimer s, and diabetes slow the effects of aging increase longevity enhance the education and lifespan of our children, and boost the efficiency, success, and productivity of our businesses Clear eyed, fascinating, and accessible, Why We Sleep is a crucial and illuminating book. 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Walker [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr This book is genuinely terrifying The author, a sleep scientist, lists the devastating consequences of getting less than 7 9 hours regularly and it is so much worse than you might have thought SO much worse We re basically all going to die I m not even kidding being just an hour short on sleep a day will do serious damage to your immune system almost immediately, and the Western world is in the grip of a massive sleep deprivation epidemic Lack of sleep is a carcinogen, literally It also d This book is genuinely terrifying The author, a sleep scientist, lists the devastating consequences of getting less than 7 9 hours regularly and it is so much worse than you might have thought SO much worse We re basically all going to die I m not even kidding being just an hour short on sleep a day will do serious damage to your immune system almost immediately, and the Western world is in the grip of a massive sleep deprivation epidemic Lack of sleep is a carcinogen, literally It also destroys your ability to control your emotions and understand those of others, your memory, your creativity it predisposes you to eatand to put onweight oh, and it is closely linked to ADHD for the young and Alzh...For once, I actually mean five stars in the sense of everybody should read this book This book is highly readable but contains stunning information I d never seen anywhere else and includes numerous references to serious primary literature.I was reminded stay with me here of ancient Egyptian funerary practices After carefully embalming organs like the heart and liver, and placing them in canopic jar...The less you sleep the shorter your life span will be Do I have your attention yet If so read this excerpt from the beginning of this book p3 5 , and you will understand why this book caught my attention This book is divided into four parts Part 1 defines the nature and types of sleep, describes how the need for sleep changes over a life span, and goes on to discuss the evolutionary origins of sleep Part 2 describes why you should sleep and lays out the dire consequences of not sleeping The less you sleep the shorter your life span will be Do I have your attention yet If so read this excerpt from the beginning of this book p3 5 , and you will understand why this book caught my attention This book is divided into four parts Part 1 defines the nature and types of sleep, describes how the need for sleep changes over a life span, and goes on to discuss the evolutionary origins of sleep Part 2 describes why you should sleep and lays out the dire consequen...Hands down, one of the best books I read this yearlike ever, to be honest So, a miracle drug has been discovered A revolutionary new treatment that makes you live longer It enhances your memory, makes youattractive It keeps you slim and lowers food cravings It protects you from cancer and dementia It wards off colds and flu It lowers your risk of heart attacks and stroke, not to mention diabetes You ll even feel happier, less depressed, and less anxious Sleep Who would ha Ha...We often hear that sleep, diet and exercise are the three pillars of health, but Walker, a professor of neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley, goes further he believes sleep is the platform on which diet and exercise rest Getting 7 9 hours of sleep a night is not some luxury to aim for but an absolute essential ...There s an overwhelmingly positive experience I had with this book For most of it, Walker talks about his research and his colleagues surrounding the sleep and those arguments are fascinating and convincing However, there are moments, mostly closer to the end of it, when you feel like you are listening to a sales pitch First of all, I dislike when somebody uses percentage without reference, ie it s a 150% growth as it might easily mean it was 1% in the past and now is 2,5% 150% growth , There s an overwhelmingly positive experience I had with this book For most of it, Walker talks about his research and his colleagues surrounding the sl...Finally, the book whose author actually said that he will be happy if a reader fell asleep while reading it Great book I have to admit, I skipped a few chapters due to my incompetence in sleep science But I am still rating it 5 stars since it was a great and interesting read In my opinion M.P.Walker said everything about sleep that could be said The thing I liked the most was the style it had a flowing continuity that was easy to understand for an average reader I like stuff called popul Finally, the book whose author actually said that he will be happy if a reader fell asleep while reading it Great book I have to admit, I skipped a few chapters due to my incompetence in sleep science But I am still rating it 5 stars since it was a great and interesting read In my opinion M.P.Walker said everything ab...Some are getting too much, most aren t getting enough No, I don t mean that what I am talking about is sleep There are people out there who seem to be able to exist on almost no sleep, people who are in the office at stupid o clock in the morning and who are still up way after midnight While scientists knew that we needed food and water and could explain why, no one could adequately explain why we slept, what purpose it served It is only recently though that scientists have been able to und Some are getting too much, most aren t getting enough No, I don t mean that what I am talking about is sleep There are people out there who seem to be able to exist on almost no sleep, people who are in the office at stupid o clock in the morning and who are still up way after midnight ... Squeezed by the vise grips of an electrified night and early morning start times, bereft of twenty four hour thermal cycles, and with caffeine and alcohol surging through us in various quantities, many of us feel rightly exhausted and crave that which seems always elusive a full, restful night of natural deep sleep This book is a fascinating look at the purpose and benefits of sleep, including the importance of different stages in the sleep cycle The author describes the myriad of physical an Squeezed by the vise grips of an electrified night and early morning start times, bereft of twenty four hour thermal cycles, and with caffeine and alcohol surging through us in various quantities, many of us feel rightly exhausted and crave that which seems always elusive a full, restful night of natural deep sleep This book is a fascinating look at the purpose and benefits of sleep, including the importance of differe...Wordy but good content I m making sleep a bigger prioritychokengtitiktitikchokeng 164 I was once fond of saying , Sleep is the third pillar of good health , alongside diet and exercise I have changed my tune Sleep isthan a pillar it is the foundation on which the other two health bastions sit Take away the bedrock of sleep , or weaken it just a little , and careful eating or physical exercise become less than effective , as we shall see.sleep tips from his Fresh Air 10 16 2017 podcast appearanc Wordy but good content I m making sleep a bigger prioritychokengtitiktitikchokeng 164 I was once fond of saying , Sleep is the third pillar of good health , alongside diet and exercise I have changed my tun...
- 27 August 2017 Matthew P. Walker
- Hardcover
- 340 pages
- 1501144316
- Matthew P. Walker
- Why We Sleep