The "Sleep Loss Epidemic"

Maintenance Phase

English - December 14, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 49.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 14.7K ratings
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Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" was one of the most popular and acclaimed wellness books of 2017. There's just one problem: Much of it isn't true.

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Walker's TED TalkAlexey's blog post: Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors Walker’s Response Trouble With TED Does daylight savings kill people?Why We Sleep: A Tale Of Institutional Failure Is Matthew Walker’s “Why We Sleep” Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors?Up All Night: The science of sleeplessness Exploring the Necessity and Virtue of Sleep Why Do We Sleep?Siesta in Healthy Adults and Coronary Mortality in the General Population A Chronobiological Evaluation of the Acute Effects of Daylight Saving Time on Traffic Accident Risk Has Adult Sleep Duration Declined Over the Last 50+ Years?Americans Are Sleeping More, If Not Necessarily Better High-profile sleep researcher loses paper for duplication Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/maintenancephase)