Sleep Is a Superpower. It Is the Foundation for Good Health.

Sleep is not rest. It is not laziness. It is the most powerful, unpaid, un-glamorous medicine your body performs every single night, and most of us are chronically underdosing ourselves without even realizing it. Dr. Jennifer Hopkins breaks down what is actually happening in your brain and hormones while you sleep, what chronic sleep deprivation does to your risk for Alzheimer's, depression, and heart disease, and the specific, free changes that will get you back into deep, restorative sleep starting tonight.

00:48 Sleep Is Not Rest, It's Medicine

04:00 The Brain's Nightly Dishwasher

08:00 Hormones And The Body's Repair Shift

11:00 REM, Deep Sleep And The 90-Minute Cycle

14:00 What Chronic Deprivation Does To Your Brain

19:00 Hormones Gone Sideways

23:00 Heart, Mood And Metabolism Pay The Price

26:00 The Sleep Destroyers: Screens, Alcohol, Late Meals

32:00 Caffeine's Hidden Half-Life

37:00 What Good Sleep Actually Looks Like

42:00 Foundations, Supplements And Support Tools

46:00 Key Takeaways And Your Homework