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The "Sleep Loss Epidemic"

The "Sleep Loss Epidemic"

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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.

Thanks to University of Ottawa Postdoctoral Fellow Dylan Smith for helping us with the research!

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  • Walker's TED Talk
  • Alexey'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

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Aubrey and Mike are a very entertaining duo. I have a great appreciation for the diet myth-busting, book deep-dives, and thought provocation provided here. So many thanks for the laughs!

I have LOLed multiple times!

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as always. I’m a narcoleptic and found this hilarious and accurate
way too many people are getting scammed on ~sleep app subscriptions~ and panic driven sleep supplements

a banger

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