I’m going to start winding down this sleep series by talking about something that I never once considered affecting sleep (until recently).And that is how histamine release can cause you to wake far earlier than you normally would and disrupt...
Heart rate variability (HRV) has become a hot topic for those interested in monitoring their own or their clients' sleep, recovery, performance, or overall health.It’s not a metric that we focused on in medical school, and it’s not one that...
Part of the sleep series is going to be devoted to 2 drugs that have some fairly consequential effects on our bodies and how we sleep.I’ve written about both of these drugs multiple times, but the facts are so many...
Sleep is something that I have been focusing on personally for some time. Even if you have everything else in the world right (like exercise, diet, relationships, etc.) and you failed to get adequate sleep you’d be anything but healthy.Plenty...
Human health and flourishing is one of the most complicated formulas (if you could call it that) in the known universe.While some people take offense to the exceptional nature of humanity, I believe that the human body and the biological...
It’s probably not fair for a doctor who owns a supplement company to have a list of favorite nutrients. I mean, aren’t all nutrients justifiably “favorites” since they help to keep us healthy? Well…maybe, but also maybe not. One of...
Have you ever experienced jet lag? It’s an awful feeling, waking up one day (or falling asleep on a plane) and transporting yourself 8+ hours away from your normal timezone and then struggling to get to sleep like you normally...
In the world of alternative health, there are a ton of shady hucksters who are willing to readily deceive people about how they can achieve their health goals. That’s why the word “quack” is so freely thrown around the Internet....
Magnesium, oh how many times I’ve written about it and extolled its benefits. I’ve written about it a lot, almost too many times (but that’s impossible). Yes, I love magnesium and I hope you do too. The reasons why I...
