In this interview, world renowned sleep expert, Dr Michael Breus, aka The Sleep Doctor, discusses the importance of high quality sleep and how to achieve it, some powerful “sleep hacks” around caffeine and alcohol, its role in reducing inflammation and strengthening our immune system and much, much more. What an honour to have this gentleman on my podcast!   For Video Interview, please go to my blog here SHOW NOTES 3 mins - Dr Breus´background, education, inspiration  5 mins - Change people’s lives in 24 hours. "When you change someone’s sleep, you change their lives - mood, vitality, testosterone, inflammation, everything about them"  7 - We are at the early stages of Sleep Medicine  9 - Everyone can relate to sleep and challenges   10 - My insomnia experience  11 - Sleep Hacks  12 - Caffeine and its parameters   13 - Half life of caffeine  15 - Caffeine sensitivities & stimulants  16 - Fun caffeine hack: The “Napolatte” 20 - Sunshine breaks  21 - Morning hydration  23 - A powerful morning routine  24 -  It turns out that most of the time we don’t need caffeine  25 - Alcohol & its effects on sleep  27 - How to hack alcohol consumption.  28 - Unconsciousness vs actual sleep  29 - The circadian rhythm of alcohol dehydrogenase hormone  32 - Systems check  33 - Sleep is the process of body recovery 34 - Sound bite - If you just breathe, drink, sleep - winning  35 - Circadian rhythms and chronotypes   36 - PER3 gene - night owl versus early bird  37 - Genetic form of insomnia  38 - Lions, Bears, Wolves 43 - Chronoquiz.com - discover your Chronotype  45 - Sleep and inflammation  46 - How does sleep help control inflammation?  Lack of sleep raises levels of inflammation Too much sleep raises levels of inflammation  Sleep deprivation leads to increased C-RP 48 - How do we know if we’re sleep deprived and how long should it take to fall asleep? 49 - What happened when Dr Michael was on the Oprah Winfrey show.. 50 - Covid and sleep - direct link with cytokine inflammatory response, and melatonin. Melatonin can regulate the cytokine response - Cytokine storm - soundbite  51 - If melatonin is not present, response continues to rise  52 - Soundbite on Vitamin C IV 53 - Sugar on sleep and inflammation  54 - Reference to sugar on rheumatoid arthritis patient  55 - Were immunosuppressed if we are inflamed - immediate effect  56 - Step 1: go to chronoquiz.com to find our your sleeping type. Listen to hear steps 2, 3, 4. Wake up routine  57 - Grounding and sleep  58 - EMF Sensitivity. Cell phone use reduces melatonin production. Grounding pad results  59 - Painting a Faraday Cage  60 - The Hidden Rainbow: EMFs exposure and what happened preceding every pandemic for 220 years  61 - Earthing & Grounding  62 - Routines: Breathwork and Meditation  63 - “Sleep is a lot like love” 63 - The Sleep Doctor´s #1 Vitality Secret  64 - Find Dr Michael Breus here: www.thesleepdoctor.com - for articles on sleep, inflammation, testosterone and Covid  For Full Video Interview, please visit my blog here: https://vitalitysecret.com/healing-your-body-with-high-quality-sleep-with-the-sleep-doctor-dr-michael-breus/