Doctor shares five most important tips to good sleepSource: Just One Long Thing - with Michael Mosley, BBC
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00:00 I think the first one would be don't obsess about the mythical eight hours of sleep.
00:06 It's an average and National Sleep Foundation tells us that a perfectly healthy range is
00:13 between six hours to ten and a half, maybe even 11.
00:17 Big decisions, big decisions when you've slept on it.
00:21 Know your chronotype.
00:22 Now, a chronotype, of course, is your preference for being either a morning, an intermediate,
00:27 or a late type.
00:28 Well, I think a great night's sleep starts from when you wake up.
00:32 We're used to thinking that the quality of our sleep defines the quality of our consciousness,
00:38 our wake state, but it's reciprocal.
00:40 The quality of our wake state will very much influence the quality of the sleep that we
00:46 get.
00:47 Well, don't have difficult conversations when tired.
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