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Something You Should Know about Sleep

Common Sleep Problems

February 1, 2013

 

Interview with Dr. Paul Glovinsky, author of the book The Insomnia Answer: A Personalized Program for Identifying and Overcoming the Three Types ofInsomnia

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Is it true you should be getting eight hours of sleep every night?

 

Dr. Paul Glovinsky:
I'd say it's in the middle of the range. You know, seven to nine would cover most people. The thought now is that we all are getting a little less sleep than we need so we're carrying a sleep debt.

 

 

 

Improving Sleep Quality

October 12, 2012

 

Interview with Dr. Michael Breus, author of the book Good Night: The Sleep Doctor's 4-Week Program to Better Sleep and Better Health

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Did you know that driving when you're tired can be very dangerous?

 

Michael Breus, PhD:
If you look at the research you'll see that reaction time slows down - so if you're driving a car with less than five and a half to six hours’ worth of sleep, your reaction time is equal to that of somebody having had two or three cocktails.
 
Dr. Michael Breus

When You Can't Sleep At Night

August 23, 2012

 

Interview with Paul McKenna PhD, author of the book I Can Make You Sleep: Overcome Insomnia Forever and Get the Best Rest of Your Life! Book and CD

 

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Mike Carruthers:
So many Americans don’t sleep well. Yet so much good can happen from a good night sleep.

 

Paul McKenna:
If you sleep well your health will be significantly better, your immune system stronger. You moods will be better and your productivity will be up because your stamina will be better.
 
Paul McKenna PhD

What It Really Means To Be Healthy - Part 2

June 27, 2012

 

Interview with Matthew Edlund, M.D., author of the book Healthy Without Health Insurance: Protect Yourself (Volume 1)

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Even though we are living longer than ever we are not living healthier.

 

Dr. Matthew Edlund:
And our healthcare system is so functionally based on disease, so focused on sickness that we don’t do the things that actually make us healthy.
 
Dr. Matthew Edlund

What It Really Means To Be Healthy

June 26, 2012

 

Interview with Matthew Edlund, M.D., author of the book Healthy Without Health Insurance: Protect Yourself (Volume 1)

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Our collective health is in jeopardy because our healthcare system is in trouble.

 

Dr. Matthew Edlund:
Healthcare is our titanic; it’s heading for the ice flows while we reupholster the deck chairs. People are going to have to protect themselves by getting as healthy as they can.
 
Dr. Matthew Edlund

Increase Your Energy - Beat Fatigue

March 26, 2012

 

Interview with Dr. Eva Cwynar, author of the book The Fatigue Solution: Increase Your Energy in Eight Easy Steps

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Feeling tired and fatigued much of the time seems to be a chronic problem.

 

Dr. Eva Cwynar:
Fatigue is the number 1 complaint I hear from my patients whether they come in for colds, flus – you always hear they’re fatigued.
 
Dr. Eva Cwynar

Preventing Illness & Living Longer - Part 2

January 24, 2012

 

Interview with Dr. David Agus, author of the book The End of Illness

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Millions of people take vitamins every day to protect their health – but maybe they shouldn’t.

 

Dr. David Agus:
If you look at the studies of vitamins they cause problems. If a man takes a vitamin E a day for 3 years his rate of prostate cancer is 17% elevated and it lasts for years after stopping the vitamin E.
 
Dr. David Agus

Preventing Illness & Living Longer

January 23, 2012

 

Interview with Dr. David Agus, author of the book The End of Illness

 

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Mike Carruthers:
We can all do a lot to prevent of postpone serious illness.

 

Dr. David Agus:
My hope is, and what I really believe can happen is, we can delay illness to the 9th or 10th decade. You know the 1950tys were the last years in the United States you can die of old age on a death certificate – I want to bring that back.
 
Dr. David Agus

Easy Tips For Younger Looking Skin

September 23, 2011

 

Interview with Dr. Amy Weschler, author of the book The Mind-Beauty Connection

 

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Mike Carruthers:
What makes people look older than their actual years? Stress is a big culprit.

 

Dr. Amy Wechsler:
The fastest growing segments in the anti-aging category are twenty-year-olds. When I was in my twenties I wouldn't think of buying an anti-aging product but twenty-year-olds are buying them. I think because everyone's so stressed out and they are starting to see all these wrinkles.
 
Dr. Amy Weschler

Are You Sleeping Well?

April 15, 2011

 

Interview with Dr. Barry Krakow, author of the book Sound Sleep, Sound Mind: 7 Keys to Sleeping Through the Night

 

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Mike Carruthers:
More than sixty percent of adults have trouble sleeping well and people who don't sleep well suffer from problems above and beyond just being sleepy during the day.

 

Dr. Barry Krakow:
Many people who have sleep problems are very prone to injury and accidents because they make mistakes all the time - they lose physical coordination.
 
Dr. Barry Krakow

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