Dr. David Sinclair’s personal sleep habits | David Sinclair
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Reducing our late-night exposure to blue light is crucial for a good night's sleep. Limiting screen time or wearing blue light-filtering glasses can help. In this clip, Dr. David Sinclair describes his personal sleep habits for optimal performance during his workday.
Rhonda: Yeah. How much do you sleep at night?
David: Well, often, I'm working up until 11:00, which is a bad habit, but I have found ways to get to sleep pretty quickly. Avoiding blue light, so I wear those yellowish glasses. What do I do? Occasionally, I take a nibble of a sleeping pill occasionally when I really have trouble sleeping because I used to be an insomniac. But what I've found is the doses that they prescribe for some of these medicines, I won't say which, but I'm way more than I need at least. And so I just nibble on it and it's enough to get me to calm down and I go to sleep. And then in the morning, I get my boost and I'm going again. But I typically get seven hours sleep. And if I don't get more than that...sorry, if I get less than that, I'm in trouble because my brain needs to be going at 100 miles an hour every day.
Rhonda: Yeah. Doesn't work.
A wavelength of light emitted from natural and electronic sources. Blue light exposure is associated with improved attention span, reaction time, and mood. However, exposure to blue light outside the normal daytime hours may suppress melatonin secretion, impairing sleep patterns. In addition, blue light contributes to digital eye strain and may increase risk of developing macular degeneration.
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