The "Sleep Loss Epidemic"

Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" was one of the most popular and acclaimed wellness books of 2017. There's just one problem: Much of it isn't true.

Thanks to University of Ottawa Postdoctoral Fellow Dylan Smith for helping us with the research!

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Links!

• Walker's TED Talk
• Alexey's blog post: Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors
• Walker’s Response
• Trouble With TED
• Does daylight savings kill people?
• Why We Sleep: A Tale Of Institutional Failure
• Is Matthew Walker’s “Why We Sleep” Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors?
• Up All Night: The science of sleeplessness
• Exploring the Necessity and Virtue of Sleep
• Why Do We Sleep?
• Siesta in Healthy Adults and Coronary Mortality in the General Population
• A Chronobiological Evaluation of the Acute Effects of Daylight Saving Time on Traffic Accident Risk
• Has Adult Sleep Duration Declined Over the Last 50+ Years?
• Americans Are Sleeping More, If Not Necessarily Better
• High-profile sleep researcher loses paper for duplication

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I have LOLed multiple times!

Aubrey and Mike are a very entertaining duo. I have a great appreciation for the diet myth-busting, book deep-dives, and thought provocation provided here. So many thanks for the laughs!

a banger

as always. I’m a narcoleptic and found this hilarious and accurate
way too many people are getting scammed on ~sleep app subscriptions~ and panic driven sleep supplements