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! Support us:<ul><li><a href='https://www.patreon.com/maintenancephase'>Hear bonus episodes on Patreon</a></li><li><a href='https://paypal.me/maintenancephase'>Donate on PayPal</a></li><li><a href='http://tee.pub/lic/maintenancephase'>Get Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more</a></li></ul>Links!<ul><li><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MuIMqhT8DM'>Walker's TED Talk</a></li><li>Alexey's blog post: <a href='https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/'>Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors</a></li><li><a href='https://sleepdiplomat.wordpress.com/'>Walker’s Response</a></li><li><a href='https://markusloecher.github.io/TroubleWithTED/'>Trouble With TED</a></li><li><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZGs5Im9f8Q'>Does daylight savings kill people?</a></li><li><a href='https://yngve.hoiseth.net/articles/why-we-sleep-institutional-failure/'>Why We Sleep: A Tale Of Institutional Failure</a></li><li><a href='https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2019/11/18/is-matthew-walkers-why-we-sleep-riddled-with-scientific-and-factual-errors/'>Is Matthew Walker’s “Why We Sleep” Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors?</a></li><li><a href='https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/03/11/up-all-night-2'>Up All Night: The science of sleeplessness</a></li><li><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/books/review/snooze-michael-mcgirr-sleep-dreams.html?searchResultPosition=1'>Exploring the Necessity and Virtue of Sleep</a></li><li><a href='https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/why-do-we-sleep/'>Why Do We Sleep?</a></li><li><a href='https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17296887/'>Siesta in Healthy Adults and Coronary Mortality in the General Population</a></li><li><a href='https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)31678-1#secsectitle0020'>A Chronobiological Evaluation of the Acute Effects of Daylight Saving Time on Traffic Accident Risk</a></li><li><a href='https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4769964/'>Has Adult Sleep Duration Declined Over the Last 50+ Years?</a></li><li><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-07-28/americans-are-sleeping-more-if-not-necessarily-better'>Americans Are Sleeping More, If Not Necessarily Better</a></li><li><a href='https://retractionwatch.com/2020/07/28/high-profile-sleep-researcher-loses-paper-for-duplication/'>High-profile sleep researcher loses paper for duplication</a></li></ul><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/maintenancephase">Support the show</a>

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The "Sleep Loss Epidemic"

Debunking the junk science behind health fads, wellness scams and nonsensical nutrition advice.