Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Sleep Hacks | Unlocking the Secrets of Quality Sleep with Technology

19 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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Aaron Hartman, MD explains how consumer health trackers can measure multiple sleep-related metrics (sleep stages, heart rate variability) and why they matter for sleep quality and how you feel on waking. He highlights heart rate variability (HRV) as an important metric, noting desirable ranges and that many people have much lower HRV.

Questions this video answers

Over 50.

Between 60 and 80.

In the 20s and 30s or even less.

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With the technology, you can look at a whole lot of different factors, not just the time you're in bed, but how long you're actually in deep sleep or REM sleep or light sleep. So let's talk about some of the things you can actually track using a health tracker, and why they're important to your quality of sleep and how well you feel when you wake up in the morning. First thing you want to look at is your heart rate variability. Your heart variability actually goes up as you sleep throughout the night. Ideally it'd be over 50. An ideal one in the perfect world would be between 60 and 80. But the issue is, a lot of people's heart rate variability is in the 20s and 30s or even less.