Why our brains need sleep

Hi, everybody. Welcome to today's Boost. Do you know what our brains are doing while we sleep? They are taking out the trash. That's right. They are cleaning up house. And they're not using the lymphatic system like the rest of the body uses. They're using their own system called the glymphatic system with a G. Glymphatic research tells us that that system is 10 times more active at night than it is during the day. Why do we want it to be active? It is busy getting rid of all kinds of things. One in particular, proteins that are associated with Alzheimer's. So that's a pretty big reason to sleep. Let's say you're still having troubles getting some sleep in at night. Here are a few of my favorite aids. Melatonin. I use this when I'm struggling with sleep. I also feel like most of us are magnesium deficient and so I will use a magnesium spray. I love using lavender and cedarwood essential oils as well. I like the cedarwood better than the lavender. Just a personal preference. And then I also use some CBD oil and that helps me with sleep. I've been using this one for four or five nights now and man, it is just knocking me out. It's really great. Those are my sleep aids. It's totally out of scope for me to recommend sleep aids for you all, but I wanted to share what's working for me. One more plea to get some sleep. Have you heard of the sharpshooter study? I heard this through one of Mark Hyman's podcasts or one of his blogs. Sharpshooters on eight hours of sleep have 99% accuracy. But guess what happens? On six hours of sleep it drops to 79% accuracy. And on five hours of sleep, that drops further to 35% accuracy, which is like having two or three drinks in your system. So think about sleep. Think about your life. Where could you use more accuracy? You will benefit by getting more sleep.