Top Sleep Experts Share BEST Tips to Fall Asleep Faster, Boost Deep & REM Sleep & Biohack Your Circadian Rhythm: Best Of Sleep!
Ben Greenfield
Mar 29, 2025
Mindsip insights from this episode:
Stimulate deep sleep with delta brainwave sounds
Playing sounds that entrain the delta brainwave at 1.2 hertz can increase the amount of deep, slow-wave sleep you get.
Wear a Faraday suit to combat jet lag on flights
Wearing a full-body, silver-lined Faraday suit on long-haul flights can dramatically reduce the effects of jet lag by blocking electromagnetic fields.
Utilize creatine to enhance cognitive performance after sleep deprivation
Taking pulsed doses of creatine, totaling 0.35 grams per kilogram of body weight, can significantly improve cognitive performance after a night of poor sleep.
Start your day at bedtime to prioritize sleep
To give sleep the respect it deserves, adopt the mindset that your day starts when you go to bed, not when you wake up.
Avoid new information before sleep to enhance memory retention
To allow your brain to index existing information rather than learn new things, avoid absorbing new information from news, social media, or even books in the 90 minutes before bed.
Avoid THC and Valium to protect REM sleep
While THC and diazepam (Valium) can help you fall asleep faster, they significantly decrease REM sleep, which is crucial for learning, memory consolidation, and emotional processing.
Push bedtime later to enhance sleep quality
If you frequently wake up at night, counterintuitively pushing your bedtime later builds homeostatic sleep drive, helping you sleep more soundly through the night.
Sleep on firm surfaces to enhance body suppleness
Sleeping on a firm surface like the ground, rather than a soft mattress, can act as a 'taskmaster' that forces your body to stretch and become more supple.
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