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319 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
illustrations.
On cover: Improve your brain function, reduce your sugar cravings, boost your mood. Contents: How we woke up to sleep -- What puts us to sleep and what keeps us awake -- Are you getting enough? -- Tried and tested ways to boost your sleep -- Eating your way to a good night's sleep -- The fast asleep programme -- How to manage shift work and jet lag.
Summary: Michael Mosley explains what happens when we sleep, what triggers common sleep problems and why standard advice rarely works. Prone to insomnia, he has taken part in numerous sleep experiments and tested different remedies. The result is a four-week programme designed to help you re-establish a healthy sleep pattern. Includes tips for teenagers, people working night shifts and those prone to jet lag, plus recipes which will boost your deep sleep by improving your gut microbiome.