Why Can Some People Function on Less Sleep Than Others?
Less than 1% of the population genuinely needs less sleep. The rest of us claiming to be fine on four or five hours? We're most likely accumulating something called sleep debt, and our brains have become numb to the damage. In this episode, Jen, Chris, and Matt unpack the genetics of natural short sleepers, what your brain actually does while you're asleep, and why "adapting" to less sleep is one of the biggest myths in sleep science.
What You'll Learn
Why less than 1% of people carry genuine short-sleep genetics
What happens to your brain after just one night of poor sleep
The waste-removal…
The skinny
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