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51. Light, Deep, and REM: What Your Sleep Data Is Really Telling You
Getting seven or eight hours of sleep but still waking up exhausted? The problem might not be how long you're sleeping. It might be what your body is actually doing during those hours.
In this episode, Tanya breaks down the three stages of sleep, light, deep, and REM, what each one is doing for your body, what optimal looks like, and what it means when your data shows you're falling short. She covers the specific reasons women over 35 lose deep sleep and REM, including the roles of progesterone, blood sugar instability, and cortisol diurnal rhythm, and what you can start addressing right…
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