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#037: Neuroscience for Peak Performance: QEEG, HRV & Medical-Grade Sleep Analysis to Hack Your Sleep & Brain Health with Dr. Tim Royer


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Notes:

2:58 - when Tim got on the journey of neuroscience and brain health

5:24 - why it’s important to put brain understanding before medicine

7:10 - how to measure the brain and what data to look at

16:16 - Tim's model to optimize brain health

25:55 - costs and what is involved when working to optimize your brain

32:25 - how Tim's sleep study differs from most wearables and how to correct for that

39:49 - what are the most important behaviors that can impact sleep and brain performance

1:00:20 - what are health hacks tim uses and what it means for Tim to elevate his state
 

Links:

  • ESPN article about the work Tim did to help professional athletes understand recovery
  • Tim's website: Royer Neuroscience
  • wearables we mention: Biostrap, Whoop, FitBit, Oura Ring
  • Outside the Lines - Chris Kaman's misdiagnosis 
  • blue blocker glasses and the episode with Matt Maruca
  • for staying cool at night: ChiliPad sleep system  and the Ooler, Bed Jets,
  • biometric lighting - reach out to Tim directly to learn more about getting this setup 
  • saunaspace infrared lights
  • polysomnographic
     

Quotes:

12:57 - “We are talking about the most amazing thing in the entire universe… the entire brain.”

14:21 - “The greatest medicine for the brain is itself. If it can see what it’s doing.”

45:38 - “Whatever makes a mushroom grow is what you want your environment to be for sleep.”

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Health Hacker LifeBy TJ Anderson: Bestselling Author, Health Hacker, & Co-Founder: www.elevatedeats.pro

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