You’ve probably tried everything to sleep better. Magnesium. Melatonin. Blackout curtains. Maybe even expensive sleep gadgets. But what if the real reason your sleep feels broken has nothing to do with any of those things?

In this video, Dave Asprey explains a hidden biological process that controls whether your body stays in stress mode at night… or finally switches into deep recovery mode. He breaks down why so many people wake up exhausted, why cortisol stays elevated while you sleep, and why your body may never fully enter repair mode even if you’re technically asleep.

You’ll learn how one overlooked habit affects your brain, metabolism, recovery, heart rate, and overnight repair systems, plus the surprising research that showed dramatic changes in sleep quality from a single adjustment. Once you understand this mechanism, you’ll never look at sleep the same way again.

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I have spent twenty years and millions of dollars testing every legal focus drug I could get my hands on. In this video, I break down which compounds actually work, which ones are a waste of money, and the exact stack that delivers hours of clean focus without the afternoon crash.

The shift is simple: focus isn't a willpower problem. It's an energy production problem inside your brain. Once you fuel it at the cellular level, deep focus stops being a struggle and becomes the default state.

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00:00 – Trailer

00:53 – Sleep Environment Matters

03:44 – Red Light Bulbs

04:50 – Blackout Curtains

05:16 – Light-Blocking Glasses

07:16 – Morning Supplement Stack

07:41 – Creatine for the Brain

11:48 – MCT Oil Fuel

13:06 – Cellular Cleanup (Autophagy)

15:12 – Magnesium for Sleep

16:56 – Full Stack Recap

18:26 – Biohacking Is Accessibl

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