Sleep Disorders
By Jacobus Hollewijn
August 11, 2022
With Guest John Neustadt, ND
The title of this show was "Gesundheit! With Jacobus"; a weekly 3-hour live radio program (with call-ins) about health, healing, and healthy lifestyles that ran from July of 2000 through September of 2019. Jacobus hosted 914 editions, mostly with guests discussing their profession, research, books they had written, or just to explain specific health concepts more in-depth. For a combination of reasons the show came to an end. There will be a continuation with new shows called "Health In Focus with Jacobus" Here you'll find a selection of timeless topics that could use another listen.
This podcast is from February 2, 2019
Sleep Disorders
Track 1
Introductions
John Neustadt had insomnia
- 80 million in the US have sleep disorders
- Can have big affect on your day in work/relationships
- If chronic, can be deadly (diabetes)
- Medical students staying awake for long shifts/ 72 hours
Many medical mistakes are made
Common sleep disorders: Sleep Apnea
Start Track 2: 17:36
Track 2
Categorize Sleep Disorders:
Hard To Fall Asleep: Insomnia
Hard To Stay Asleep: Insomnia, Bruxism
Too Much Sleep: Narcolepsa, Hypersomnia
Jet Leg: Fit bit did a study on 6 billion pieces of information
- Biggest problem: "Social Jet Leg"
- How to improve: go to bed at the same time every night
Hyperarousal Hypothesis: too much cortisol/adrenaline
- "wired but tired"
Call about EMF waves and the upcoming 5G
- Gadgets become ADDICTIVE/Impulsive
- We are energetic beings
- Sleep has decreased 20% in the last century because of electricity
Large number of people seeing doctors are actually suffering from sleep disorders
Start Track 3: 38:33
Track 3
Sleep Architecture:
- John tries to understand disorders by doing continuous research and then explain to patients
Different "stages" of the Sleep Architecture
- Stage 1: easily disrupted by noises/lights/etc.
- light stages of sleep - you want that to be short.
- Younger people: typical female in their 30's don't allow themselves to relax.
- Sleep disruption is very common - they stay in stage 1
- what could help: white noise machines
- Stage 2: Deeper sleep but still not in restorative sleep (10-25 minutes 45-55% of total sleep time)
- Stage 3: Restorative - slow waves - refreshing (3-8%)
- Stage 4: Highest arousal sleep - cannot wake them up.
- REM-Sleep (75-80% of sleep is NOT in REM sleep)
- REM/Dreaming sleep happens about every 90 minutes
- decreases as we age
- People get scared about going to sleep
- this can cause anxiety
Research from sleep architecture
- What are the factors of not sleeping well
- What can we take
- Tight Muscles
- Regulating blood sugars
- Self-fulfilling prophecy
Start Track 4: 57:07
Track 4
Call about pelvic Prolapse
Hormones and Gender
- Women 40% more likely to have sleep disorders
- PMS
- Menopause/Hot Flashes
- Low Estrogen
- Low Progesterone
- Low Testosterone
Thyroid lab values are not optimal (bell-curve)
One thing to look for is looking for TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)
Hormones - all start in the brain
If brain is being jostled around - damage - can affect the hormone production of all kinds
Start Track 5: 1:17:32
Track 5
Increasing testosterone affects stage 3 sleep
Decreasing weight increasing testosterone
HIS PRODUCT: made out of own desperation
melatonin goes away very quickly
- melatonin is a circadian modulator
- melatonin secreted in the brain
- melatonin secreted in the gut
Many products are not working with our physiological rhythms
- that's why he made his own product
Bi-Phasic time released
- Stage 1 - 30-40 minutes
- nutrients to help them calm down the neural system
- nutrients to help with muscle tightness
- Stage 2- adaptogenic herbs
- ashwaganda
- skullcap
- magnolia
- hops
Magnesium + B-6 - to help breakdown of L-Tryptophon (essential amino acid we need from food)
Pine Bark can also help promote sleep - especially in women
Start Track 6: 1:38:12
Track 6
Prescription medication
- 2 days: Benzodiazepines Klonazepam
- Especially the elderly
- an increase in dizziness
- an increase in falling down
- Medical Journal: success is marginal at best
- risk of death increases
- risk of cancer increases
- 1/2 million deaths in US
- Diet. Lifestyle. Dietary Supplements
New class of drugs: Belsamera
- increases falling asleep by 8-10 minutes
- increases staying asleep by +/- 20 minutes
We need to treat the person
CONCLUSION about OTC- medication for sleep- not effective may be masking real causes
Protein before bedtime - 10 grams - 15 grams/before bedtime helps blood sugar regulations
How about people with acid reflux at night and having to sit-up
- sometimes dry hacking cough
5 most common foods that cause acid reflux
- Raw Onion
- Garlic
- Tomatoes
- Coffee
- Citrus
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