Renowned British medical journalist and chronic insomniac Dr Michael Mosley is back in Australia to wake the nation up to the dangers of poor sleep with his eye-opening new three-part series Australia’s Sleep Revolution with Dr Michael Mosley, premiering on Wednesday 6 March at 7.30pm on SBS and SBS On Demand.
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:02 Every night, right across Australia,
00:04 millions of people struggle to get the sleep
00:06 they so desperately need.
00:09 Getting good quality sleep is essential
00:12 for our long-term health.
00:13 It affects almost every organ in our bodies.
00:17 I'm absolutely fascinated by the science of sleep,
00:20 but I also have an intensely personal interest.
00:23 And that is because I have been a chronic insomniac
00:27 for many years.
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00:30 And I'm not alone.
00:33 It's just this constant loop of anxiety.
00:35 I can pretty much count on two hands
00:36 the number of really great sleeps that I've had.
00:39 Lying in bed awake, going stir crazy.
00:42 Stress, punishing work hours, and screen addiction
00:47 are encroaching on our precious sleep,
00:49 wreaking havoc on our mental health,
00:52 and sowing the seeds of chronic disease.
00:55 I feel as though I can't breathe.
00:57 Shattered is the word I use.
00:59 Our 24/7 society is in a sleep crisis.
01:04 I'm on a mission to change that, and I'll be going
01:07 all the way to the very top.
01:09 There's nothing worse than hearing the truth.
01:11 Yeah.
01:12 It's just running on empty.
01:13 That's what you like.
01:15 Over the next few months, I'll be putting my body on the line
01:18 as we trial a pioneering Australian sleep treatment
01:22 program.
01:23 I'm sure this is not something I'm going to be sleeping in.
01:26 To explore the complex and often hidden reasons
01:29 why we struggle to sleep.
01:31 Everyone else is doing it, but it
01:32 feels like I'm fighting against my own biochemistry.
01:35 Everything's riding on it.
01:36 My family life, my health, physical, emotional health,
01:40 and also my career.
01:42 Guided by experts from Flinders University's Sleep Institute,
01:45 we are going to take a dramatically new approach
01:48 to our sleep and waking lives.
01:50 We're actually closer to a 70% sleep efficiency.
01:54 The bed gets a tick this time.
01:58 I am getting sleep so good it should be illegal.
02:01 I want more of that.
02:03 Could this world first treatment program
02:05 deliver life changing results for me
02:08 and millions of poor sleepers across the nation?
02:11 Together, we are going to kickstart Australia's sleep
02:17 revolution.
02:19 Australia's Sleep Revolution with Dr. Michael Mosley,
02:22 streaming 6th of March on SBS On Demand.
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