Upgrade Your Sleep – Dr. Raj Dasgupta

Retire Smarter. Don’t miss a conversation in this free Retirement School: Follow on Apple Podcasts or  Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | RSS __________________________ Fall is my favorite season. But it's also an adjustment as the days get shorter and darkness come earlier and earlier. The rhythm of daily life shifts. One of those adjustments can be sleep. Why not use the change of seasons as a catalyst to upgrade your sleep? Dr. Raj Dasgupta knows how to tune up our sleep hygiene - and why it's wise to invest in better sleep. Dr. Raj joins us from Los Angeles. ___________________________ Bio Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Dr. Raj is Southern California’s Official Hometown MD practicing medicine at the University of Southern California (USC).  Dr. Raj’s life mission is to educate patients, students and aspiring doctors to better patient care.  Other than that, he's just a regular dude. Dr. Raj completed his Internal Medicine residency at Michigan State University, Pulmonary/Critical Care fellowship at Columbia University, Saint Luke’s & Roosevelt Hospital and Sleep Medicine fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital. During his training, Dr. Raj received numerous awards including: resident of the year, fellow of the year and the Director’s Award for research. After his training, Dr. Raj worked at Abington Hospital which is affiliated with Jefferson University where he received the faculty teacher of the year. Dr. Raj is Currently a Professor at the University of Southern California (USC) and received the faculty teaching award for the last 3 consecutive years. He is quadruple board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine and is an active clinical researcher and currently teaches USMLE Step 1, 2, 3, and Internal Medicine Board Review around the world for the past 15 years. His 1st book in a series titled “Medicine Morning Report: Beyond the Pearls” is published by Elsevier. Dr. Raj currently appear on various media platforms and television shows such as the “The Doctors”, “Bill Nye Saves the World”, “ESPN”, “Larry King Now” and “You Can Do Better” for more information check out his websites:rajdasgupta.com and beyondthepearls.net ______________________________ For More on Dr. Raj Dasgupta DoctorRaj.com ______________________________ Podcast Episodes You May Like Wellness to Wonderful – Dr. Alona Pulde & Dr. Matthew Lederman Better Sleep, Better You – Dr. Frank Lipman Thinking Better to Live Better – Dr. Woo-kyoung Ahn Breaking the Age Code – Dr. Becca Levy _______________________________ Wise Quotes On the Benefits of Good Sleep "My opening line is always: Sleep affects every single organ in the body. So I always kind of throw the question right back at the host and say, you tell me what organ you want and I'll tell you what it happens. Where are the big ones? I mean, we always think about the brain. We think the brain about in a medical sense, in a psychological sense. When we talk about having being sleep deprived or not getting good quality and quantity sleep, it adds things to depression. It adds to things like anxiety. It's going to be a risk factor for things like stroke. So it's horrible when we talk about the heart needless to say that when we talk about that poor quality and quantity sleep, yes, you're going to be at a higher risk for things like coronary artery disease, things like heart failure, things like arrhythmias. And the way I kind of summarize it is that at nighttime, what happens to our blood pressure and our heart rate? Well, they tend to take a break. They tend to dip down a little bit so they could take the stress off the heart. It's beating so hard during the day, but when you have poor sleep at night, you're never giving your body a chance to rest, especially if you have undiagnosed sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea that affects 30 million people in t...