Secrets From $45K Spent on Sleep (How to Improve Sleep) | Matt Galant @ BiOptimizers

Sleep is the unsung backbone of long-term health and performance. Get it right, and everything becomes easier. Sleep quantity is possibly the less important half. In this sleep masterclass, you’ll learn from our guest’s expensive mistakes and what works great.

📕  Video chapters
00:22 Spent $45K on sleep
01:07 Daily habits
01:44 NectarX
02:02 Lifestyle is foundation
02:53 Matt's rock bottom
03:58 7 major sleep disruptors
05:01 Background
09:14 Health, performance, aesthetics
10:26 Dr Walkers influence on sleep
11:06 "I'll sleep when I am dead"
11:54 Power Sleep by James Moss
12:43 Sleeping 10+ hours is also associated with poor health
12:54 The healthier you become, the less sleep you need
14:06 Must be in pitch black bedroom
15:03 Temperature (room & sheets) is another major factor
15:38 OOLER or Eight Sleep products
16:22 Best sleep position is on back
20:09 Side sleeping vs back sleeping vs front sleeping
20:46 Side sleeping benefits and drawbacks
20:57 Critical that entire body is in a straights line
22:37 Raising head of bed
23:02 Glymphatic drainage
23:29 Basic sleep architecture
24:49 2 factors that destroy sleep more than anything
27:19 Ayurveda's take on circadian science & bedtime "second wind"
27:50 Importance of having a target bed time
30:56 Why Matt likes self quant devices despite their inaccuracy in sleep stage tracking
32:51 Directionally accurate
33:32 Nervous system health leads to quality of life
34:22 The dark side of Oura ring
35:24 Dream Optimizer & how BiOptimizers makes products
35:55 Internal research showing increased magnesium bioavailability by combining forms of mag
36:33 55 prototypes of sleep breakthrough
37:13 Melatonin and genes
39:20 DARPA tried to increase amplitude of delta waves and dramatically improved learning
39:54 PEMF didn't work for him
40:38 3 main focuses of sleep optimization
41:18 Insomniacs about 30% deficient in GABA
41:42 Why Sleep Breakthrough uses pharmaGABA
42:23 Insomniacs also have hyperactive beta brainwaves
42:35 Benefits of neurofeedback
43:25 2 molecules to shift out of beta brain waves dominance
44:52 Unprocessed trauma can surface when you get more REM
45:08 Book: The Body Keeps The Score
45:31 300-500 micro-traumas even in very healthy childhoods
46:27 What makes pharmaGABA different
47:01 P3OM is great for GABA production which peaks about 8 hours later
48:12 Tryptophan
48:21 Biopathways to Molecules to Cofactors
48:48 "Cofactors can improve results 50-300%"
49:34 "Dose creates the effect"
52:01 Peptides or other molecules?
52:37 Epitalon helped reset timers and improved sleep
52:58 Glycine + taurine
53:17 Glycine
53:33 Cool glycine benefits for sleep
54:21 P5P bioactive form of vitamin B6 and cofactor of magnesium that helps convert into serotonin
55:18 Cyclical keto for 30 years
56:15 Sleep minerals
56:23 "People tend to overprioritize vitamins and underprize minerals"
57:21 Potassium
58:11 "Sodium excited neurons, potassium quiets them down"
58:51 How potassium improves sleep
01:00:08 Other ingredients in sleep breakthrough
01:00:25 Bamboo extract
01:01:08 The new science of melatonin
01:04:11 When to use melatonin
01:05:12 Brain optimization & maximization with neurofeedback
01:06:28 Did TRT for 6 years
01:06:51 Natural testosterone optimization product coming
01:08:04 Priotizing focus to optimize sleep
01:08:18 SPOKE: Light, temperature, sleep molecules
01:09:52 Ultimate sleep & recovery BiOptimizers system
01:10:40 Combining quantative and qualitative sleep metrics
01:11:08 Neurofeedback and sleep
01:12:06 Sens.ai device
01:13:47 Connect
01:14:02 Dream Optimizer is a Nootopia product
01:14:21 Great for travel and real user testimonials
01:14:57 Nootopia & BiOptimizers code URBAN saves 10%
01:15:29 Dr David Hawkins
01:15:56 Book: The Body Keeps The Score
01:16:18 BiOptimizers upcoming nutrition book
01:19:34 CollaGenius
01:20:56 Matt Galant is a musician
01:22:09 Final thoughts
01:23:01 35 products in the BiOptimizers pipeline
01:23:25 New adaptogenic formula coming

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📝 About our guest
Matt Gallant is the CEO and Co-Founder of BiOptimizers and has a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology. He’s been a strength and conditioning coach for multiple pro-athletes, a self-defense instructor, and has over 15 years of experience formulating supplements. He's also a serial entrepreneur that's built over 13 profitable companies.

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