Originally Posted by
Brutus
Matthew Walker is Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology, so he knows what he’s talking about regarding sleep.
There’s a big thread on the airlinepilotforum.com where all the American pilots were talking about Matt Walkers interview with Joe Rogan episode #1109. Very relevant for all long haul pilots and probably also short haulers on high divisors.
They’ve recently discovered years of poor quality sleep has a direct link with chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s, dementia, obesity. He said this is because the body and brain starts to repair itself both mentally and physically only in the deep sleep (4th stage). The body only gets to this 4th stage of sleep if it achieves 7-9 hours of uninterrupted continuous sleep. Also unfortunately, alcohol prevents the body from getting to 4th stage of sleep.
Personally I’m relieved Project Sunrise is dead in the water just like red Q.