Sleep Drink Breathe: Simple Daily Habits for Profound Long-Term Health

by Michael Breus, PhD

Overview

"A manageable plan, offering profound long-term benefits for both mind and body—it's a must-read for anyone serious about wellness. —Daniel G. Amen, MD, author of Change Your Brain Every Day

The Sleep Doctor shows you how to transform your health by balancing your basics—sleep, hydration, and breathing are the keys to renewed energy, weight loss, lower stress, and improved cognition.
 
Good health doesn’t have to be complicated. Sleeping, hydrating, and breathing are fundamental to life, and making simple adjustments to the way we perform these basic functions can have an extraordinary impact on our health and wellbeing.
 
In Sleep Drink Breathe, bestselling author Dr. Michael Breus shares the most recent science on these biobehaviors and inspiring patient stories that are the basis for his innovative strategy for optimizing your sleep, hydration, and breathing habits.

Dr. Breus’s revolutionary three-week Sleep-Drink-Breathe regimen is so straightforward, you won’t be intimidated by it and you will stick with it. After just a few days, you’ll feel better physically, mentally, and emotionally, and will be on the road to whole-body balance that lasts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316576413
Publisher:	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date:	12/03/2024
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	15,514
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Michael J. Breus, PhD, is a double-boarded clinical psychologist and clinical sleep specialist. He is the author of numerous bestselling books, including The Power of When, The Sleep Doctor’s Diet Plan, and Beauty Sleep, and the coauthor of Energize! He has a concierge sleep practice in Los Angeles.

Editorial Reviews

10/21/2024

“Sleeping, hydrating, and breathing well are the fastest, best ways to get back into whole-body balance,” according to this hit-or-miss guide. Psychologist Breus (Energize!) notes that getting enough sleep has been found to strengthen the immune system and reduce cravings, and he encourages readers to keep a consistent sleep schedule and turn off screens at least an hour before bed. Staying hydrated is crucial to ensuring blood is viscous enough to circulate glucose, protein, and oxygen to cells throughout the body, he explains, outlining his formula for calculating how much water a person should drink: “(Weight in pounds x 0.6) + 12 oz. per 30 minutes of exercise = Daily intake in ounces.” Breus exhorts readers to breathe through their nose, contending that the nasal passageways create a “wind tunnel effect” that leads to “an increase of up to 20 percent in oxygen intake” compared to mouth breathing. There are some useful tips, as when Breus explains that coffee should be consumed with lunch instead of breakfast because its wakeful effects come from clearing the “drowsiness chemical adenosine from brain receptors,” which have usually already been cleared out before one wakes up. Unfortunately, other suggestions are painfully obvious (“To help rid yourself of excess phlegm, cough”). It’s a mixed bag. Agent: Alex Glass, Glass Literary. (Dec.)

Publishers Weekly

Sleep, Drink, Breathe is a wonderful complement to my book Good Energy in that it helps readers with many of the fundamentals that are needed to begin the process of feeling better.” —CASEY MEANS, author of GOOD ENERGY

"A radically simple approach to wellness..."—CBS MORNINGS

"A transformative yet straightforward approach to wellness. Grounded in cutting-edge research and real-life success stories, this book provides a practical, science-backed regimen that promises immediate and lasting benefits. Whether you're seeking to reduce inflammation, balance hormones, or simply boost your overall vitality, this guide is an invaluable resource for achieving optimal health.”—DAVID PERLMUTTER, MD, author of GRAIN BRAIN and DROP ACID

"Sleep Drink Breathe is a powerful blueprint for enhancing your health with simple, practical habits. Dr. Breus skillfully breaks down the essentials of sleep, hydration, and breathing into a manageable plan, offering profound long-term benefits for both mind and body—it's a must-read for anyone serious about wellness."—DANIEL G. AMEN, MD, author of CHANGE YOUR BRAIN EVERY DAY

“Dr. Breus has a way of breaking down the science of how our bodies work to make it easier to understand and achieve optimal performance. Sleep Drink Breathe is the next step to reaching your health goals.”—JIM KWIK, New York Times bestselling author of LIMITLESS and host of Kwik Brain podcast

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