Many people try to make up for lost sleep on weekends, but does it help? Research shows that while sleeping in on weekends can temporarily reduce sleep debt and improve mood and performance, it doesn't fully reverse the adverse effects of sleep restriction during the week. For example, a 2019 study by Depner et al. found that weekend recovery sleep did not prevent metabolic dysregulation caused by weekday sleep loss, particularly in glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity (essential for maintaining a healthy weight and glucose balance), as well as obesity.Catching up on sleep may improve subjective feelings of rest and reduce daytime sleepiness in the short term. However, inconsistent slee...

Shining a light into the world of sleep.... Being onto stuff, you will have known that March included World Sleep Day! On such an important occasion, I thought it was worth throwing out a 30% discount on our Sleep Mastery Course to celebrate this important annual milestone. Looking forward to receiving feedback from the many many clinicians who took up the snap sale offer and finding out how they are integrating this new knowledge into their clinical practice. Hot on the heels of this, I was sitting in the Perth T2 airport lounge waiting to return home and my lovely wife while browsing the bookstore noticed and purchased for me Dr Michael Mosley's book Fast Asleep. Needing no introducti...