Sue Stockdale talks to Dr. Sarah Gilchrist about the subject of sleep. With over 60% of the British population reporting that they have poor sleep quality, and an estimated 1 in 3 suffering from insomnia or sleep deprivation, it’s a topic that has a significant impact on our health and wellbeing.

Dr. Sarah Gilchrist FBASES spent over 20 years working in the high-performance sport industry latterly as a Technical Lead for the English Institute of Sport and Senior Physiologist with British Rowing. Her doctorate specialises in sleep and athletic performance, and she now provides consultancy on a range of performance areas, particularly relating to sleep health. She is on the Advisory Board for the Sleep Charity, a fellow of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences and is High Performance Sport Accredited.

Find out more about Dr. Sarah Gilchrist:

Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/gilchristperf/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-sarah-gilchrist-ab8773150/
Twitter. https://twitter.com/SarahLGilchrist
Website www.gilchristperformance.co.uk

Key Quotes:

'Your Dracula hormone, melatonin only comes out at night, and it reacts to dim light'.

'Insomnia is the biggest form of sleep deprivation in the UK'.

'Throughout women's life cycle, sleep is affected, so it's normal'.

'Have you got a strategy to get good sleep? Most people say, no, I don't think about it'.

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