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Do You Really Need 8 Hours of Sleep Every Night? | Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter | TED

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When you can't sleep, you're desperate for help. And there's a booming industry waiting to tell you all the ways a lack of sleep can ruin your health -- and to sell you fancy gadgets to help you finally doze off. Shedding light on this flawed doomsday messaging, Dr. Jen Gunter explains why you shouldn't lose sleep over sleep -- and what to do instead. (For more on how your body works, tune in to her podcast, Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter, from the TED Audio Collective.)

Think you know how your body works? Think again! In this TED original series, Dr. Jen Gunter will share the truth about what's *really* going on inside you. For more, tune into her podcast, Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter: https://link.chtbl.com/BodyStuffYT

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