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WORK TITLE: The Sleep Solution
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PSEUDONYM(S): Winter, W. Christopher; Winter, William Christopher; Winter, Christopher
BIRTHDATE: 12/27/1972
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PERSONAL
Born December 27, 1972, in VA.
EDUCATION:University of Virginia; Emory University School of Medicine; board certified by American Board of Sleep Medicine and American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
ADDRESS
CAREER
Sleep medicine specialist, neurologist, consultant for professional sports organizations, the military, and corporations. Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville, VA, medical director, 2004; Charlottesville Neurology and Sleep Medicine, Charlottesville, owner and medical director.
MEMBER:American Academy of Sleep Medicine the Sleep Research Society, Virginia Academy of Sleep Medicine.
WRITINGS
Contributor of articles to media outlets, including Men’s Health, Huffington Post, Women’s Health, Runner’s World, Triathlete, and Details.
SIDELIGHTS
Sleep specialist Dr. William Christopher Winter is a board-certified and internationally recognized sleep medicine specialist, a board-certified neurologist, and consultant for professional sports organizations, United States military groups, and large corporations. Earning his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine, he has worked at Martha Jefferson Hospital and is medical director of the Charlottesville Neurology and Sleep Medicine in Virginia. A speaker and health advocate, Winter writes for various outlets, including Men’s Health magazine, Runner’s World, and Women’s Health. Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post called Winter “the sleep whisperer.”
In 2017, Winter published The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How to Fix It, a self-help guide to getting healthy, restorative sleep and eliminating pills, pain, and fatigue. In the book, Winter draws on his twenty-four-year career in neurology and sleep study to describe time-tested tips for understanding how sleep works and achieving a better lifestyle through effecting sleeping techniques. Many people, such as shift-workers, students, parents, and athletes suffer from irregular sleep patterns, ineffective napping, and poor quality of sleep. The book explains ways to get off medication that interrupts sleep, incorporate restorative napping during the day, address sleep problems like sleep apnea and restless leg syndrome, and understand new sleep technology and information.
“Winter makes the science accessible,” according to a writer in Success, who added that Winter also shares his knowledge of what is good sleep, how sleep is critical to physical and mental health, contributes to happiness, and enhances performance during wakefulness. Winter explains that insomnia is not the inability to sleep but rather a dissatisfaction with the quality of sleep. Taking pills to help you sleep may actually cause more damage, according to Winter, whereas resolving underlying psychological issues is a valid way to address sleep problems. He explains that people can learn to train their body to sleep better. A Kirkus Reviews contributor called the book “A no-nonsense, science-based guide to achieving restful sleep,” and added that “he keeps the jargon to a minimum.” The contributor also said: “throughout the book, his tone is refreshingly conversational.”
A Publishers Weekly contributor described Winter’s advice: “The book provides a number of quick and easy steps to take: ditch the antihistamines, [and] create a nurturing environment.” Winter also provides a list of the “Ten Sleep Commandments,” quizzes, exercises, information on cutting-edge sleep science discoveries and techniques, and information on sleep disorders. According to Library Journal reviewer Susan B. Hagloch, “His well-written explanation of what sleep is … shows how to make the most of the sleep you do get.” Hagloch also noted how Winter explains why people sleep badly, what can disrupt sleep, and why over-the-counter sleep aids make one’s sleep worse. Writing in Evening Standard, Johanna Thomas-Corr said: “Winter can sound like a bit of a smartarse at times and occasionally contradicts himself, spending pages rolling his eyes at his patients’ attempts to diagnose their ailments,” nevertheless, “The Sleep Solution is more irreverent but still firmly rooted in clinical science, a broad exploration of the subject written in a folksy, TED-talky style.”
Focusing on how sleep affects athletes’ performance, and by extension, others who want quality sleep and quality performance, Winter explained to Arianna Huffington online at the Huffington Post: “My work in the past has looked at the active athlete and shown how poor sleep can affect multiple aspects of his/her performance. Currently, we are working on using sleep-specific parameters to predict future performance, injury risk, and potentially whether or not an organization should invest in a player.” Since athletes travel extensively, jet lag is especially disruptive. Winter said: “The convention in sleep medicine is that for every time zone you cross when you travel, it takes about twenty-four hours to acclimate.”
BIOCRIT
PERIODICALS
Evening Standard, July 20, 2017, Johanna Thomas-Corr, review of The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How to Fix It.
Kirkus Reviews, March 1, 2017, review of The Sleep Solution.
Library Journal, February 1, 2016, Susan B. Hagloch, review of The Sleep Solution.
Publishers Weekly, December 19, 2016, review of The Sleep Solution.
Success, April 2017, review of The Sleep Solution, p. 83.
ONLINE
Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ (February 26, 2015), Arianna Huffington, author interview.
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Dr. Christopher Winter has practiced sleep medicine and neurology in Charlottesville, Virginia since 2004, but has been involved with sleep medicine and sleep research since 1993. Currently he is the owner of Charlottesville Neurology and Sleep Medicine clinic and CNSM Consulting. He recently stepped down as the Medical Director of the Martha Jefferson Hospital Sleep Medicine Center, a sleep center he established in 2004. Dr. Winter is not only an active participant in patient care, but a dynamic speaker and researcher on the science of sleep.
Dr. Winter’s current research focuses on sleep and athletic performance. In 2006, Major League Baseball awarded him a grant to study the effect of scheduling and time zone travel on team performance. In the winter of 2008, he was an invited lecturer at the MLB winter meetings in Las Vegas, NV. He has served as a consultant for several baseball teams including the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Tampa Bay Rays, Cleveland Indians, and the Pittsburgh Pirates. In addition to MLB teams, he has worked with the Chicago Bulls and is currently the sleep medicine specialist for NBA teams including the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Washington Wizards. Within the NHL, he has consulted with the Washington Capitals and currently works with the New York Rangers. He has served with the NFL's Chicago Bears and the Baltimore Ravens. In addition to professional athletes, Dr. Winter has studied the sleeping characteristics of 560 Division I-A college football players, and works with several collegiate teams to help optimize their sleep. Dr. Winter also consults with the United States Women's soccer team. His expertise in sleep as it relates to health and fitness led to Dr. Winter being named to the Men’s Health Magazine Health Advisory Board. He regularly appears on Fox News Channel as a sleep and neurology expert and regularly answers readers’ questions about sleep and contributes to its articles as well as articles in Women’s Health, Runner’s World, and Details. He’s also written articles for other magazines including Triathlete and writes a blog entitled Sleeping Around for the Huffington Post. He is thrilled about the release of his debut book, The Sleep Solution, Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How To Fix It. Its hardback release is scheduled for April 4, 2017.
Dr. Winter is a highly sought after speaker among private and commercial companies. He has worked with Nokia and Helia to help deliver quality sleep products to consumers. He has lectured on behalf of Jazz Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Cephalon, Teva, and UCB. Through these lectures, Dr. Winter has educated hundreds of physicians about various topics in sleep medicine. In addition, his wit and enthusiasm for sleep medicine make him especially well-suited for addressing non-physicians about the importance of sleep and has been a resource for organizations such as Young Presidents' Organization (YPO), The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), and the Collegiate & Professional Sports Dietitians Association (CPSDA).
Dr. Winter is an Echols Scholar graduate of the University of Virginia and received his medical degree from Emory University. He completed his neurology residency at the University of Virginia and as Chief Resident, won a national American Academy of Neurology Teaching Award. He completed his Sleep Medicine fellowship at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. The recipient of research awards from the Sleep Medicine Society and the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Dr. Winter has authored numerous scientific papers and abstracts dealing with sleep and has been a presenter at many international sleep meetings. Dr. Winter is board certified in sleep medicine by both the American Board of Sleep Medicine and by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is also board certified in Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He enjoys not only studying athletics, but is an avid triathlete himself.
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Ellen Wermter is a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner through the American Nurses Credentialing Center and a member of Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Virginia and her Masters of Science at Virginia Commonwealth University and is a member of the Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners.
Ellen's prior professional experience in traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury rehabilitation inspired her interest in the impact of neurobiology on everyday life. Her work in pediatric rehabilitation and community health enables her to build open and trusting relationships that empower patients to achieve goals of better sleep and greater health and happiness.
In her free time Ellen prefers to be outside in nature. She lives on a farm with her husband and four children where she grows apple trees and keeps honeybees. She also enjoys singing loudly in the car and rarely gets the lyrics right.
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Tammy Charron has been the office manager of the practice since 2004 and brings with her a vast amount of experience in customer service and retail. She manages both the clinical practice as well as Dr. Winter's outside endeavors such as speaking and his professional sports consulting. She is the mother of three children.
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Sharon Southard has been with our practice since 2015 and comes to us with a tremendous amount of health care-related administrative experience having worked at Family Dermatology of Albemarle and Virginia Department of Rehabilitation Services for forty years. Sharon is an animal enthusiast.
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Betsy Hidlay is our world class medical transcriptionist with experience in various medical specialties. She also has special training in the implementation of electronic medical record (EMR). Betsy previously worked as a commercial airplane pilot, before giving up her successful career in aviation to raise two children with her husband of 25 years.
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Perri Rush-Brown has been the chief financial officer for the practice for the past 12 years. Perri brings a wealth of experience to the practice.
Dr. Winter is board-certified by both the American Board of Sleep Medicine and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is separately board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (under the American Board of Medical Specialties) as a sleep medicine subspecialist. He is a member in good standing of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine the Sleep Research Society, and the Virginia Academy of Sleep Medicine.
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W. Christopher Winter
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W. Christopher Winter
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Dr. W. Christopher Winter lecturing in 2014.
Born December 27, 1972 (age 44)
Roanoke, Virginia, United States
Residence United States
Education Emory University School of Medicine
Alma mater University of Virginia
Website
www.cvilleneuroandsleep.com
www.thesleepsolutionbook.com
Scientific career
Institutions Charlottesville Neurology and Sleep Medicine, Martha Jefferson Hospital
William Christopher Winter (born December 27, 1972) is an American sleep researcher, neurologist, and authority regarding sleep and athletic performance.[1] A 2010 article in Trail Runner magazine described Dr. Winter as "the leading expert in the field of sleep disruption, in athletes and issues related to travel."[2] He is credited with coining the term circadian advantage after studying the effects of travel on Major League Baseball teams.[3] He studied the effect of sleep timing preference on Major League Baseball pitcher performance,[4] and hitting performance.[5] In 2013, his research linked the sleepiness of Major League Baseball player to a reduced career longevity.[6][7] This work led to research into sleepiness as a predictor of NFL Draft value in which the sleep of 560 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) football players and their eventual draft success was studied.[8]
To date, he has advised numerous professional athletic organizations,[9] most notably the San Francisco Giants who publicly commented on his role with their club in 2012 [10] and 2014.[11] It has been documented that he has also worked with the Oklahoma City Thunder and New York Rangers.[12] Dr. Winter, described as "sleep whisperer"[13] is referenced repeatedly by Arianna Huffington in her 2016 book The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time.[14]
Dr. Winter's debut book, The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix It, was released by Penguin Random House on April 4, 2017.[15]
Selected publications[edit]
Jaffee, MS; Winter, WC (2015). "Sleep disturbances in athletic concussion". Brain Injury. 29 (2): 221–7. PMID 25587746. doi:10.3109/02699052.2014.983978.
Winter, WC; Hammond, WR; Green, NH; Zhang, Z; Bliwise, DL (2009). "Measuring circadian advantage in Major League Baseball: a 10-year retrospective study". International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 4 (3): 394–401. PMID 19953826.
Morgan, JC; Winter, WC; Wooten, GF (2004). "Amphetamine-induced chorea in attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder". Movement Disorder. 19 (7): 840–842. PMID 15254949. doi:10.1002/mds.20081.
Winter, WC; Juel, VC (2003). "Hypoglossal neuropathy in hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy". Neurology. 61 (8): 1154–1155. PMID 14581692. doi:10.1212/01.wnl.0000086808.56096.da.
Ranta, A; Winter, WC; Login, IS (2003). "Extracranial hypoglossal schwannoma". Neurology. 60 (12): E11. PMID 12821768. doi:10.1212/01.WNL.0000060184.63911.B0.
Qureshi, AI; Winter, WC; Bliwise, DL (1999). "Sleep fragmentation and morning cerebrovasomotor reactivity to hypercapnia.". American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 160 (4): 1244–1247. PMID 10508814. doi:10.1164/ajrccm.160.4.9810111.
Lonergan, RP; Ware, JC; Atkinson, RL; Winter, WC; Suratt, PM (1998). "Sleep apnea in obese miniature pigs". Journal of Applied Physiology. 84 (2): 531–536. PMID 9475862.
Winter, WC; Gampper, T; Gay, SB; Suratt, PM (1997). "Lateral pharyngeal fat pad pressure during breathing in anesthetized pigs". Journal of Applied Physiology. 83 (3): 688–694. PMID 9292450.
Winter, WC; Gampper, T; Gay, SB; Suratt, PM (1996). "Lateral pharyngeal fat pad pressure during breathing". Sleep. 19 (10): 178–179. PMID 9085504.
Winter, WC; Gampper, T; Gay, SB; Suratt, PM (1995). "Enlargement of the lateral pharyngeal fat pad space in pigs increases upper airway resistance". Journal of Applied Physiology. 79 (3): 726–731. PMID 8567510.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Matt McCarthy (13 April 2015). "Science of nap time: Seeking an edge in the most basic of all human needs". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
Jump up ^ Mackenzie Lobby (1 August 2010). "Get In Rhythm". Trail Runner. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
Jump up ^ "Major League Baseball Teams With Greater Circadian Advantage Are More Likely To Succeed". Science Daily. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
Jump up ^ "Sleep preference can predict performance of Major League Baseball pitchers". Science Daily. 11 June 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
Jump up ^ Erik Malinowski (13 June 2011). "Do Athletes Play Better at Night? Better Sleep on It". Details. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
Jump up ^ "Fatigue and sleep linked to Major League Baseball performance and career longevity". Science Daily. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
Jump up ^ "Sleep Linked With MLB Career Longevity". Huffington Post. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
Jump up ^ Colby Stong (November 2012). "Can Quality of Sleep Help Predict Productivity of NFL Draft Picks?". Neurology Reviews. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
Jump up ^ Joseph Hooper (1 May 2016). "The Man Who Helps Pro Athletes Fall Asleep". Men's Journal. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
Jump up ^ Jason Koebler (15 June 2012). "The New Moneyball? It's Major League Sleep". US News & World Report. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
Jump up ^ "Sweet Dreams: Sleep Expert Helps Giants in October". Associated Press. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
Jump up ^ Jamie Lisanti (22 October 2014). "How doctors and dietitians help NBA players fight jet lag with nutrition". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
Jump up ^ Arianna Huffington (26 February 2015). "My Q and A With W. Chris Winter, Sleep Whisperer to Some of the World’s Top Athletes". Huffington Post. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
Jump up ^ Arianna Huffington (17 March 2016). "How to Fight Jet Lag: Exclusive Excerpt From Arianna Huffington’s ‘The Sleep Revolution’". Marriott Traveler. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
Jump up ^ W. Christopher Winter (4 April 2017). "The Sleep Solution". Penguin Random House Group. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
External links[edit]
www.cvilleneuroandsleep.com
www.sentara.com/charlottesville-virginia/hospitalslocations/locations/martha-jefferson-sleep-medicine-center.aspx
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THE BLOG 02/26/2015 10:54 am ET Updated May 07, 2015
My Q and A With W. Chris Winter, Sleep Whisperer to Some of the World’s Top Athletes
By Arianna Huffington
Perhaps more than any other group, athletes have fully embraced sleep as a performance enhancement tool. Top athletes are, of course, all about results. So there’s no better place than the world of sports to see the tangible effects of sleep (including pre-game naps) on performance.
As medical director of the Charlottesville Neurology and Sleep Medicine in Virginia, and one of the country’s leading sleep researchers, W. Chris Winter has worked extensively with athletes eager to learn from him. He also works with teams to teach them about sleep’s importance. In fact, when we exchanged emails, he was in Florida, and shortly bound for Arizona, working with Major League Baseball teams. Here are his answers to my questions about why athletes are putting sleep at the forefront of their lives — and what the rest of us can learn from them.
You don’t always publish your research on how sleep affects athletic performance. Why is that?
The reasons for this are many, but generally boil down to two things.
First, teams view what I do as a way to gain an advantage and do not want to give that advantage away. Second, I have been involved with sleep research for about 21 years now, including my involvement while I was in medical school, neurology residency, and my sleep fellowship. There are individuals and groups out there with no real sleep background who sell sleep services to businesses, teams, etc. that do little more than borrow other’s research ideas and sell it as if it were their own. Given these facts, I see little upside to publishing.
You’ve researched the effect of time zone travel and jetlag on the performance of pro baseball players. What did you find?
The convention in sleep medicine is that for every time zone you cross when you travel, it takes about 24 hours to acclimate. So, with that in mind, we looked at every team, every day of the season for ten seasons and assigned them a value as to how adjusted they were, and used it to predict game outcome. Basically, we proved what hardcore gamblers have probably known for years...travel impairs performance!
Since then, we have studied how a player’s chronotype (are you a morning lark or a night owl) affects performance at different times of the day. For instance, does a night owl pitcher pitch better at night versus in the day? Our data suggests so. It also suggests batters hit better if their game matches up with their chronotype too. We have unpublished data on this as well.
We have also looked at the incidence of sleepiness in college football players and compared the number to that seen in professional football. College players blow the pros out of the water. Just under half of the players we studied were excessively sleepy, and usually not because of lack of sleep!
Beyond day-to-day performance, how can inadequate sleep affect an athlete’s career?
We have looked recently at measures of sleepiness in professional athletes and have seen that players with high levels of sleepiness tend to exit their sport earlier than those who are not sleepy. For players who want to have long, lucrative careers, ignoring healthy sleep is not the way to go about it!
My work in the past has looked at the active athlete and shown how poor sleep can affect multiple aspects of his/her performance. Currently, we are working on using sleep-specific parameters to predict future performance, injury risk, and potentially whether or not an organization should invest in a player. If two equally talented writers want to work for you and one is much sleepier than the other, who would you hire? Initially that was our directive. Taken a step further, what if you had a really good sleep doctor on your staff who said he could diagnose and fix the sleep problems we discovered on your staff during the sleep screening process (what I am often doing for teams). Now who would you hire? Perhaps the sleepy writer, who is already amazing prior to the intervention, will be a superstar once I figure out and treat her sleep issues. Now you can see how a team could find treasure in other team’s trash... if they know what to look for.
How are professional sport teams leveraging sleep consultants to enhance performance, and what tangible benefits are players receiving?
The short answer is in many different ways. I think the most important way is through better education about sleep and its impact on our health, recovery, and performance. Players learn that the hours spent in the bedroom lay the foundation for their physical improvement, and nutritional goals.
I love to talk about sleep. Despite this tendency, I don’t like to talk a lot about the specifics of what I do for teams. I think it is something my teams value — I keep my mouth shut. Strangely, the San Francisco Giants spoke to the media about me this season in the midst of their third World Series win. I’ll let this article, which was the result of their comments to the media, answer your question.
What’s the big takeaway for those of us who aren’t pro athletes?
The funny thing about all of this was that my research started as a way to get ordinary people to pay attention to sleep. I thought, if I can get a pro athlete to really value sleep, his or her fans might do the same.
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A no-nonsense, science-based guide to achieving restful sleep from the doctor Ariana Huffington calls the "sleep
whisperer."Right off the bat, Winter, a board-certified neurologist and sleep medicine specialist, dispels a powerful
sleep myth: he asserts that everyone sleeps. In fact, he argues that insomnia is not an inability to sleep; instead, it
reflects a person's dissatisfaction with the quality of the sleep and, in many cases, an accompanying anxiety about a
perceived lack of sleep. This reorientation of the problem casts a long shadow on the crowded market of sleep
solutions, and the author cuts through the noise of pharmaceuticals and gimmicks to propose natural, implementable
solutions that anyone can try at home. Throughout the book, his tone is refreshingly conversational, and while he backs
up his suggestions with established research, he keeps the jargon to a minimum and focuses on clearly laying out a) the
most common reasons a person's sleep is disrupted or unsatisfactory and b) how to train the mind and body to regularly
achieve restful, satisfying sleep. This is not to say that everyone can solve their sleep problems by lifestyle
modifications alone; Winter examines the medical conditions, such as sleep apnea, that can result in disrupted sleep
and long-term poor health. He also recommends an occasional device to help regulate sleep patterns or make bedtime
more consistently enjoyable. However, the big takeaway is that sleep conditions are treatable without taking a pill and
that, like so many things, a psychological adjustment may be the key to success. Many people will find this fact alone a
huge relief from sleep-related stress and will be on their ways to achieving better rest. The rare book that may help
sufferers of poor sleep improve their quality of rest simply by elucidating the context of good sleep and offering the
right techniques to achieve it.
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THE SLEEP SOLUTION
Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How to Fix It
By W. Chris Winter, M.D.
It's tempting to subscribe to the maxim, "I'll sleep when I'm dead." All that gets you, though, is an earlier death. As
neurologist and sleep expert W. Chris Winter reveals in The Sleep Solution, slumber is critical to physical and mental
health, happiness, and performance. A consultant to the military, as well as sports franchises such as the Oklahoma
City Thunder and San Francisco Giants, Winter makes the science accessible as he shares his secrets to good sleep.
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The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How To Fix It. By: Hagloch, Susan B., Library Journal, 03630277, 2/1/2017, Vol. 142, Issue 2 Winter, W. Chris. The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How To Fix It. NAL. Apr. 2017. 272p. illus. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780399583605. $26; ebk. ISBN 9780399583629. HEALTH
Have insomnia? Are you someone who says, “I just don’t sleep!"? Here’s the good news: you do sleep. It’s right up there with food and drink. If you don’t sleep, you die. However, you may be sleeping badly. Winter, a neurologist and internationally renowned expert, explains why, and discusses what to do about it. His well-written explanation of what sleep is and what can disrupt it shows how to make the most of the sleep you do get. The author dispenses common advice, such as how over-the-counter “sleep aids” may work at first, but then can make one’s sleep worse and possibly predispose one for developing dementia. He also discusses how to develop good sleep habits, nap effectively, arrange your optimum sleep environment, and be awake productively. Featured graphs depict normal and abnormal sleep patterns, and how they can be affected by drugs. There are suggestions for products that help keep sleepers cool, or warm; that turn off the “hamster wheel” effect; and that help insomniacs stop worrying about their lack of rest. VERDICT This highly recommended title will appeal to those who have trouble sleeping—and who hasn’t? [See Prepub Alert, 10/31/16.]—Susan B. Hagloch, formerly with Tuscarawas Cty. P.L., New Philadelphia, OH
The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How to Fix It. Publishers Weekly, 00000019, 12/19/2016, Vol. 263, Issue 52
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W. Chris Winter. NAL, $26 (272p) ISBN 978-0-399-58360-5
As a neurologist specializing in sleep issues, Winter certainly has good credentials to back up his promise to readers that they’ll finish his book with a “newfound sense of what it means to have healthy sleep.” This can clearly be an elusive thing; a researcher in 2007 found that as much as 1/3 of the U.S. population suffers from insomnia. Despite that daunting statistic, Winter provides some reassuring context
(”nobody dies from insomnia”) and urges readers to stop saying they “don’t sleep, or can’t sleep.” After enlightening readers about the brain chemistry involved with sleep and insomnia, the book provides a number of quick and easy steps to take: ditch the antihistamines, create a nurturing environment, identify (and eliminate) certain bad habits. Winter lists the
“10 sleep commandments” and addresses the role of sleeping pills (they’re okay, with an exit plan) and naps. Throughout, there are quick quizzes, occasional exercises, and useful and brief “cutting-edge science” tidbits. Near the conclusion, Winter spends two chapters summarizing specific disorders, including sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, and narcolepsy. The book ends on a pragmatic but encouraging note, reassuring readers that achieving healthy sleep is possible, with patience—the process may take some time. Agent: Jeff Kleinman, Folio Literary Management.(Apr.)
Surefire shut-eye. Evening Standard, 14725223, 7/20/2017
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THE SLEEP SOLUTION: WHY YOUR SLEEP IS BROKEN AND HOW TO FIX IT by Dr W Chris Winter (Scribe, £14.99.) johanna thomas-corr DO YOU find yourself lying awake at 3.07am, contemplating the damp patch on the ceiling, the implications of leaving the customs union, your inability to fall asleep? Has it got worse lately? Do you compete with colleagues the next day over who has the worst insomnia? "I haven't slept since the American election."
"Yeah? I haven't slept since Brexit."
If so, Dr W Chris Winter, an American neurologist who specialises in sleep medicine, has some stern words for you. "You need to accept one simple fact, or you'll be doomed to struggle with your sleep for ever. You sleep. Say it out loud… 'I sleep'. Two words, six letters. Say it again, 'I sleep'. Do you sleep well? Maybe or maybe not, but you do sleep." Otherwise you'd be dead.
It seems the publishing industry is finally moving on from its obsession with one of the three primary drives — eating — to focus on another: sleeping (give it three years and we'll start seeing sex manuals again). Sleep is the focus of several recent books, from Matt Walker's Why We Sleep to Arianna Huffington's The Sleep Revolution. The Sleep Solution is more irreverent but still firmly rooted in clinical science, a broad exploration of the subject written in a folksy, TED-talky style. Huffington calls him "the sleep whisperer", which makes him sound like the Rasputin of sleep, complete with weird hypnotisation rituals. Not so.
Rather than extolling a single method, Winter offers tips and exercises for achieving uninterrupted slumber, which should be made up of three distinct stages — light sleep, deep sleep and dream sleep (or REM). He illustrates the flow of healthy sleep with diagrams but steers clear of prescribing how many hours we should be aiming to sleep or optimal bedtimes. Timings only add to the anxiety people who experience poor sleep — not "insomniacs"! — feel. "The insomnia identity," he writes, "centres around the idea that the insomnia patient believes himself to be a bad sleeper or someone who cannot sleep, often despite evidence to the contrary." He insists that insomnia is "not that big a deal", poking fun at the "artistic freedom" we allow ourselves when we describe our sleep woes. "Insomnia is really about one thing: fear," he says. Rather than relying on sleeping pills, he recommends his patients undergo cognitive behavioural therapy to address "the mechanisms and behaviours leading to their insomnia".
His ground rules apply to everyone.
No food (bar a handful of dried fruit or walnuts) or alcohol (you heard it) within three hours of bedtime. The bedroom is for sleep and sex only. To allow phones, laptops and TVs into your "den of dormancy" is as unhygienic and anti-social as installing a toilet in a living room. Oh, and no pets or kids sharing your bed. And if your partner's snoring or duvet-tangling habits keep you awake, try twice weekly "sleepcations" in another bedroom.
His advice for "freewheeling" sleepers — the kind who bingewatch House of Cards into the twilight hours and then "nap" for four hours after lunch the next day — is to set a firm wake-up time in the mornings and stop "sleep snacking" before bedtime. Naps should complement good sleep rather than make up for interruptions in our circadian rhythms. "Sleep, like music, is most powerful when it flows uninterrupted."
Winter can sound like a bit of a smartarse at times and occasionally contradicts himself, spending pages rolling his eyes at his patients' attempts to diagnose their ailments before concluding: "It is the patient's job to decide what is right for her, not the doctor's."
And yet his no-nonsense advice can be quickly summoned at 3.07am when the temptation to check Facebook or raid the biscuit tin can feel overwhelming. As he counsels: "Everyone is entitled to feel the wonderful amnesia that sleep brings."