Hot Bath

In this episode, Michael takes a long soak in the bath, and
explores why it might be good for our heart, metabolism and
sleep. He speaks to one of the UK’s leading sleep experts,
Professor Jason Ellis, Director of the Northumbria Sleep Centre,
to find out why a hot bath a couple of hours before bed can help
us get to sleep. They discuss the interplay of responses in your
brain and body that work together to get your body ready for rest
- and why a hot bath one to two hours before bed can help kick
start the process… Crucially, it is not the warm, relaxing bath
that’s important, but what happens afterwards.