A groundbreaking program to help you sleep faster and
better from the bestselling author of The FastDiet, revised and
updated with bonus material on brain health, mood, immunity, and metabolism.
We know a good night’s sleep is essential for a healthy brain and body. But
sleep problems are sadly all too common. So why do so many of us struggle to
sleep well? In Four Weeks to Better Sleep, Dr Michael Mosley
explains what happens when we sleep, what triggers common sleep problems, and
why standard advice rarely works.
Prone to insomnia, Mosley took part in numerous sleep experiments and tested
every remedy. The result of his research is a radical four-week plan, based on
the latest science, designed to help you re-establish a healthy sleep pattern
in record time.
With surprising recommendations—including tips for teenagers, people working
night shifts, and those prone to jet lag—plus recipes that will boost deep
sleep by improving your gut microbiome, Four Weeks to Better Sleep provides
the tools you need to reduce stress and feel happier. An indispensable program,
it will not only get you to sleep faster but improve the quality of your sleep,
so you wake rested and refreshed.
*Previously published as Fast Asleep (2020), this expanded
edition features new science from the author’s 2022 BBC Horizon documentary;
the results of his own successful sleep experiments; “10 Thing You Can Change
With Better Sleep”; and a detailed four-week plan with easy-to-follow tips,
exercises, and delicious gut-friendly recipes.*
About the Author
Dr. Michael Mosley (1957–2024) was the #1 New York
Times bestselling author of The FastDiet, FastExercise, FastLife,The
8-Week Blood Sugar Diet, The Clever Gut Diet, and The
Fast800 Diet among others.
Dr. Mosley trained to be a doctor at the Royal
Free Hospital in London before joining the BBC, where he spent three decades as
a science journalist and executive producer.
Following his time at the BBC, he was a well-known
television personality and won numerous television awards, including an RTS
(Royal Television Award), and was named Medical Journalist of the Year by the
British Medical Association.
