according to the british sleep council, a massive 70% of us feel we get less shut—eye than we need.him, which was also on the mind of the nation. i don't have any problems going to sleep but at 3:00 in the morning, almost every morning, bang! i'm awake and i take ages drifting off again. i'm simply not getting enough sleep. so, michael tried out a new approach to sleeplessness — one that involved an unexpected part of his body. so, what i've got here is something that's called a prebiotic. and what it consists of is a sort of white powder. and it's a bit like a fertiliser for the bacteria in my gut. it looks a bit like dried milk powder. i'm told it's completely tasteless. it's gone into a slightly disgusting—looking lump. but apparently, my bacteria are going to love this. it's coming, guys! ahh. doesn't have any flavour. a week later, michael found out whether helping his gut had improved his sleep. if we look at the day before you took the supplement, 79% of your time in bed was spent sleeping... right. ..inactive, which is what the watch measured and 21% of your time in bed is s