243: Dr Joseph Dituri, (‘Dr. Deep Sea’!): The Hyperbaric Secret to Better Sleep: What 100 Days Underwater Revealed

243: Dr Joseph Dituri, (‘Dr. Deep Sea’!): The Hyperbaric Secret to Better Sleep: What 100 Days Underwater Revealed

Author: Mollie McGlocklin, Mollie Eastman December 3, 2025 Duration: 43:08
Dr Joseph Dituri, also known as Dr. Deep Sea, is a biomedical engineer, former U.S. Navy saturation diver, and professor who lived underwater for 100 days as part of Project Neptune— a groundbreaking scientific mission to study how extended high-pressure environments affect the human body and brain. During his time beneath the sea, Dr. Dituri and everyone who visited him experienced something extraordinary — their deep and REM sleep doubled, reaching an unheard-of 60–66% each night.

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