Myth 1: Sleep is a time when your body and brain shut down for rest and relaxation.
No evidence shows that any major organ (including the brain) or regulatory system in the body shuts down during sleep. Some physiological processes actually become more active while you sleep. For example, secretion of certain hormones is boosted, and activity of the pathways in the brain needed for learning and
memory is heightened.
Myth 2: Getting just 1 hour less sleep per night than needed will not have any effect on your daytime functioning. This lack of sleep may not make you noticeably sleepy during the day. But even slightly less sleep can affect your ability to think properly and respond quickly, and it can compromise your
cardiovascular health and energy balance as well as the ability to fight infections, particularly if lack of sleep continues. If you consistently do not get enough sleep, eventually a sleep debt builds up that will make you excessively tired during the day.
Myth 3: Your body adjusts quickly to different sleep schedules. Your biological clock makes you most alert during the daytime and most drowsy at night. Thus, even if you work the night shift, you will naturally feel sleepy when nighttime comes. Most people can reset their biological clock, but only by appropriately timed cues—and even then, by 1–2 hours per day at best. Consequently, it can take more than a week to adjust to a dramatically altered sleep/wake cycle, such as you encounter when traveling across several time zones or switching from working the day shift to the night shift.

Myth 4: People need less sleep as they get older. Older people don’t need less sleep, but they often get less sleep or find their sleep less refreshing. That’s because as people age, they spend less time in the deep, restful stages of sleep and are more easily awakened. Older people are also more likely to have insomnia or other medical conditions that disrupt their sleep. Read The Full Story…

Originally posted 2009-02-11 01:49:25. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Insomnia is a very important problem because one-third of the population has symptoms of insomnia. There are three different types of insomnia. These are transient, acute, or chronic insomnia. Transient insomnia lasts only a few nights to a few weeks. This is often the result of jet lag, medication side effects, caffeine, transient stress. Acute insomnia lasts over a period no longer than six months, no shorter than 3 weeks. Chronic insomnia occurs nearly every night for a period of a month or longer.

You can heal insomnia naturally without resorting to sleeping pills by developing these simple habits:

Basic Sleep Hygiene:

- Exercise at night. Insomnia is often caused by too much stress. Doing exercise at night makes blood to flow in our brain and body. This in turn makes us calm and stress free.

- Temperature reduction and optimisation. A slight lowering of body temperature which occurs at night plays a very important role in modulating the chemical signals which induce sleep. While trying to fall asleep in bed always take steps to achieve a comfortable temperature as being too hot or too cold can inhibit sleep. If you are bothered by cold feet in the night, or wake up in the night feeling cold, wear socks to bed. The average optimum temperature for quality sleep is 19 degrees, although this may vary from person to person.

- Read books not TV watches. Read books, magazines or anything that interests an insomniac instead of watching television. Television enhances attention, which makes a person awake. Reading on the other hand while in bed causes the eye to get tired and creates a sleepy feeling.

- Use organic cotton bedding. Permanent press bedding can give off low-grade chemical fumes while you sleep. Your body can deplete nutrients such as zinc and magnesium trying to detoxify these types of chemicals.

- Take a Warm Bath. It is a great way to relax your body. Do not overdo it, however. You merely want to relax your body, not exhaust it. Too long in hot water and your body is drained of vitality. Use bath salts, or throw in Epsom salts and baking soda—one cup of each. These will relax you and help remove toxins from your body. Read The Full Story…

Originally posted 2008-04-13 00:05:33. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Sleeping in the same room as someone who snores is a exasperating experience. What if your partner snores? Then it’s a trying night each night. The one who snores doesn’t even see the sound during his sleep so it’s just you who gets restless nights.

Snoring may be amusing in television sitcoms and in jokes but in real life, it is a truly serious subject. It puts strain to relationships. You’re very fortunate if you have a spouse who can sleep through heavy noises at night. But if that’s not the case, then your wife or husband probably doesn’t delight in the lovely days ahead after having sleepless nights.

It doesn’t matter how much you like your partner. What is clear to you is that you are being deprived of your sleep, and somehow you feel that it is kind of selfish of your spouse to have a continuous excellent night’s sleep while you lie awake unable to take the bear anymore. Read The Full Story…

Originally posted 2011-01-14 02:32:35. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Some of the advantages offered by gastric bypass surgery are significant weight loss, improvement in several health conditions and social well being. On the other hand, the negative side of gastric bypass is the presence of health risks and complications that might occur during surgery, nutritional deficiency in patients and anastomotic complications that occur after surgery.
Gastric bypass surgery is a type of weight loss operation meant to treat severe obesity and the health problems resulting from it. It has become one of the popular solutions to people’s weight problems, and information about it is now readily available. Even on the Internet, websites featuring Las Vegas gastric bypass surgery is easy to come across. There are a number of health advantages and disadvantages involved when undertaking gastric bypass surgery, and all of them are worth considering.

Advantages

Significant weight loss

The most obvious benefit offered by gastric bypass surgery is a significant reduction of weight. Weight loss in people undertaking extensive gastric bypass surgeries is estimated to be as high as 65% to 80% of excess body fat. Compared to dieting or exercise, the weight loss benefits are long-lasting and are achieved over a shorter span of time.

Improvement of health conditions

Another positive result of the surgery is a significant decrease in the co-morbid conditions of patients. These health conditions include hyperlipidemia and essential hypertension, which are both seen as being relieved in more than 70% of patients. Nearly 90% of patients see a dramatic improvement in their diabetes mellitus type 2 condition, while 80% experience lower blood cholesterol levels within a couple of months after the surgery. Almost all patients experience relief from gastroesophageal reflux disease as well as back pains and joint aches. After losing weight there is also a dramatic relief from sleep apnea and a reduction of snoring. Several respiratory illnesses are also improved, including respiratory insufficiency and asthma. Read The Full Story…

Originally posted 2010-08-04 02:42:29. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

The researchers reporting online on 22 April in Current Biology, a publication of Cell Press, provides further evidence that the habits of successful study should include a lot of naps. They found that people taking a nap and dream about a task they have just learned to make better wake up than any of those who do not sleep at all, or those who sleep, but do not report any sleep partners.

The students in the study were asked to sit in front of a computer screen and learn to design a three dimensional maze so that they could find their way to a mark (a tree) when dropped into a randomly selected the virtual space of five hours later. Those who were allowed to take a nap and dream also reminded the task of finding the tree in less time.

“First thought that dreaming must reflect the process of memory performance is improving,” said Robert Stickgold of Harvard Medical School. “But if you look at the content of dreams, it was hard to argue that.” Read The Full Story…

Originally posted 2010-05-06 23:18:44. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Do you have the problem of snoring? Snoring may have a minor effect on your health but it heavily affects the lifestyle especially when your partner can’t sleep because of your snoring. Even sometimes snoring can be dangerous for anyone. It can create sleep apnea, a potentially life-threatening condition that requires medical attention.
There are many factors involved behind snoring.

A few of them are discussed bellow:
- Eating excess/unhealthy food and lack of exercise:
If you eat much or have regular unhealthy food or not having exercise enough it could end up with too much fat near your throat. Your muscle tone may keep the airways not open enough that can become a cause of snoring. People often snore because their neck is too short and fat, and with too much body weight.
- Drinking alcohol:
Drinking alcohol may cause snoring. Alcohol may drive the muscles relax and make a person snore at night. Alcohol can make the nasal airway irritated and congestion occurs that causes increased resistance to the airway when one breathes.
- Sleeping Position:
Sleeping position is an important factor of snoring. An incorrect position may cause your tongue, chin and the excess fat tissue beneath the chin to relax and thus squeeze the airway causing a person to snore. Read The Full Story…

Originally posted 2010-10-12 02:50:36. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

The key to a good night’s sleep is being comfortable. The key to being comfortable is having the right mattress and finding the most comfortable position to sleep in. Your bedroom decor also plays a part in a good night’s sleep. You’re space needs to be serene and relaxing. A neutral paint palette, comfortable furniture and minimal clutter all help to create a calming space. Low profile platform beds allow you to sleep closer to the ground, reducing anxiety and putting your mind at ease. Finally, a firm, yet comfortable mattress will help ensure that you wake up well rested and ready to start your day.

A Given that lucid dreaming occurs during the REM sleep stage which typically occurs about 90 minutes after sleep onset, it’s especially important that you are comfortable from the moment your head hits the pillow. Here are a couple of things to consider ensuring that you are getting the most comfortable sleep possible.

Mattress Choice

• Memory Foam Mattresses: If you’re typically a restless sleeper, a memory or latex foam mattress is the best bet for a lucid dreamer. The visco foam found in most memory foam mattresses hugs the contours of your body, helping to eliminate tossing and turning as well as relieving pressure points and aiding in proper spinal alignment, whatever position you’re sleeping in.
• Innerspring/Coil Mattresses: Innerspring mattresses provide more than adequate support and have been known to help alleviate back pain. The coils help to ensure that body weight is evenly distributed, supporting the lower back and preventing your shoulders and waist from sinking and causing discomfort.

Another key to a good night’s sleep is making sure that you’re sleeping in a healthy position. There’s a correct way to position yourself, whether you sleep on your stomach, side or back. Read The Full Story…

Originally posted 2009-03-05 23:34:24. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

We know how miserable it can be to suffer from snoring problems. Most likely if you are staying awake at night because of your snoring problems then chances are you may be heavier than you should be. Medical studies have shown that people who suffer from this condition may have no choice but to start to learn how to lose weight to stop snoring.

No one likes to admit that they have gained weight as a matter of fact our the upper classes tends to shun people who are a small bit overweight. That is the reason that you see so many celebrities who are very skinny; because people do not like to be overweight. It tends to lead to all kinds of health problems and sleeping problems is just one of them.

If you are income with someone who has a snoring problem then we know how hard it can be for you as well. But you have to know the substance of learning how to lose weight to stop snoring. Most likely you are reading this article because someone has told you that you are building loud noises when you sleep or you have most likely begun waking up feeling very tired.

Studies have been done on a consistent basis to find out if people’s weight causes them to snore. They have proven several times that it is more likely for someone who is overweight to suffer from this condition because the excess weight causes the muscles in the back of the throat to become relaxed during the night and that is what causes those loud noises that are keeping you awake. Read The Full Story…

Originally posted 2011-01-17 04:28:58. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Now I wanted to present you to a new and very interesting social media platform named clipix. Clipix is an incredible helpful tool that is changing the way we systematize our lives online.  Clipix is important for helping you organize your thoughts.

How can insert a clip?

 To set up sharing through social networks, just go to “Clip” button and select where you want to share your pins. All you have to make to is to drag the “Clip” button to your bookmarks toolbar in your Internet browser.

 Some great features include the Syncboards where you can create and clip with friends and family in real time. When somebody adds a clip to the syncboard, everyone else you collaborate with will see it in real-time. Another remarkable element of clipix is the Multiboards option. You can group numerous clipboards by type to stay much better organized.

How does it Work?

 You drag a bookmark called the “Clip” button to your bookmarks bar. Then you click it whenever you see anything online that you want to come back to. Clipix works by clicking the top where you have different categories/tags. They call those stuff “clips.” You can use Clipix for so much more.  You systematize all your clips in clipboards and you can make a clipboard for anything possible like articles you want to read, gift ideas, comparison shopping and home decorating. The possibilities are literally infinite.

So, Clipix is one of my new much loved social services on the Internet. Check out Clipix and start getting organized.

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