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Feb 8, 2021 · Sleep9 Tips for Better Sleep — Starting Tonight!
Poor or inadequate sleep takes a big bite out of how well you learn, how clearly you think, how well you age, how effectively you fend off illness, your mood, your weight and yes, even your sex drive. So, if you think sleeping like crap every now and then is no big deal, think again.
Nov 20, 2020 · Sleep3 Ways Sleep Affects Your Metabolism
Poor sleep disrupts metabolic systems and can trigger these three conditions.
Sep 11, 2020 · SleepThe Food-Sleep Connection
When it comes to metabolic health, sleep plays an unexpectedly powerful role. At the same time, our food choices also have a big impact on how we sleep — or don’t.
May 11, 2020 · Sleep24 Ways to Fight COVID-19 - While You Sleep
When it comes to sleep, you need to give it all you’ve got, as in, use every healthy trick in the book to make sure you do it well. The body does much of its cellular maintenance and repair work during sleep, so falling short doesn’t just leave you groggy in the morning – it can torpedo the body’s defenses and make getting sick far too easy, hardly the prescription for the COVID-19 era.
Feb 14, 2020 · SleepCan a Weighted Blanket Help My Insomnia?
If anxiety is at the root of your insomnia, says our expert, a weighted blanket may help.
Jan 27, 2020 · Sleep8 Simple Ways to Fall Asleep Fast
Who doesn’t want a good night’s sleep? It recharges you for the next day, it gives your enzymes and hormones the green light to repair and restore cells and muscles. And as researchers now tell us, it’s also essential for clearing out the metabolic garbage that builds up in our brain during the course of the day.
Oct 28, 2019 · SleepSleep Right Tonight – Make Light Work For You!
It’s no surprise that people who get a full, deep night’s sleep – on a regular basis – are much healthier, on average, than those who don’t. Wish you could join their ranks? You can. Here’s a topline on how to use light, to help you take back the night – and snooze happily through it.
Oct 18, 2019 · Sleep8 Yoga Poses to Help You Unwind Before Bedtime
Finding deep, restorative sleep can be challenging after a long day, whether you are active or sedentary. Monotonous movement — or lack thereof — at work or home can create tension and pressure on the joints and spine. A gentle yoga routine performed before bedtime can help quiet the mind, lower stress and blood pressure, release muscle tension, and loosen stiff joints.
Oct 7, 2019 · Sleep13 Ways to Re-synch Your Natural Rhythms
In these pressure-cooker times, with so many people feeling over-stressed and under-slept, is it any wonder that depression, burn-out, and chronic illness are considered routine costs of getting through life? With every corner we cut, in the way we eat, rest and move, we push ourselves further away from the natural rhythms that should be guiding our daily lives.
Apr 29, 2019 · Sleep4 Ways You’re Messing With Your Ability to Sleep
Why is it that so many of us have such a hard time falling asleep, staying asleep and reaping the restorative benefits of good, quality shut-eye? As I often tell my patients, one reason is that many of us are failing at sleep is because most of us are making sleep-stealing mistakes all day long, which wind up training our bodies how not to sleep well at night.
Apr 24, 2019 · SleepGet Your Groove Back
Why finding your body’s natural sleep cycle and circadian rhythms is the key to strength, vitality and wellness.
Apr 1, 2019 · Sleep5 Bad Evening Habits That are Screwing up Your Sleep
Good health and good sleep go hand-in-hand. Without enough good quality zzzzzz’s, it’s only a matter of time before immunity tanks and you’re dealing with a lot more trouble than simply feeling groggy in the morning. But why is it that so many of us have such a hard time falling asleep…
Feb 23, 2019 · Sleep11 Ways to Win at Sleep
Remember the days when you could drift off in minutes, ‘sleep like a baby,’ and enjoy the nightly escape without worry or effort? Does sleep now seem infinitely harder to come by? For many people the answer to that question is yes...
Feb 15, 2019 · Sleep9 Reasons Why You Must Focus on Getting Quality Sleep
Mammals, birds, many reptiles and most fish all share at least one common activity: sleep. The fact that so many creatures spend time sleeping is a pretty good indication that, like breathing and eating, sleep is essential to sustain life and health.
Feb 11, 2019 · SleepWhy You Should Avoid the Regular Use of Sleeping Pills
To get a good night’s sleep, many people will do almost anything, which includes millions reaching for sleeping pills. Trouble is, there’s mounting evidence of dangers that may be far worse than anyone could have imagined. While I’ve always advised my patients to avoid drugs to induce sleep, the message needs to get out to a wider audience, which is why I encourage everyone to spread the word about the potentially devastating effects sleeping pills can have on both short and long-term health.