Sleep is an amazing process that boosts our overall health and happiness. Have you ever wondered exactly happens while you snooze? Sleep restores your body every night to prepare for the next day. Here’s a list of how specific regions of your body are affected by sleep that we found on Body+Soul: Your eyes: As you […]
Getting enough sleep is just as important your diet and physical activity, especially for our brains. Scientist haven’t quite been able to figure out exactly why we need sleep, but there are important functions and purposes that have been discovered. We know that during sleep our brains are hard at work preparing us for the […]
Take a moment to think about how you’ve been sleeping lately. Where does high-quality sleep fall on your list of priorities? Putting sleep first is a great way to improve your overall quality of life, inspiring creativity, happiness, productivity and boost your health. It can be hard to consistently tuck in for 7-9 hours each […]
Consistently suffering from insomnia can make you more than just a little under the weather. Diabetes, hypertension, strokes, heart attacks, weight gain, poor brain health and even an earlier death have all been linked to a lack of sleep. Researchers have long thought that increased inflammation in the body that overtime becomes chronic due to […]
As the fall season line-up of TV shows approaches, many of us are going to be tempted to stay up longer in order not to miss anything. However, staying in tune with Scandal and Sleepy Hollow isn’t as essential to your health as 7-9 hours of high-quality sleep every night is! Dr. Robert Rosenburg of […]
College students are notorious for poor sleep habits between maintaining classes, social lives, and possibly a job. However, a new small study was presented this year at SLEEP 2014 indicating that students who sleep poorly are more likely to get perform poorly academically and withdraw from courses, compared to students with healthy sleep habits. Data from more […]
Do you still find yourself not making time for sleep and instead giving in to a Netflix binge or scrolling through your Facebook feed at night? The truth is that those late night decisions work against you over time, increasing dangerous health risks and taking away your energy during your work day. Great snooze is […]
Shift workers may have a lot more to worry about than their rotating schedule or unusual hours getting in the way of their plans. Their irregular sleep pattern may be contributing to the results of a new study review, which found that shift workers who work overnight or have inconsistent schedules are more likely to develop […]
A new study has added another reason to consistently get 7-9 hours of high-quality sleep every night. Researchers from Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke-NUS) found evidence that when older adults decrease their sleep, their brains age more rapidly. The data of 66 older Chinese adults who also participated in the Singapore-Longitudinal Aging Brain Study was examined to […]
If you need another reason to get to be proper amount of sleep; this shocking infographic concerning drowsy driving might do the trick. Provided by The Huffington Post and based off data gathered by the Centers for Disease Control from 2011 to 2012, it shows just how many people are affected by poor sleep and the likelihood of […]
