Category: Sleep
Is ‘Beauty Sleep’ a Real Thing?
As it turns out, ‘beauty sleep’ might be a real thing, and not just an old adage. Sleep is undoubtedly important. We all know that the brain and the body both perform crucial maintenance during this very important down-time, and that if we fail to get enough of it, it can hurt our health and…
The Health Benefits of Dream Sleep
We all know that sleep is important. We all know that doctors, researchers, and scientists have been warning us, for a long time, that sleep is a necessary pillar on the spectrum of good health and well being. We also know that many people are sleep deprived… not just in Australia, but also in the…
Sleep Can Help Wounds Heal Faster
People believe a lot of different things about sleep, and it has long been rumored that getting a good night’s sleep will actually help you to heal faster when you have suffered an injury. But then again, people have always held strange, almost mystical beliefs about sleep. Did you know that the Egyptians believed that…
Getting Older Doesn’t Have To Mean Poor Sleep
Poor Sleep Can Be a Consequence of Aging, But It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way Getting older can signal troubling times for our quality of sleep, for many reasons. For one, older people are more likely to snore than younger people. As we get older, it can also be more difficult to get comfortable…
How Your Personality Can Affect Your Sleep
Your Personality Really Can Influence How Well You Sleep Did you know that your personality might have a more profound effect on your sleep than most people realize? It’s true. We all know that humans can embody a wide range of different types of personality traits. We also know that, in our modern age, few…
Is More Sleep the Secret to Success?
Getting more sleep isn’t the first thing most people think of when trying to achieve their goals. There seems to be a common idea that less sleep is associated with more success. We tend to romanticize the idea of ‘staying up late and not sleeping’ when working on projects, when preparing for finals, when getting…
Can Vitamin D Treat Sleep Disorders?
Keeping Sleep Disorders Away May Be as Simple as Getting Enough Vitamin D Vitamin D is a lot more crucial than most people realize. In fact, there are some who say that the vast majority of humans suffer from chronic vitamin D deficiencies in the western world. We get vitamin D from a number of…
Why We Need Sleep To Survive
We all know that humans need sleep. In fact, if you have ever been sleep-deprived, you probably know exactly what we’re talking about. Going without sleep becomes monumentally more difficult for most people as time goes on. And it is also a proven fact that going without it long enough can be fatal. It is…
How Sleep and Weight Are Connected
What exactly is the relationship between sleep and weight, and how important is it? We all want to look and feel our best. We want to feel good throughout the day, but we also want to love the way we look. And for most of us, that means losing a few pounds, and maybe even…
Are You Too Obsessed with Sleep?
Getting a quality night’s rest is absolutely important. Nobody will contest that. But is it possible to take things a bit too far? To become too obsessed with sleep? This might sound like a weird question… but some researchers, who took part in a study that was published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, are…
Sleep Disorders That Aren’t Snoring
There Are Actually a Number of Sleep Disorders Other Than Snoring Though we do a lot of posting about snoring and sleep apnea on this site, we also occasionally write about other sleep disorders as well. Not only are some of these disorders interesting to learn about, but raising awareness for them is also important.…
Get Your Sleep for a Strong Immune System
We all know that sleep is important. This is a pretty obvious statement. If we go for too long without it, it can certainly catch up to us. And seeing as how most of us live in what is probably the most ‘sleep deprived state of existence’ that humans have ever seen (mostly having to…
Stay Cool for Better Sleep
Have you ever known someone who liked to keep the air conditioner turned to high-power, claiming it helped to get better sleep? Or, maybe you are one of these cold-sleep proponents, and wonder how anyone could ever fall asleep in hot, humid air temperatures! In either case, as it turns out, those who enjoy keeping…
Is Binge-Watching Hurting Your Sleep?
Binge-watching. We’ve all been there. With the advent of streaming shows on the Internet, we now have the capability (and the opportunity) to consume vast amounts of TV, commercial free, in one long extended sitting. It used to take an entire season to finish a TV show. You only got to watch one show per…
