Tag: sleep

Video: Sleep Solutions

Sleep gets tougher as we get older. But why IS that? And who cares anyway? It’s just sleep, right? It is a zero calorie activity, whether I’m laying in my be awake, or completely out cold. So what difference does it make? It turns out to make a huge difference whether you...

Pictures: 7 Yoga Poses For Insomnia

Listen. 60 million Americans suffer from some form of insomnia. If you don’t want to take meds that may make you “sleep eat” or have other unwanted and bizarre side effects, there are a ton of remedies out there.  But most Americans don’t really look to yoga to help...

How To Re-Charge Your Brain To Learn Better

What kind of activity is BEST, for recharging your brain?  According to a new study, your brain’s batteries get juiced back up during the light, dreamless slumber that accounts for up to half of your night’s sleep. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley conducted tests on 44 healthy...

National Sleep Awareness Week

How’d you sleep last night? If you’re among the third of Americans who don’t get enough shut-eye, then there’s no better opportunity to make sleep a priority than National Sleep Awareness Week, taking place this year from March 7 to 13. This annual education and awareness campaign, spearheaded by the National Sleep...

Sleep For Your Diet

This article reports on data that may seem counterintuitive. There is more to your weight and health than the “calories-in calories-out” idea. That’s because there are a slew of other factors that sabotage your efforts. Here is my morning podcast audio on this topic. This is the easy solution....

My Morning

I woke up wicked early this morning … my brain was ON. So I came downstairs to clear my head, get some things done, and just maybe get sleepy enough to knock off for a few minutes before our morning coffee/couch time. Otherwise I’d just be up in my...

Teens Sleep Better

Check this out: Athletic teens sleep better than their couch-potato peers and have fewer problems concentrating at school, a new study finds. Researchers in Switzerland asked 434 adolescents with an average age of 17 to keep a log of their sleep and daytime habits for one week. … The...

Do Less, Do More

Many people believe they must do more and more and more and more. This article argues that there are diminishing returns on this kind of “hamster wheel” idea. In other words, “doing more” doesn’t get you more. In fact, according to this research, when you push through to the...

To Sleep, Perchance To Remember

Get a good night’s sleep. It’s good for your brain, and may contribute to neurogenesis, the formation of new nerve cells (see the study). WHY is sleep good for your brain? WHY does it help you remember better? It’s not clear to anyone (and research science has some speculations...

Better Sleepers Are ‘Successful Agers’

Less daytime napping, fewer complaints of insomnia predicted a healthier life, study finds Normal sleep is associated with healthy aging, a new study found. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego assessed 2,226 women aged 60 and older for use of sleeping aids, daytime sleepiness, napping, insomnia, early...