How Sleep Loss Adds to Weight Gain
You toss and turn. And you count sheep until the cows come home. But did you know that getting insufficient shut-eye could be making you fat?
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5 Ways To Avoid Winter Ills
It’s winter again and with that comes the annual host of coughing, sneezing, sniffling, aching and copious amounts of tissues. Besides committing yourself to total isolation, what can you do to avoid this season’s flu and cold du jour?
Seniors and Sleep: How aging changes your ZZZZ’s
As you probably know, sleep occurs in multiple stages. The normal sleep cycle includes periods of light and deep sleep, with periods of active dreaming, referred to as REM sleep. This varied cycle is repeated several times nightly.
How Losing 40 Winks Can Lead to Gaining 40 Pounds
You toss and turn. And you count sheep until the cows come home. But did you know that getting insufficient shut-eye could be making you fat?
4 Ways To Get You To Dreamland Faster
It’s no wonder that sleep deprivation is used as an interrogation technique. When you don’t get enough shut-eye a myriad of problems ensure. Studies show that lack of sleep is closely linked to poorer concentration and memory, as well as slower reaction time. What’s more, a long-term pattern of sleepless nights ups your odds of diabetes, depression, heart disease and even weight gain.
Sleep: An Eye-Opening Theory on Why We Need To
etting older does have some advantages. Like becoming wiser, with more knowledge not only about our surroundings, but also about human behavior and motivations, including our own. Among the not-so-good senior experiences, there’s one that’s common, although less conspicuous than slowing down physically and mentally. That’s a decline in the quality of sleep.
