Does Magnesium Help You Sleep?
Published on January 5, 2018 | SleepReviewMag.com Studies have found a link between low levels of magnesium, an essential mineral that plays a crucial role in a wide range of bodily processes, and sleep disorders, according to the New York Times. But if you are concerned you aren’t getting enough magnesium, changing your diet may be a better option than taking a supplement, as “there is really sparse evidence that taking super-therapeutic doses of magnesium will give you a benefit,” said Dr. Raj Dasgupta, a professor of pulmonary and sleep medicine at the University of Southern California. The mineral is widely available in …
Sleep texting is turning into the new sleep talking — and it could get you in trouble
Updated 24 December 2017, 14:15 AEDT | By James Carmody | RadioAustralia.net.au Sleep specialists are seeing a growing number of people sending text messages, emails and even making phone calls while sound asleep, as smartphone usage becomes so automatic it invades our subconscious. Sleep specialists are seeing a growing number of people sending text messages, emails and even making phone calls while sound asleep. In most cases, people wake up with no memory of the messages they have sent to any number of unintended and sometimes unfavourable recipients. Termed sleep texting, the phenomenon is expected to soon affect much of …
What A Lack Of Sleep Is Really Doing To Our Bodies
by: Anna Duff | 3 JAN 2018 | Instyle.co.uk We all know how important sleep is for our health, but most of us are probably late to bed more than once or twice a week. In fact, as a nation we’re not getting the recommended seven to nine hours a night. Instead, we get of average 6.3 hours, and almost a fifth of people (19%) get less than five. We’ve already revealed how this lack of rest is affecting our skin, but how is it impacting our bodies in general? Well, it doesn’t make for pleasant reading. It can have …
Couples who sleep apart stay together
Kerry Parnell | December 30, 2017 7:00am | DailyTelegraph.com SO Prince Charles and Camilla not only have separate beds — they have three bedrooms, reports have emerged. According to palace insiders, Charles and Camilla have their own bedrooms at Clarence House, decorated just the way they like and a third one with a double bed they use when the moment takes them. Sounds like a perfectly sensible idea to me. I’d love my own room; to get a good night’s sleep without being woken up by my other half snoring, or a toddler slipping in-between us and thrashing about all …
Weekly Fish Consumption Linked to Better Sleep
Published on December 26, 2017 | SleepReviewMag.com Children who eat fish at least once a week sleep better and have IQ scores that are 4 points higher, on average, than those who consume fish less frequently or not at all. These findings from the University of Pennsylvania are published in Scientific Reports, a Nature journal. Previous studies showed a relationship between omega-3s, the fatty acids in many types of fish, and improved intelligence, as well as omega-3s and better sleep. But they’ve never all been connected before. This work, conducted by Jianghong Liu, Jennifer Pinto-Martin, and Alexandra Hanlon of the School of Nursing …
2018 Goals: Get more sleep. Sleep deprivation is toxic to your health
Jeff Stibel, Special to USA TODAYPublished 4:00 a.m. ET Dec. 22, 2017 | Updated 11:25 a.m. ET Dec. 31, 2017 | USAToday.com If you’ve ever found yourself drifting off to sleep only to be woken by a vigorous, full-body twitch or jerk, don’t feel alarmed. You can live for about three minutes without air, three days without water and about 21 days without food. But in between food and water, there is something else critically essential: sleep. It turns out you can only live about 11 days without sleep. You can give it a try if you don’t believe me, but, just …
Orthosomnia Is the New Sleep Disorder You Haven’t Heard Of
Yes, it’s possible to be too obsessed with sleep. By Julia Malacoff | Nov 06, 2017 | Shape.com Fitness trackers are great for monitoring your activity and making you more aware of your habits, including how much (or how little) you sleep. For the truly sleep-obsessed, there are dedicated sleep trackers, like the Emfit QS, which tracks your heart rate all night long to give you information about the quality of your sleep. Overall, that’s a good thing: high-quality sleep has been linked to healthy brain function, emotional well-being, and a stronger immune system, according to the National Institutes of Health. But like all good things (exercise, …
Scientists Make Progress Linking Sleep Duration Genes to Variety of Biological Processes
Published on December 14, 2017 – SleepReviewMag.com Scientists have identified differences in a group of genes they say might help explain why some people need a lot more sleep—and others less—than most. The study, conducted using fruit fly populations bred to model natural variations in human sleep patterns, provides new clues to how genes for sleep duration are linked to a wide variety of biological processes. Researchers say a better understanding of these processes could lead to new ways to treat sleep disorders such as insomnia and narcolepsy. Led by scientists with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part …
Staying up late to watch the Super Bowl? Here’s how to cope with Monday
Updated: JANUARY 31, 2018 — 5:00 AM EST – by Mari A. Schaefer, Staff Writer – Philly.com So, what is your Super Bowl strategy? Not the I’m-picking-the-Eagles-by-10-over-the-Patriots strategy. This is the how-to-stay-up-late-to-celebrate-and-still-function-on-Monday strategy. We’re talking sleep. The Monday after the Super Bowl has long been a tough one for American workers. Two years ago Ohio governor and then-presidential candidate John Kasich offered up the best campaign promise ever when he suggested the Monday after the Super Bowl should be a national holiday. Incredibly, he lost. You may have even seen the annual articles about how there will be a billion dollars in lost office productivity the day after the big game, …
Older Adults’ Forgetfulness Tied To Faulty Brain Rhythms In Sleep
December 18, 20174:47 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition – NPR.org Older brains may forget more because they lose their rhythm at night. During deep sleep, older people have less coordination between two brain waves that are important to saving new memories, a team reports in the journal Neuron. “It’s like a drummer that’s perhaps just one beat off the rhythm,” says Matt Walker, one of the paper’s authors and a professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. “The aging brain just doesn’t seem to be able to synchronize its brain waves effectively.” The finding appears to answer a long-standing question about …
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