Do you want eat oatmeal for dinner? Probably not. Yet eating at night is biologically more unnatural than cereal for supper, and may expand your waistline even if you eat like a bird. Ask the mice. Mice are awfully cute if you don’t find them in your shoes when you wake up (it used […]
Use It or Lose it – Why You May Never Want to Retire (10/12/10)
Many people believe they’ll never retire – because they won’t have the chance. The Wall Street –Subprime meltdown decimated personal retirement accounts while leaving public pensions grotesquely underfunded. Social Security has not paid cost of living increases for two years, and a highly indebted government may become incapable of paying for Medicare. Add in […]
What does alcohol do to my sleep? (10/11/10)
Alcohol and Sleep America’s favorite knock out drop is not its best. Did you know: An ounce of alcohol at bedtime will lead to 15-25 extra arousals during sleep? Imbibing alcohol at midnight has about 2-3 times the physiologic effect of alcohol at 6 PM? No one really knows the mechanism […]
Body clocks time your regeneration and renewal (10/10/10)
When do you regenerate your body? All the time, but at different rates. Time rules life, and body clocks rule the inner time of your body. Why? Night and day are built in design elements for virtually every creature on earth. Through their effect on gene expression, 24 hour clocks help rule the roost. Everything […]
Theatrically sleeping (10/8/10)
The Lullaby of Off-Off-Off Broadway Too keyed up to sleep? A friendly hospital or hotel room too expensive? Spend the night at the national theatre – all night. And bring your pyjamas. London’s Barbican Theatre is famous for its concrete, brutalist architecture and it’s occasionally avant garde programming. The Duckie Theatre Company will be continuing […]
