Sleep, Weight, Muscle and Fat There are dozens of studies that people who sleep less weigh more (and also die younger.) Can sleeping more cause weight loss? Probably. Most of the studies done have observed very few people for very short periods. Their answer has generally been yes – you can lose weight when you […]
Celebrity Rehab and the Power of Rest (9/29/10)
Treatment through the Power of Rest Rest is regeneration, and people are so stressed out they need that reset now. Two months ago in Huffington Post I wrote about how performance pressure, crazy hours, adulation, the end of privacy and the insanity of show business lead many performers into preventable addictions. Yesterday I learned Lindsay […]
Is melatonin really like crack (9/24/10)?
Biologically, not even close. Yet according to actor Ryan Reynolds, the Spanish authorities treat it that way. Reynolds is in Spain filming the movie “Buried,” where he plays an American truck driver kidnapped in Iraq and stuck in a coffin – where he apparently spends a lot of time. Being filmed locked in a coffin […]
Why Can’t I Sleep?
Why Can’t I Sleep? Six Common Reasons You Can Fix You’re exhausted, you can’t wait to sleep. Your head hits the pillow and then – frustration. You open your eyes in the middle of the night and find yourself staring at – the clock – which coldly stares back. And you just read that people […]
Murder – caffeine made me do it
Woody Smith of Dayton, Kentucky killed his 28 year old wife in May of last year. The prosecution claims it was murder. Smith’s defense said he was insane, not aware of what he was doing due to caffeine pills and energy drinks, leading to such severe sleep deprivation that he strangled his wife. The defense […]