Want to Learn? Rest What’s the best way to remember a story? It may be to close your eyes and daydream. That’s the conclusion of a study of Michaela Dewar at the Edinburgh University. She looked at men and women 61-87 in relatively good health, asking what improved memory. One answer – not thinking about […]
Are We Aging – or Regenerating?
Illness, or a Failure of Regeneration? Living things don’t go around wondering how they’ll get sick and die. They want to know how to live. That should be your concern. All living things regenerate to survive. So do you and your body – no matter what your age. We renew, rebuild, reinvent ourselves constantly, every […]
Treating Information as Food (5/30/12)
Food is Information, Information is Food Your body runs on information. Think of your body as an information processor and how it works starts to fall into focus. Food as information has many forms. There are proteins and calories, fats and sugars. Yet there are innumerable information packed chemicals in food, ranging from vitamins to […]
Is your kid snoring? (and what does it mean – 3/12/12)
Sleep and Behavior Research has long linked sleep and behavior – in adults. The picture in children has been cloudier. Now a new study of British data evaluated by American academic researchers, makes the picture clearer: Snoring is not good for children. The Avon Longitudinal Study Mothers and fathers filled out questionnaires on children aged […]
Weight, learning and sleep – it’s all connected (11/14/11)
Less Sleep, More Weight – and Worse Learning Connections count. A few years ago people had a hard time believing that sleep time determined weight. Though physicians have long recognized that increased weight means increased sleep apnea, most of the population does not recognize that being overweight itself interferes with sleep and increases inflammation. […]