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 […]
Some don’t need much sleep (10/7/10)
Sleep Styles of the Rich and Famous Pity Wyclef Jean. The entertainer had hoped to become president of Haiti, but his candidacy was thrown out by the national electoral commission supposedly because Jean had lived in New Jersey and not the disaster plagued island these past five years (New Jersey Tourism Commission, please note.) Overcome […]
Why don’t we eat vegetables? (The Sugar Society) – 10/6/10)
New York Times health columnist Jane Brody is upset. Like most advocates for public health, she can’t understand why Americans don’t eat their vegetables. The advantages are so great and so obvious, why won’t the population bend to the media barrage and do the right thing? Simple – because they are strongly conditioned not to. […]
Sleep your way to weight loss? (10/5/10)
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 […]
