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Green Tea Can Help Sleep Apnea Victims
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung May 16th, 2008 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Therapy, Snoring.
Green tea, long known to be a savior as far as addressing the health issues concerning most people today, has been proven to help sleep apnea victims resolve their problems. Apparently, one of its components called polyphenol is the answer to which help most sleep deprived people today.
Green tea has been known to already help people with heart diseases and high cholesterol levels but apparently polyphenol can help address the issue of most people when it comes to breathing pauses which sometimes haunt people while they are asleep.
According to lead study author David Gozal of the University of Louisville, the drop in oxygen levels and inflammation associated with apnea can lead to the death of brain cells over time. He said the study showed that drinking six to 10 cups of green tea a day can help combat this decline.
Gozal stressed that the study suggests green tea should be an “adjunct” therapy in humans suffering from obstructive sleep apnea, not a main treatment.
“If you have sleep apnea, use your (breathing) machine while you are sleeping,” Gozal wrote in an e-mail. “However, if you also drink green tea, this may help you feel better.”
(Source) AJC.com
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Anne Murray Shares How to Keep Beauty Through Sleep
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung May 10th, 2008 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP Celebrity, SLEEP News.
We are all aware of the term getting the proper beauty sleep and there is no better person to help share their insights on its effective nature other than this famous diva name Anne Murray. She is an acknowledged star in the world today and apparently the key towards retaining her overall beauty is her sleep periods.
Her advice on sleep may not be applicable to most of us, but for the women who want to retain their beauty, it would be best to check out what she has to say on how to get the right amount of beauty sleep.
“She is a bottom-line, no BS, straight-up as tough as anybody in the business,” says Terry David Mulligan, the television and radio personality, who has been watching Murray perform since those days in the late ’60s. “People would look at her and think she was a Doris Day type. She’s not. You don’t mess with her. People are very loyal to her. I like that about her, that she wouldn’t take any guff. She was a woman in a male-dominated business and so she had to do that.”
(Source) Canada.com
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Radiation Effects on Sleeping People
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung May 9th, 2008 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Issues.
Mobile phones are a rave these days but apparently, one thing that we also know is that the radiation that they emit is dangerous to us in more ways than one. It will only be a matter of time before we find out the effects that a cellular phone’s radiation can do to our overall health but sleep alone is something that will be affected, especially if we make it a habit to sleep while they are by our bedside.
This practice is a common sight we see today. Most people need their mobile phones nearby especially when they want callers to get hold of them immediately. But while that satisfies the aspect of personal and business aspects of your life, your health likewise needs the proper attention.
Doctors asked men and women between the ages of 18 and 45 to talk on cell phones before bed.
Some were exposed to radiation similar to a wireless signal. Other talked on “phoney” phones that released no radiation. Those exposed to radiation reported headaches, took longer to fall asleep and didn’t sleep well through the night.
(Source) King5.com
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Mixing the Right Amount of Sleep for Health Reasons
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung May 8th, 2008 in Health Issues, SLEEP News, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Events, Sleep Issues.
Sleep can affect us in more ways than one and apparently health is the primary standpoint that we have to look after. It is not merely being able to sleep at the right amounts but also making sure we do not oversleep since it has dire consequences affecting our human anatomy.
Such has been proven by the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to which an estimated 50 to 70 billion people suffer from sleep-related problems. Besides having trouble at work, health experts warn that chronic sleep loss is often linked with obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, cardiovascular disease, depression, cigarette smoking, and excessive drinking.
The National Sleep Foundation, a Washington-based organization that studies sleep and sleep disorders, sustains that adults should sleep at least seven hours a night, children ages 5 to 12 should get 9 to 11 hours, while adolescents need 8 1/2 to 9 1/2 hours.
The new study, based on a door-to door survey of 87,000 U.S. adults from 2004 through 2006, revealed that among adults 18 and older who slept 7 to 8 hours a night, only 18 percent were current cigarette smokers, compared to over 30 percent of adults who slept less than six hours a night.
Lack of sleep also resulted in obesity, according to the study, which found that about 33 percent of those who slept less than six hours were obese, as were 26 percent of those who got nine hours or more. Only 22 percent of those sleeping the recommended amount of time were obese.
(Source) eFluxMedia
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Make Up for Sleep But Gradually
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung May 7th, 2008 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Issues, Sleep Myths.
When it comes to trying to make up for lost sleep, you should not really rush it in the way that most people believe it can be. The thing is, proper sleeping habits can only be achieved the natural way and time is sure to be a critical element towards putting your sleeping habits back towards its regular state.
Today, if you are not properly rested, sleep will come back to haunt and collect in the form of deteriorating health. It is a given that people today value sleep unlike before. Being productive is one thing but not being able to sleep in the way that people are traditionally known to be can lead to dire consequences which at most can damage health concerns for people today.
Sleeping too little messes with your mind and hurts your body.
Sleep not only makes you feel sharp and rested; it seems to play a key role in how the brain sorts out information and lays down long-term memories. And a lack of sleep has been associated with maladies ranging from cardiovascular disease to depression the CDC says.
(Source) Wall Street Journal
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