Archive for the 'Sleep Disorders' Category
Power Nap Rituals from Thailand
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung May 26th, 2008 in How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Issues, Sleep Therapy.
Here is something that most sleep deprived individuals may want to check out. We have been introduced to various means of getting sleep and most of them are geared towards the medical inclinations offered in the world today. While the specialists and pills will always be there, here are some therapeutic ways to resolve the sleeping problem that most of us have right now and it is called the Power Nap Rituals, a new treatment for people with sleepless nights.
Devarana Spas in Thailand have launched a new treatment to help those suffering sleepless nights. The new Power Nap Ritual is what the spas call ‘an emergency assistance’ for those who suffer from sleep deprivation to get the rest they need
Natural or herbal means of addressing the sleep issue has worked for many people and this one should not really be surprising. We all know the power of natural herbal means and this should be something worth checking out.
(Source) Asia Travel Tips
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Managing Jetlag through Food Intake
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung May 22nd, 2008 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Education.
For most people who have to travel a lot, you will certainly stumble into certain periods where you have to adjust to the time zone of a certain country. For some countries like traveling from the Philippines to the United States, there are varying differences in time like 12 hours of difference.
In these cases, you will often find yourself supposedly sleeping at their peak time to which you have to adjust because your body will not be able to take it for sure. However, one element in all of this can make a difference and this has to do with the food and meals that this voyager would take in between the time shifts.
“A period of fasting with no food at all for about 16 hours is enough to engage this new clock,” says Prof Saper, who did the work with Drs Patrick Fuller and Jun Lu.
“So, in this case, simply avoiding any food on the plane, and then eating as soon as you land, should help you to adjust - and avoid some of the uncomfortable feelings of jet lag.”
The next time you have to adjust your sleeping period, consider the meals you take. A small fasting sacrifice can really make a difference.
(Source) Telegraph.co.uk
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Ferberizing For Better Sleep
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung May 17th, 2008 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP News, SLEEP Psychology, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Issues.
We all know that the best way to let go of hang-ups such as emotional stress inside of us can be done through crying. For children, parents would not want to see them cry for the reason that their emotional burden is something their kids should not be tied up with.
Apparently, this issue of allowing kids to cry or called Ferberizing by most is being criticized on whether it is really helping kids sleep better or another form of child abuse. Now regardless of which standpoint you are taking, parenting and resolving the sleep issue is certainly something up in the air for debate and discussion.
What do you think about “cry it out” sleep training? Of our readers, so far “it’s child abuse” and “it’s a miracle” are neck-and-neck at about 25% each (with another 50% torn). When you answer, say what generation you’re from. Our working thesis: Boomers were totally fine with letting their kids figure out how to self-soothe; Gen-Xers, not so much.
(Source) AOL News
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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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Can you Text While Sleeping?
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung May 15th, 2008 in SLEEP News, SLEEP Psychology, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Issues, Sleep Myths.
We have heard of various issues regarding sleepwalking and sleep driving but sleep-texting? Apparently this stems from the fact that a lot of people today are going crazy over texting, the modern way of communicating with anyone with the use of any mobile phone today.
Some people just cannot sit well without seeing their mobile phone beside them since anyone at any time may be texting them or perhaps on the other way around, sending messages at any moment they feel like by pushing the keypads of their phone.
Normally, we would find ourselves falling asleep and sleeping alongside our phones. But while we all know that we will fall asleep, is it indeed possible to send messages unknowingly to another person while we are in our slumber state?
But some sleep experts have another explanation for the sleep text messaging, particularly in those situations in which the text message is coherent. Some say the messages are written while the patient is awake, but they have amnesia for the event. “The `sleep texter’ may have actually been awake, but had not formed new memories for the event,” says Scott Fromherz, medical director of Westside Sleep Center in Tigard, Ore.
“There is a `built-in’ amnesia of sleep that occurs when the brain is briefly awakened for less than three minutes,” he says.
Thus, a person might wake up in the middle of the night, text someone, go back to sleep and have no recollection of the activity the next morning.
(Source) The Star.com
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