Sleep deprivation is something obviously hurting people nowadays and it seems that these findings by the National Sleep Foundation may open more eyes than usual. From an average sleeping time of 9 hours, Americans are sleeping just 6.9 hours per night.

This represents a two hour drop per night since the 19th century, one hour per night over the past 50 years, and about 15 to 25 minutes per night just since 2001. A number of health factors can result from this, including heart problems, obesity and high blood pressures.

The good news is that these effects can be reversed by getting an adequate amount of sleep. The University of Chicago study on sleep duration and appetite found that allowing the study subjects to sleep 10 hours for two consecutive nights returned the hormones to normal levels and lowered hunger and appetite ratings by almost 25%.

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Men and women are known to compete with each other as far as career is concerned. But if there is one battle that women are losing, it has to be that of dealing with sleep disruptions. Just think about it. Women are known to be the prime figure that kids and hubbies would be looking up to when it comes to the home but add the aspect of working will surely be an added load to their everyday routine.

This is not to say that women should not be working. It just remains that women have added burdens, particularly the ones due at home. This does not necessarily mean that women have to tie them up in the house. Between a man and a woman, the home is normally run by a woman as far as organizing and attending to the needs of a family is concerned.

With that said, you can imagine the time element and the amount of sleep they are giving up. So in that case, is it any wonder why you should tip your hats off to women? Sad to say that men should value a woman’s effort rather than consider them threats and adversaries. Sleep is there number one enemy so it would be best to support them, a call for the husbands to consider.

(Source) Times of India

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Our brain can only take so much and at some point, we may have problems as far as memory issues, recalling certain events or even understanding a complicated task. Ideally, when we lack sleep, we feel haggard and long to lay back and try to reorganize our senses. Thanks to some studies conducted by the University of Chicago, it has been justified that getting the right amount of sleep does indeed help in memory problems and even bring you as far as recalling the past skills you once mastered.

“Sleep consolidated learning by restoring what was lost over the course of a day following training and by protecting what was learned against subsequent loss,” said Howard Nusbaum, Professor of Psychology at the University of Chicago, and a researcher in the study. “These findings suggest that sleep has an important role in learning generalized skills in stabilizing and protecting memory.”

The whole ordeal is quite simple. Abuse your body by sleeping less is also abusing your psychological capacity as well. With a well-rested mind through sleep, you will be amazed at the things you can do and the ease of improving your personal intellect as well.

(Source) EurekAlert

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The amount of sleep have a bearing as to how we would carry out our day and our moods as well. Of course, you all know that lack of sleep is like waking up the wrong person at the wrong time and for what it is worth, it would be best to keep track of sleep, only if it were that simple.

But with this new device, the Sleep Cycle Tracking Watch, you can perhaps monitor your sleep and know when to wake up at the right time. It is somewhat similar to a modern day alarm clock only that you can monitor when you move (when you are almost awake), and wake up at the right time in a given window. Ideally, you feel refreshed every morning, ready to jump out of bed.

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There is no question that people love pets. But other than perhaps carrying potential germs and a matter of questioning their hygiene, it is apparent that to get the best sleeping state possible, keep them out of your bed or the house when it is bedtime.

Pets are entirely different from the habits of humans. They do not sleep at the same time where an individual does. So if you want to be assured that you can get the right amount of sleep, it is best to address the issue of doing away with the distractions that can deprive you of the proper sleeping habits.

A survey of 300 sleep-disorder patients at Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic Sleep Disorders Center revealed that nearly 60 per cent let pets sleep in the bedroom, while a quarter allowed pets in their bed at night. Of those, 53 per cent had their sleep disrupted every night. Meanwhile, 21 per cent of dog owners complained about their minions’ snoring.

(Source) Globe and Mail

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There are some people who go as far as hypnotizing themselves to go to sleep. Compared to the usual sleeping pills, hypnosis may indeed seem the better alternative.

But the fact remains on the matter of effectiveness that hypnosis can cover. Can it really help? Sometimes sleep is not all about turning to various alternatives to get the right amount of sleep. Some call it psychological while others look at it as something that has totally grown out of proportion. Whatever the case may be, it remains that sleep has its share of roughness when it comes to trying to get quality respite through various means outside medication and masks.

(Source) NST Online

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For people who have to get up at designated times to which alarm clocks are set, it may be a big problem. Add to the fact that some people go as far as not getting the right amount of sleep to recharge their bodies, the alarm clock is the last thing you would want to hear in the morning.

However, you can always push the snooze button to get some extra minutes of sleep. But the question is on whether snoozing is worth it or risky. Some people love to use the snooze to capture some more sleep. Each minute counts. But the problem is when you snooze, you may end up sleeping again.

For the people who love stay out late and sleep less, don’t blame the snooze button of your alarm clock. You only have yourself to blame for not sleeping the proper way.

It’s the most tempting thing in the world – your alarm clock goes off to wake you up in the morning. You reach for the snooze button to get an extra few minutes of sleep.

It’s something you’ve likely done often as the daily ritual of getting up just a bit too early, staying up just a little too late and working just a few too many hours catches up to you.

“If I know I can sleep in, then I’ll probably hit it between 12 and 14 times,” laughs Annamaria. “If I know I have to get up, then it’s five or six.”

(Source) City News

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