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Yummy Mummy Sleeps for only Four Hours

Brian Yalung — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:01:00 +0000

Apparently, the amount of sleep we get depends on the lifestyle we choose. Celebrities and well known personalities in the world today have their share of having to sleep less to be able to live up to their various commitments, mostly on the social side of their lives.

Such is the claim of acclaimed “Yummy Mummy” Myleene Klass, a model and former Hearsay star who has multiple offsprings. But if you want to survive in the world today, you just have to adjust properly and hope that you find the day where you be able to get the proper amount of sleep to go through the rigors of everyday life.

‘I think the ‘yummy mummy’ tag is really funny. I don’t feel that yummy first thing in the morning or during the night feeds. Mums with multiple children – I just don’t know how they do it,’ said Myleene to the Daily Mail.

‘So many people want to be a singer but it’s the lifestyle they go for. But it’s also about getting up at four in the morning, doing a night feed and then going to work then getting home at midnight. It’s a tough job.’

(Source) The Daily Gross

Sleeping Beauty Becomes a Beast

Brian Yalung — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:35:10 +0000

Sleep is synonymous to the proper amount of sleep and something that most of us need direly if we want ourselves to be rational at times. But the question here is do we have the proper means of getting the ideal sleep practices and ensure ourselves that we have fully recharged from a hectic day while being awake?

Chances are that our moods will be the telling factor. People who sleep more are expected to develop a worst condition of having to manage their personal selves especially if they lack rest and sleep. All of us are only human and to be grumpy or even grouchy at times is only something we can expect when we are tired or lack the amount of sleep to settle our minds back to our sane selves.

Not getting enough kip can also contribute to feelings of hostility and anger, though the researchers found women were more likely to be made grumpy by a lack of sleep than men were.

(Source) New Zealand Herald

Try Out a Sleep Retreat

Brian Yalung — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:39:18 +0000

People who go on vacation to various destinations can now consider sleep retreat among the potential agenda for going there. This was apparently the whole concept launched by Dr. Reza Samvat regarding sleep retreat at the Domain Casuarina Beach Resort.

Obviously, this has been targeted towards the people who lack the proper amount of sleep or have been dealing with sleep problems like sleep apnea and insomnia. So if you cannot find proper cure from medication and therapy, why not make your break a sleep retreat session to get to the bottom of this problem.

Basing it on what has been reported, it is really something that will attract people, both sleep disorder patients and the people who simply want some adventure of a different kind.

“The three packages available offer an intense revolutionary program aimed at identifying the major areas contributing to the individual’s sleep issues,” Dr Samvat said.

“It makes the treatment and clinic more accessible to people with busy lifestyles as the packages are intense and concentrated so that results can be achieved in a shorter period.

“Sleep therapy packages are also ideal for the corporate market, such as business executives who lead a high-pressure working lifestyle. The retreat will assist them in re-balancing and improve sleeping cycles.

(Source) News.com.au

Senses Going Haywire Due To Lack of Sleep

Brian Yalung — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:17:07 +0000

Sleep plays a vital role in everybody. We all know it helps us recover our used health or even revitalizes us of our drained energy. It is the best way to regenerate battered bodies by simply lying down and resting for at least 6 to 8 hours. But these should be done the normal way that of which is in the normal body clock as evenings.

As far as teenagers are concerned, they are practically victims of lack of sleep. Sometimes they feel that they can take on the world and still keep going like they are 100% sane. But at times, the little things such as mood swings and lack of alertness may become varying marks that make us totally unaware of the things around us. And most of them are because we lack the proper amount of sleep.

“Sleep is one of the first things high school and college students sacrifice to meet academic demands and other goals,” Dr. Franzen added. “This is sort of a public health problem. Kids fall asleep in school; they fall asleep driving cars. There are good statistics on kids having accidents.”

(Source) Post-Gazette Now

Using Sleep Calculators

Brian Yalung — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:37:22 +0000

Can you really use computing to get the proper amount of sleep? Whether you are doing it manually or using this sleep calculator, chances are you are losing sleep regardless of how you look at it. Well some people believe it can be. But you have to consider that sleep should be a natural thing. You cannot use logic to substitute what science deals with regarding sleep issues.

Most people would agree that nothing beats the common belief that sleep should be 6 to 8 hours of our normal body clock. We owe it to ourselves to rest and if we want to lessen health risks and make sure we are always productive, we should consider the fact that sleep is something we cannot compromise with in any degree.

No Sleep, But Plenty of Health Risk

Brian Yalung — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:27:43 +0000

If you think you are doing yourself a favor by sacrificing sleep to lose weight guess again. It is the exact opposite. You are gaining weight and putting yourself at risk of illnesses, especially heart-related problems.

Remember that you are no longer young and the body metabolism slows down in the process. But the real deal here is your health. Better read more of it here to find out how you can adjust to getting the proper amount of sleep. There is even a video there you can watch.

Ouch, it’s time to go to bed, right? But now you can’t fall asleep because you heart is pumping from excitement over the latest news. After a couple of weeks, you notice that you lack energy, and aches and pains are arising that you have not had before.

You start to make appointments with doctors to get to the bottom of the pains. Yet, nobody can find anything wrong. You try physical therapy, pain medication and natural remedies. Still no success. Might sleep be the cause of the issues?

(Source) ABC News

Overweight Linked to Sleep Deprivation

Brian Yalung — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 06:09:28 +0000

Weight watchers may want to check out other factors than the food they eat. Lack of sleep has been found to be a contributing factor towards why most people, especially the kids, have been suffering obesity issues.

The amount of sleep hours we observe are important. One good insight is the fact that some people have this belief that eating excessively can more than make up for the lack of sleep that kids would normally have to deal with.

There are a number of reasons why a kid would lose the proper amount of sleep:

Playing games (Playstation or Xbox) on extended hours
Staying out late with friends
Cramming to study
Sleeping area
Television
The Internet

These are normally the reasons that kids would state and they are indeed a fact. While it is a the duty of most guardians and parents to make sure that kids sleep at the right time, closer monitoring can be good for their health.

(Source) A study of 7-year-olds has found that sleeping less than nine hours a night was associated with being overweight or obese, even after accounting for amounts of television watching and physical exercise.

The study, being published Tuesday in the journal Sleep, also found that short sleep duration was associated with mood swings. The researchers had followed the subjects — 519 children in New Zealand — since birth, making periodic health and developmental assessments and interviewing their parents.