Tag Archive for 'respite'
Quality Sleep Can Rejuvenate Moods
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung July 26th, 2008 in How to sleep better, SLEEP News, SLEEP Psychology, Sleep Disorders.People who get incomplete sleep for one reason or another are likely to become cranky at times and others can only try to understand and get along with them for the meantime. Quality sleeps is essential to setting the tone and mood for most people today. Logically, how can a person relate or even get along with others if he alone cannot understand himself?

Such is a common thing we see for the people who lack sleep. Aside from being drained, their emotions are surely something that will be tender and picky. But once they do get their proper respite and sleep to make up for their lacking sleep endeavors, you will be surprised at the immediate change in mood and character. Who can blame them? Once you are rejuvenated you are bound to feel like a million bucks!
Dr Nilesh Dave, medical director of the Sleep and Breathing Disorders Centre at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre, says: “When you get good-quality sleep and enough hours of it, it is amazing how much better patients’ moods are, how much better they’re functioning. They’re truly happy.”
(Source) Theage.com.au
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Why the Proper Length of Sleep is Relevant
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung April 29th, 2008 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Business.
As far as getting the proper amount of sleep is concerned, a lot of things have to be considered. Respite is surely something that will suffer but it can go beyond that. Depending on what your line of profession is, areas such as decision-making and cognitive thinking are sure to be affected as well.
Remember that if you are not sleeping properly, chances are you will have to consider the consequences. Sleep may be a sign of laziness to some but if you look beyond this, you will find that it has a bearing in practically anything we do. Don’t overlook it. It may be something you can recount as crucial in your life.
“If all you need is that amount, fine,” says Horne, “but cutting down to five hours or less is certainly not recommended, particularly for people whose lifestyles are already overburdened.” In fact, says Horne, the cumulative effects of too little sleep won’t just leave people tetchy - it is potentially risky.
There is plenty of evidence that long-term sleep deprivation can be unhealthy. Horne says that it can affect decision-making and cognitive functioning, and contribute to obesity, metabolic syndrome and related problems.
(Source) Timesonline
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Working Your Way to Less Sleep
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung March 4th, 2008 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Business, Sleep Disorders.
It is commendable to see employees on how much they devote time towards targeting better lives and developmental careers. However, health should not be sacrificed on its behalf. Sleep is one thing that we sacrifice in our drive to be better as far as career is concerned. But what is a career if you end up being at risk as far as your health is at risk.
This is a common image we see in the world today. People aim high but forget about their health. We all want to reach to top. But if we do it this way, we may not even have enough strength to enjoy our accomplishment in the end due to lack of sleep and respite.
“There’s enough data now to clearly show that if you’re not sleeping enough, that’s going to dramatically affect your performance and productivity,” said Mark Rosekind, a former director of the Center for Human Sleep Research at the Stanford University Sleep Center who helped design the poll.
(Source) Reuters India
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Sleep is a Psychological Issue
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung December 5th, 2007 in SLEEP News, SLEEP Psychology.
We all know that sometimes, getting the proper sleeping respite is ideal to be assured of recharged bodies and minds. Now there are factors that may hinder us from getting the proper respite. These include:
- Problems or Worries
- Unfinished Business
- Stress
- Sleeping Timetable
All of these things will surely have something to share as far as proper sleeping habits are concerned. We all have out share of trying to cope up with them in our journey towards discovering restful sleep.
The problem today is we just want to resolve things without addressing what we instill in our minds. Conditioning our minds may very well be the prime answer to this and we just have to wake up and admit that to ourselves above everything else.
(Source) To The Benjamin Hotel, a state-of-the-art pillow is crucial to getting a deep, fulfilling rest. Jaime Bedrin talks to a sleep concierge there and explores her options, which include a pillow filled with buckwheat hulls.
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Less Sleep Produces Obese Kids
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung November 6th, 2007 in Health Issues, SLEEP News, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Issues.
The lesser you sleep the obese you would get. This kind of sounds contradictory but based on researches and studies made, adults and kids who get less sleep are likely to turn to food to make up for the lost sleeping respite they have passed up.
Sleep deprived people produce more ghrelin, a hormone that promotes hunger and less leptin, a hormone that singals fullness. (Source: Yahoo News).
Now this more than explains why parents should push their kids to sleep early. These are the internal body factors that people do not understand nor see. They operate to make up for lost rest, and the adjustment stage is known to affect the body.
Before we do not know for sure what exactly in our bodies are being affected. With this affirmation coming from the University of Michigan, people will perhaps now be more cautious of the altering effects that may effect kids when they least expect it.
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