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Chocolate Can be a Sleep Disruptor

Brian Yalung — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:18:00 +0000

At night, we often look for the first thing that we can munch on. And for people, who would not consider chocolate. But did you know that chocolate can affect the way you sleep?

Now this is bad news for people who have a sweet-tooth. Chocolates are known to carry a fine amount of caffeine, largely depending on the size and milligrams of the chocolate bar you are fond of. Also, the darker the chocolate is, the higher risk of not being able to sleep.

And chocolate has other stimulants. One is theobromine, the compound that makes chocolate dangerous to dogs and cats because they metabolize it so slowly. Theobromine, which increases heart rate and causes sleeplessness, is found in small amounts in chocolate, especially dark.

So if you love chocolate, eat it in a timely fashion. Eat it at any part of the day but never when you are about to go to bed.

(Source) NY Times

Depression Causes Sleepless Nights

Brian Yalung — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:04:16 +0000

People who are yearning for sleep are always looking for various ways to get it. However, internal depression may be hard to go by. Many figure to set their minds towards something else. Now depression medications may be a solution, but not all of them cure the problem of sleeping. The reason for this is that some of these medications have anxiety stimulants and thus makes a person have problems sleeping after treating the depression problem.

The best way is to consult your medical physician for help. He can more or less tell you what you need to do to get over depression and sleeping problems.

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Randy Gardner hold the world record for not sleeping for 264 hours

Brian Yalung — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:31:34 +0000

Randy Gardner still holds the world record for 264 hours of sleeplessness as a 17 year old kid back in 1964.

Randy Gardner holds a Guinness world record for the longest period of time a human being has intentionally gone without sleep not using stimulants of any kind. In 1964, as a 17-year-old high school student in San Diego, California, Gardner stayed awake for 264 hours (11 days) with the help of friends, TV reporters, and shooting hoops. On his final day without sleep, Gardner presided over a press conference where he spoke without slurring or stumbling his words and in general appeared to be in excellent health. “I wanted to prove that bad things didn’t happen if you went without sleep,” said Gardner. “I thought, ‘I can break that (Peter Tripp’s 1959) record and I don’t think it would be a negative experience.’” Sleep experts now believe that such sleep deprivation stunts are dangerous

via wikipedia