How to Sleep Better
Always Tired? Follow these tips.
Many of us suffer from sleep deprivation, regularly getting fewer hours of sleep than needed. It’s affecting our physical and mental health and possibly even shortening our lives.
“There is plenty of compelling evidence that sleep is the most important predictor of how long you will live—perhaps more important than whether you smoke, exercise or have high blood pressure or cholesterol levels,”
Yet we are sleeping less—down from about 8.5 hours a night in 1960 to fewer than 7 today. Many people are in bed only 5 to 6 hours a night on a regular basis.
Longer hours at work—and longer commutes—are what threaten sleep most. Moreover, once home, weary workers may unwisely choose TV or Internet surfing over a good night’s sleep.
Compromised sleep elevates stress hormones and impairs metabolism, which can lead to depression, obesity and life-threatening illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure. A 2005 survey by the National Sleep Foundation found that a third of couples have problems in their relationships because of a partner’s abnormal sleep (usually snoring). Nearly a fourth say they flee to a different bed or room and that they are just too sleepy for sex.
Here are some tips to help you get the rest you really need. Read more
Was Michael Jackson’s Death Linked to His Pursuit of Sleep?
Today brings new information from a nutritionist who worked with Michael Jackson that his death may have been related to his desperate need for sleep. Cherilyn Lee, a registered nurse who specializes in nutrition, told an AP reporter that Jackson had requested the drug Diprivan from her to help him sleep. Read more
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