Sleep is an integral component of good health. There are things that can be done to improve the quantity and quality of your sleep. By practicing these good “sleep hygiene” tips, you can improve your sleep and your overall quality of life.
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Certain dinner ingredients can actually trigger a sleep response (and you’ll likely dream of these delicious meals all night). That being said, here are six dinner foods that will high five your taste buds while helping you get into rest mode.
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It’s a new year and that means all kinds of new resolutions about how to be happier, healthier, and more productive in 2016. But not all new years resolutions are about losing weight or doing better at work. In fact, some are about taking more time to enjoy the simple things in life. If that […]
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We live in a 24/7 society and many of us burn the candle at both ends, utilizing that time for work, watching television, spending time on the internet…basically anything other than sleeping. However, according to research from the National Institutes of Health, at least 40 million Americans struggle with a chronic sleep disorder annually. To highlight the […]
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Do you have a habit of blaming poor after-hours behavior on a bad nightmare or sleepwalking? Well researchers at Stanford University’s Sleep Epidemiology Research Center, have identified a third reason for bizarre conduct, extreme confusion, and even confusing your better half with a former lover (although there’s no excuse for that)—sleep drunkenness. Here’s how to […]
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According to research performed by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the use of electronic devices close to bedtime can be detrimental to sleep. The study found that exposure to artificial light in the blue end of the light spectrum – the type of light which is emitted by laptops, smartphones and tablets – inhibits the production […]
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