Category: Sleep

Do you ever set your alarm to a really awful tone just so it’ll wake you up in the morning? Or maybe you set multiple alarms to ensure your body gets the message? Prolonged exposure to loud alarms initiates

Even when you’re sleeping, your body is still using energy. Your sleeping metabolic rate (SMR) refers to the rate at which your body is burning calories while you sleep.

Getting an adequate amount of quality sleep is among the pillars of metabolic health. Most of us have similar sleep-wake cycles, regulated by a part of our brain called the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN for short). Located in the hypothalamus,

“Have some almonds to sharpen your memory” or “Play these brain games to improve your memory” are some phrases we’ve often heard. Now, what if I tell you that improving your memory could be as easy as sleeping?

“For in dreams, we enter a world that is entirely our own. Let them swim in the deepest ocean, or glide over the highest cloud”, are the immortal words of Albus Dumbledore. In dreams, we enter a world constructed by our subconscious,

Have you heard of the wild phenomena called “the afternoon naps”? Have you heard tales of people telling you it is the best part of their day? How they await that sweet siesta right after lunch?

It’s surprising how often we don’t realize the simple power of what sleep can do