Modern life offers plenty of challenges to getting a good night’s sleep. Our world is constantly lit up with artificial lights, while smartphones and other screens beckon. Many of us take trips to faraway places for work and play, causing a form of circadian disruption known as jet lag. It has long been known that […]
Discovered: Mechanism Linking Sleep and Tissue Regeneration
Every human being on the globe has a 24-hour circadian rhythm, or “internal clock,” that syncs roughly with the earth’s 24-hour day/night cycle. However, we have only begun in the past few decades to discover the reasons for these sleep and wake cycles. According to new research on sleep and tissue regeneration, our internal clocks […]
Melatonin Benefits Go Beyond Sleep and Circadian Rhythm Regulation
Melatonin is a hormone most often associated with sleep. Recently, new research has uncovered additional melatonin benefits that demonstrate the crucial ways in which this substance helps our bodies to function. How Does Melatonin Affect Sleep? The pineal gland naturally produces melatonin in response to decreased light levels. The production of this hormone begins as the brain […]
Sleeping Too Much Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
Most people are familiar with the famous story of Goldilocks and the three bears. Goldilocks, upon finding three bowls of porridge, noted that one was too hot, one too cold and the last just right. When it comes to sleep, just as in fairy tales, achieving a middle ground can be crucial to good outcomes. […]
Eating a Late Dinner Boosts Cancer Risk
Researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health have found that people who eat before 9:00 p.m. or those who wait at least two hours between eating and sleeping are approximately 20 percent less likely to develop either breast or prostate cancers when compared to those individuals who eat dinner after 10:00 p.m. or who eat and […]
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