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  Do Grains and Sugar Affect Sleep? — My Experiment

  08.30.08 | Permalink | 14 Comments

  This graph shows my total sleep time (including naps) over the past several weeks. Yes, I keep a sleep log. On August 10 I started to follow 2 new rules: No grains (bread, rice, pasta, etc). No refined sugar. If you look at the graph again, you’ll notice that before August 10 I was sleeping [...]

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  Health Dangers of Bread, Pasta, and Rice

  08.27.08 | Permalink | 15 Comments

  We have all been programmed to believe that grains are a health food. From whole wheat bread to pasta to the rice in sushi, we think we’re staying healthy by eating grains—in particular, large amounts of them. Grains include wheat, oats, rice, and corn (yes, corn), which we eat in the form of bread, pasta, [...]

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  Brain Health is Sleep Health

  08.22.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Recently I’ve been interested in strength training — building muscle and losing fat to increase health, energy, and metabolism. Like most health topics, strength training is multifaceted. You can tackle it from different angles. Strength training isn’t just about lifting weights. It’s about diet and psychology as well. In fact, with some diets like the [...]

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  Sleep and Insight

  08.05.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Like brain teasers? Try this one out. Take the following sequence of numbers. And fill in the blank box. Here’s the solution: The rules can be derived from the above example. Take another sequence: 9 4 9 1 9 1 9. What’s the answer? Did you get 1? If you understand the rules, it takes [...]

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  America’s Safest Driver Dies

  08.04.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Michael Doucette competed in a national driver saftey competition sponsored by Dodge. The 17-year old won, earning the title of America’s Safest Teen Driver. His award: a $5,000 scholarship and a Dodge Shadow. According to Michael’s father, safe driving was an obsession with him. ”You need to concentrate and be aware of many things. Not [...]

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  Short Sleep Can Be More Efficient

  07.29.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Numerous scientific studies have shown the negative effects of sleep deprivation. But few studies have analyzed the sleep quality of naturally short sleepers — people who can get by on less than 6 hours of sleep with no alarm clock and no adverse effects. In a somewhat geeky attempt to overturn the oversimplified “8-hour advice”, [...]

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  Train Your Body To Function on Less Sleep — Is it Possible?

  06.19.08 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  Can we function on less than the “required” 8 hours of sleep? Can we actually train our bodies to require less sleep? Sleep experts say no, but anecdotal evidence says yes. In college I once put myself through a strict sleep schedule. I needed a couple more hours in the day to get work done, [...]

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  Is Too Much Sleep Bad For You?

  06.17.08 | Permalink | 43 Comments

  A patient who sleeps 6 to 7 hours may be concerned that she or he is not sleeping long enough, not realizing that 6 to 7 hours is currently the population average. Many people believe that 8 hours of sleep is required for health, but there is little medical basis to recommend sleeping 8 hours [...]

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  How to Never Oversleep Again

  06.17.08 | Permalink | 18 Comments

  Is oversleeping a habit you can’t break? Have you ever considered the consequences of oversleeping? Well, sure, oversleeping can make you late for work or for a class. It can get you fired. But here’s the worst consequence of oversleeping: you’re missing out on life. Alright, maybe that statement needs some clarification. So let’s see [...]

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• Train Your Body To Function on Less Sleep — Is it Possible?
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