Ergoflex blog
Could honey be the ultimate pre sleep food
13-04-2014If you have trouble with your sleep then no doubt you will have read about a number of so called “super sleep foods”. The reality is that for many people these do not have the desired effect, they try them and nothing happens. You would be right then to be sceptical about us telling you of...
How to combat jet lag
10-04-2014If you travel for work then you need to be at your best when you arrive, though as anyone who travels for work knows, often jet lag means that you are often feel terrible. Jet lag is the outcome of travelling across time zones, of throwing your body clock out of sync. For most of human history it was...
6 things you do during sleep
09-04-2014Most of the time when we are asleep we are anything but interesting, fortunately this means that most of the time we are also anything but embarrassing. For some poor people though, they would love nothing but being less interesting... and less embarrassing when they are asleep! It is bad enough doing...
How to fight the obesity crisis with better sleep
06-04-2014The world is growing. We don’t mean in numbers, or at least not in numbers of people, though it is. We mean in size, again not in numbers of people but the size of those people. People are getting bigger, much bigger, and not in an Alice in Wonderland way. You only have to head down to your local...
Would you be comfortable with a sleep-deprived surgeon
03-04-2014Having surgery is nerve wracking enough even if your surgeon has had a great night’s sleep but what if your surgeon hadn’t slept well the night before, what if they had just operated late the night before, would you not be even more nervous about your operation? Most people would. It turns...
How your lack of sleep is messing with your heart
31-03-2014More than just a recharge For a long time sleep was seen as a means of “recharging” the body but a whole a spate of recent research is showing how limited and out of date this mechanistic view of sleep is. Every new piece of research is building a view of sleep that positions it as one of...
Sleep and Memory
27-03-2014Have you heard of Lewy Body Disease? If you haven’t heard of Lewy Body Disease, you are not alone, though it is actually quite common. One of the reasons it is not well known is that it is often misdiagnosed as it is very difficult to confirm the diagnosis and as it shares many of the same symptoms...
Sleep differences for introverts and extraverts
25-03-2014The terms introvert and extrovert may seem like something that are used during psychological testing at school or work as a way of dividing people up but they are actually quite useful methods of determining what type of personality you have. If you don’t remember, the introvert is someone who...
Optimise your body for a better life and career
24-03-2014You want to get ahead, you want to climb the corporate ladder, you want to succeed. However, for most of us there is a huge trade off between career success and our sleep health. To really make an impact in your job you will need to work long hours, especially in your first decade or so when you need...
Could acupuncture make you sleep better
21-03-2014While many of us find that our quality and quantity of sleep are fine, for many sleep can be a struggle. Getting to sleep, staying asleep and sleeping well throughout the night can be extremely difficult for a large segment of the population. That is why we are always on the hunt for a new way to improve...
5 ways your body likes to mess with you when you sleep
14-03-2014Sleep is far from the simply ‘lights out’ cliché that has been portrayed as. The more we learn about it the more we have come to understand that it is an incredibly complex and highly varied process... and that is just when it is all going to plan. As with any complex process, it can...
Why sleeping in on weekends does not reverse weekday sleep deficits
12-03-2014So you work hard all week, getting up early to get in to work. Then along comes the weekend and you figure that you will sleep in to catch up on the sleep you have missed during the week. A few more hours on Saturday and Sunday morning should help you to make up for those lost hours during the week,...
