Ergoflex blog

How primal cultures determine sleep requirements

In the West we are preoccupied with time as measured in seconds, minutes and hours. These units help dictate our lives and they are how we gauge our sleeping and wakeful periods. In the West, we sleep in our single block of around 8 hours most nights of the year, as measured by the seconds, minutes...

Read the article

What your sleep position says about you

Are you a foetus, a log, a yearner, a soldier, a freefaller or a starfish? Or are you simply confused by the question? No, these are not new dance moves, or, heaven forbid, positions from the Karma Sutra. They are actually sleep positions, and according to psychologists, they may offer an insight...

Read the article

What is sleep hygiene?

Sleep hygiene may sound like something that has been made up by cleaning companies, but it is actually a sound medical philosophy that is focused on controlling all the environmental and behavioural factors that precede sleep and could interfere with sleep. It is a holistic way of looking at where...

Read the article

Teens who sleep less eat more junk

Teenagers seem to have a complex and unique relationship with sleep. For one, they need far more than virtually any other age group outside the very old and the very young. For years, the fact that teens want to sleep more than usual was put down to them simply being lazy, but recent research has...

Read the article

Technology affecting teen sleep

You’d have to have been living in a cave for the last decade or so to not realise that technology, especially smart phones, computers and gaming devices, are having a massive effect on teenagers. It is uncommon to see a teenager these days who isn’t glued to their phone and doesn’t...

Read the article

Somniphobia is the fear of sleep

It seems there is a never ending list of phobias, many that most people have never heard of or even imagined existed. Here is one that you’ve probably never heard of: somniphobia, which is an abnormal fear of sleeping. Generally speaking, people who suffer from somniphobia are concerned...

Read the article

Should your pet sleep in your bed?

Most people own pets because they love animals and often that translates into letting your cat or dog snuggle up with you at night in bed. While many doctors and psychologists propound the benefits of pet ownership for our mental and physical health, recent findings suggest that there is a limit to...

Read the article

Is sleeping after eating bad for your weight?

We all know that swimming after eating is a no-no, but what about sleeping after eating? Many doctors and nutritionists recommend avoiding having heavy meals near bedtime as it can lead to weight gain. This is one of the many reasons that lunch should be the largest and heaviest meal of the day, while...

Read the article

Insomnia prevalent among teens

The teenage years are one of the most important for both physical and mental development. They mark the transition from child to adult and it is vital that during this period everything possible is done to ensure that the transition is a positive and healthy one. Sleep is vital during this period...

Read the article

What is Insomnia?

Insomnia is, if you pardon the pun, a bogeyman. Haunting people during the night, leaving a wake of exhaustion and depression. In short, insomnia is a sleep disorder, or more correctly, a hard to get to sleep disorder. There is no single ‘insomnia’ but rather a number of different...

Read the article

Dimethyltryptamine The drug that causes you to dream

DMT, or dimethyltryptamine to give it its full name, is one of the  most powerful psychedelic drugs known to mankind. It is, unsurprisingly, illegal, although all of us take it every night. Maybe we should clarify. It is illegal to buy DMT, but our bodies produce it naturally, DMT is the chemical...

Read the article

Daylight saving leads to less sleep and more injuries

Daylight savings was first implemented in 1895 by an American and has been adopted by many countries across the world. It is an extremely divisive practice, with many people praising it while others are extremely critical. While adding extra hours of daylight is beneficial to agriculture, commerce...

Read the article

Newest    |    Newer    |   

Page 44 of 78

   |    Older    |    Oldest