Ergoflex blog

Are you sleeping wrong?

The received wisdom is that we all need to sleep for about eight hours solid every night. However, this ‘fact’ is not actually that old and many scientists believe that it is actually an artificial routine that has been arbitrarily forced upon us. In many of the hotter countries today,...

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How long should it take you to fall asleep?

While there are no hard and fast rules when it comes to getting to how long it takes you to get to sleep at night, recent studies have found that if you are regularly dropping to sleep within five minutes, you are probably sleep deprived. The study found that those individuals who were showing...

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5 crazy sleepwalking stories

Most of us have sleepwalked before, but luckily most of us do not have sleepwalking stories like this: 1.In London one night, police were alerted to a possible suicide attempt. When they arrive they found a young girl forty metres in the air on the counterweight of a crane. When they reached...

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The sleep hormone discovery and its potential

A research group at the Institute of the McGill University Health Centre made a massive breakthrough recently when they discovered the complex workings of the hormone melatonin, also known as the sleep hormone. The research, which was conducted in collaboration with scientists from Italy, shows the...

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Not sleeping too well? You may have diabetes

There are a number of reasons that you might be having trouble sleeping, from the psychological through to the physical. One concerning reason is that you may have diabetes. New research shows that many young people with type 1 diabetes have trouble getting a decent night’s sleep, which can...

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Liquids before bed can upset your sleep cycle

If you are finding it difficult to get to sleep at night or are finding yourself tired and drained in the morning, then it is time that you had a look at your routines, diet and habits. These can all dramatically affect both our ability to get to sleep  and the quality of our sleep. There...

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Sleep better by changing what you eat at night

Sleep is vital to our physical and psychological well being, it is central to our lives, yet it is in some ways a mysterious and confusing process. One that many of us struggle with and one that many of us would like to do better. For those that sleep well every night, this struggle can seem surprising,...

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Policemen and women have high chance of a sleep disorder

A recent survey of police officers found that around 40% of them suffer from some form of sleep disorder, which is concerning as this is linked to a raise in risk of adverse health, performance and safety issues. The survey conductors noted that this percentage was far higher than the normal rate...

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Going to bed hungry?

Sleep is a central part of all of our lives, occupying around a third of our time on this planet. Amazingly, for something as important as sleep, many of us don’t actually spend that much time thinking about it or ensuring it is fulfilling. Compared to other trivia that we obsess over and spend...

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Getting to Sleep

For most people, getting to sleep is easy. They do not even have to think about it, it is something that happens naturally. However, for others, getting to sleep is a battle, hard fought and not always won. If you struggle to get to sleep but do not want to take sleeping pills, there are a number...

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Cereal A Super Sleep Food

Not being able to get to sleep at night and waking in the morning feeling tired and scratchy is annoying and if it continues it can become debilitating. People who suffer from sleep disorders often develop a number of different ailments and conditions including depression, anxiety, hallucinations...

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Edamame A Super Sleep Food

Sleep is so important to our well being but for many people it is a real struggle to get to sleep and to have a satisfying and fulfilling night’s sleep. Even going one night without enough sleep is bad and long term sleep disorders can wreck havoc on people’s lives, leading to depression,...

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