Ergoflex blog
The ageing process and sleep
05-12-2014Sleep is something that is intrinsically connected with age. When babies are first born they need to sleep for as much as three quarters of every day. Then as they age their sleep requirements drop, by around two or three they stop needing naps during the day and then only require about 8 or 9 hours...
6 reasons you snore
02-12-2014Do you snore? No doubt if you do the way you found out was because your girlfriend or wife has told you over and over and over and over and over again! Yes, we get it, snoring is annoying, for you at least! But seriously, snoring is actually really horrible for the person listening to it, but it can...
5 reasons sleeping naked is good for you
27-11-2014Do you go au natural at night? Are you a commando sleeper? Some people dress up to go to bed and others dress down to their birthday suit. So what is the allure of sleeping in the nude? Here are 5 reasons nude sleep is for you!
4 ways sleep deprivation can impact you
19-11-2014Sleep deprivation is awful, the next day you feel like death warmed up. Your brain works slower, your body is lethargic and you will find that you are far more emotional than normal. All it takes is a few hours less than normal and you will feel the impacts. Over the long term it can have a very detrimental...
The real-life horror story of the man who was awake for 200 hours
14-11-2014How bad do you think it would be to stay awake for 200 hours solid? For most of us, missing one night of sleep is bad enough and the thought of missing about 8 nights of sleep in a row is beyond horrifying. For one man, radio DJ Peter Tripp, it was a truly horrifying experience, and one he never got...
What the discovery of the sleep disruption gene means to us
10-11-2014Sleep disruption, even the term makes you feel tired. Many people suffer from sleep disorders that cause them to have difficulty getting the quality and quantity of sleep they require. Over the past few decades research has shown just how detrimental lack of good quality sleep can be. In the past we...
Sleep lessons from men in space
06-11-2014One of the many reasons that humanity has gone to space is to discover more about ourselves and our biology. Putting humans in space provides us with a lot of data about our bodies and our psychology as we are able to see the impacts that zero gravity and isolation have on us. One area that has been...
9 ways sleep deprivation messes with your head
29-10-2014Everyone has had a night where they have not got enough sleep. The consequences are painfully obvious. Your eyes feel grainy, your brain is slow, you are irritable and you lack energy. These are the obvious symptoms of sleep deprivation, but the reality is that it is much worse than it appears. These...
4 things to stop believing about sleep
23-10-2014For most of humanity’s time on earth we have had a very limited understanding about sleep so it is not really surprising that there are so many myths and mistruths surrounding this phenomenon. We always hear these myths and mistruths and after a while we decided to look into them, after all sleep...
Bad sleepers have more fine lines on their skin
15-10-2014You don’t want to end up with a face with more grooves than a record on it, do you? Most of are fairly keen to keep the youthful visage but sadly as we get older we age inside and outside. However, as with almost everything, not everyone ages the same. Many will get more lines on their face from...
Your brain cells will not survive if you do not sleep
12-10-2014You have probably heard something about hitting your head and losing brains cells. Most of us have laughed that off, but the reality is that our brain cells are not something that we are born with and will die with and while hitting your head will only result in loss of brain cells if you hit it very...
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Why are yawns contagious
08-10-2014Whenever someone around you yawns you feel the need yourself. You may be able to stifle it but generally speaking you just go with the flow and yawn yourself. You might even have just yawned RIGHT NOW simply because you are reading about! It is such a ubiquitous part of life that you may not have ever...
