Showing posts with label sleeping problem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sleeping problem. Show all posts

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Turn Off Your Lights at Night




Do you sleep late at nights? This is very common with people these days as people prefer to work late nights in order to complete their pending work. However, did you ever realize why you don't feel sleepy at night? Well, the answer is because of the lights that are on in your room. Many people these days prefer to keep their lights turned on even at night time because they love to work at night and that can lead to many changes inside our body. Some people are scared of darkness and therefore they prefer to keep lights turned on when they are asleep but this is certainly bad for your health.

As per the research done by experts working on human sleep it was found that people can certainly benefit if they sleep in dark. The researchers went ahead and tried some experiments with lab mice where 12 mice were kept under controlled environment where they would get 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness, while the other 12 were exposed to 13 hours of light and 11 hours of darkness. It was just a difference of one hour but there were some huge changes that happened in those mice. Eventually, it was concluded that those mice that received one hour of extra light had elevated their chances of getting cancer.

On further research, it was found that night light can have great impact on melatonin which helps in inducing wake sleep cycle inside us. If there is too much of light, or if the TV is on in the room or even a night lamp is turned on it can affect the melatonin inside our body and the result is that is breaks the sleep wake cycle to a great extent. These melatonin cells can also help us from various tumors and cancer cells which are life threatening. Hence, it has now been proved that night light can have great impact on our mind and body in the long run.

Be Serious About Your Snoring




Do you believe that life always gives you a kind of warning before anything wrong happens? Well, many people believe that somewhere we do get some kind of signals that indicates what might happen to us in the future. Similarly our body also gives out some kind of signals that tells us that something is wrong inside. Snoring is just a kind of warning signal that you must not ignore because it is telling you that something is really not right inside your body. As per the research more than 45% of the global population suffers from snoring problem but majority of them never take it seriously because they are asleep or they never feel any pain or problems when they snore aloud.

However, snoring can be harmful to the people you live with because your snoring can make their life miserable. There are divorce cases recorded where people break up because of snoring problems, but that is not the only reason why you should take your snoring seriously. As per the research, snoring problems can be indications of obesity and that means that in future you might be suffering from problems like diabetes, cardiac problems and even blood pressure problems. Hence, the moment you feel that you are receiving too many comments for your snoring you need to head towards your doctor because your body needs the right treatment.

People who have snoring problems have also suffered from other cardiovascular problems and therefore they need to make sure that they exercise on a daily basis. Health experts believe that the fat in the neck region can block the air flowing through the wind pipe when the patient is sleeping and that can lead to problems like sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a condition in which the patient does not breathe air for few seconds because the wind pipe is blocked. This can lead to problems like sleeplessness, fatigue, morning sickness and hypertension because the body has not got the right amount of rest. Hence, it is always advisable to check with your doctor when your snoring gets beyond your control.