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Our mattresses can literally be a conductor of EMFs.
you can simply get some EMF shielding bed lining for use on your already existing mattress.
This bed wear is shown to have a shielding effectiveness of 99.7 percent.
You can find more information through the bonus resources at sleeps...
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If you think there’s a chance your sleep and your health are being affected by WiFi exposure in your home, simply get in the habit of turning off the WiFi at night. Biomechanist and bestselling author Katy Bowman utilizes a basic electrical timer to do this automatically. You simply install it in the socket where you plug your router in, and just set it to turn the power off during your preferred sleepy time.
your endocrine system (aka your body’s hormonal system) is responsible for producing hormones like melatonin, oxytocin, and cortisol, which, as we’ve noted, have important roles in relation to sleep.
after consuming a meal, overweight individuals secreted radically higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol.
People with a healthy weight showed a 5 percent increase in cortisol levels after consuming a meal,
while overweight and obese individuals’ cortisol levels increased by a whopping 51 percent! These high cortisol levels translate to higher blood sugar, lower insulin sen...
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The biggest issue is that cortisol is as close to an anti-sleep ho...
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Hormones are chemical messengers that deliver information throughout all the cells in your body.
Hormones are going to change their ratios and functions as you age.
We are either supporting normal hormone function or working against it with the decisions we make.
Research shows that up to 70 percent of the weight you lose through traditional calorie restriction is coming from a loss of your lean muscle tissue.
your muscle is your body’s fat-burning machinery, and if you lose it through dieting, you’ll depress your metabolism and set yourself up for long-term weight gain.
You have to incite your body to secrete hormones that use stored body fat for fuel, and it’s really as simple as that.
The first thing to understand is that you are either burning fat or storing fat—there is no in between.
Your body’s major fat-storing hormone is insulin.
The number one thing that insulin reacts to is carbohydrates. This includes all starches like bread, pasta, and potatoes;
refined sugar products like cakes, candy, and soda; and even healthier carbohydrates like fresh fruit.
A better word for dietary fats would be energy.
by eating a higher ratio of protein and healthy fats, you’ll enable your pancreas to produce more glucagon instead of insulin.
Glucagon triggers the breakdown of stored fatty acids for fuel and is essential to utilize if fat loss is your goal.
micronutrients are essential to healthy hormone function, and remember, fat loss is all about the hormones! Eating micronutrient-rich foods can trigger your body to secrete more leptin (the satiety hormone) to keep you balanced, healthy, and in control.
Most people in our modern world have been programmed to start their day by having dessert for breakfast: oatmeal, toast, pancakes, bagels, cereal, fruit smoothies, and more. You’re starting your day with a huge insulin spike and setting yourself up for a day of fat storage because of this.
breakfast of a vegetable omelet, sliced avocado topped with kelp granules (a sea veggie that’s great for thyroid function), and some omega-3 supplements is a hormone-healthy way to start your day.
if you’re going to make a smoothie, then make a green smoothie with a focus on the green. Load that blender up with a ridiculous amount of green leafy vegetables like spinach, some berries, protein powder, almond butter, some cacao powder (real chocolate powder), cinnamon, unsweetened almond milk, and maybe half a small banana or stevia to make it taste nice.
Even though green smoothies are okay, the best breakfast option for most people is to go with some protein (like eggs, steak, or salmon), veggies (cooked and/or raw), and some healthy fats (like avocado, coconut, olives, or nuts and seeds).
Did you know that you actually get smarter while you sleep? One of the most valuable, but overlooked, aspects of sleep is a function called memory processing. This is where short-term memories and experiences get converted into long-term memories.
REM sleep is significantly disrupted by alcohol being in your system. You won’t be able to fall into deeper, consistent levels of REM sleep, and your brain and body won’t be able to fully rejuvenate.
alcohol disrupts sleep by throwing off the body’s balance of fatigue and wakefulness, something known as sleep homeostasis.
Homeostasis is essentially the ability to maintain internal stability.
adenosine levels rise to encourage your body to go to sleep, but caffeine has the ability to block that sleepiness from happening.
Alcohol leads to increased extracellular concentrations of adenosine. The result: You’re sleepy and you know it
This artificial enhancement of adenosine throws off your sleep homeostasis as your body makes a concentrated effort to clean it all up.
participants who had disrupted sleep cycles were more likely to show signs related to Alzheimer’s disease than normal sleepers.
There’s strong evidence that drinking late in the evening is even more problematic for women.
The findings showed that compared to the men, female participants woke up more often during the night, stayed awake longer, and slept for less time overall.
It’s possible that alcohol affects women’s sleep more because women metabolize alcohol faster than men do.
alcohol decreases muscle tone in the upper airway, meaning that breathing-related sleep issues are intensified after you’ve had a couple of drinks. People dealing with sleep apnea will tend to stop breathing more frequently and for longer periods of time after drinking.
Drinking alcohol is synonymous with belly fat,
sleepiness can impair driving skills as much as being drunk. In fact,
being awake for 20 hours straight makes the average driver perform as poorly as someone with a blood alcohol level of 0.08 percent, now the legal limit in all states.
A recent National Sleep Foundation poll found that 60 percent of drivers admitted that they had driven while sleepy in the preceding year, and 37 percent confessed that they had fallen asleep behind the wheel.
There’s a great alcohol metabolism rate chart and blood alcohol level calculator in the Sleep Smarter bonus resource guide at sleepsmarterbook.com/bonus.
National Sleep Foundation recommends taking a break every 2 hours if you
are driving on a long road trip.
To help nullify the effects of the alcohol faster, you need to drink more water to help flush out the metabolic waste products left behind.
For every alcoholic drink you have, your body can eliminate up to four times as much liquid.
To recover faster and keep your body hydrated, wine expert Anthony Giglio recommends having one 8-ounce glass of water with every alcoholic drink that you consume.
