During pregnancy, inadequate sleep is a common complain made by women, mostly, due to the result of anxiety and stress, hormonal fluctuations, and physical discomfort. As your pregnancy progresses, you may find it more difficult to find a comfortable position, or you may have to get up several times during the night to empty your increasingly cramped bladder. Causes of … [Read more...]
Sleep And Fitness: How A Bad Night’s Sleep Affects Your Workout
You might think that sleep is not important if you are trying to get fit and build muscle. You would be wrong. In fact, sleep has a massive impact on building muscle - and its lack negatively affects your workout. Without proper rest, your muscles will not grow as large as they could, you will not be able to burn off fat as easily, and your technique may suffer. Let's take a … [Read more...]
8 Yoga Poses For Quality Sleep
By Cathy Madeo Did you know that yoga can increase the quality of your sleep, help with sleep disorders such as insomnia and overall bring a better sense of wellbeing to you? Yoga helps cultivate a deeper mind body connection which allows you to have better control over your body. By bringing attention to your breath through the practice of yoga, you trigger the … [Read more...]
Sleep Loss: Responsible for Weight Gain in New Moms
In his book, Sleep Thieves, author Stanley Coren states that parents lose between 400-750 hours of sleep during baby’s first year of life, which is the equivalent of losing 50-94 full 8-hour nights of sleep. As recent research suggests, the toll it takes on the child and the parents is no laughing matter. Research conducted by Kaiser Permanente/Harvard Medical School on … [Read more...]
Sleep Recommendations For Optimal Health
For the first time, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) has released official consensus recommendations for the amount of sleep needed to promote optimal health in children and teenagers to avoid the health risks of insufficient sleep. The recommendations in the consensus statement are as follows: Infants four to 12 months should sleep 12 to 16 hours per 24 … [Read more...]
