Eating late should generally be avoided, food before bedtime can affect your sleep as well as your waistline. However when it can’t be avoided, or when you’re just craving some midnight munchies, what are the best options for helping you to drift off?
Cherries
Melatonin is the chemical that helps regulate your body’s...
It has become apparent that a large percentage of people in China have major problems getting to sleep and having a good night of rest. This month, in conjunction with World Sleep Day, the 2013 China Sleep Quality Index was released by the Chinese Medical Doctors Association in Beijing, outlining a number of major issues...
While it may have passed many people by, March is National Bed Month - the Sleep Council's longest-standing awareness campaign. Created in 1990, the event runs throughout the month and is seen as the perfect time of year to remind Britons and their international cousins alike of the importance of better sleep and the role...
It's not often that footballers at a top-flight football club in the UK receive positive press for their behaviour off the pitch, but that's the impression that players for Sunderland AFC gave in a recent trip to Dubai.
Sunderland captain Lee Cattermole recently posted an article on Twitter that was snipped out of a newspaper's re...
Exercise is one of the most important things to factor into your lifestyle if you're going to get the best night's sleep possible, if the results of the latest high-profile poll are to be believed.
According to the results of National Sleep Foundation's 2013 Sleep in America survey, those who described themselves as keen e...
Just as some foods help wake your brain up in the morning, there are a bunch of others that are great for easing you into sleep at night. What we’re looking for here are foods rich in Magnesium, Calcium and Tryptophan, which help relax nerves and muscles. If you struggle to get a good night’s sleep, try eating some of these around 2 hours before bedtime:
Bananas
Probably the best food for the job, bananas are very high in muscle-relaxing nutrients magnesium and potassium – great for relaxi...
“Sleep on it”. It’s a well-used phrase which basically means waiting till the next day so you have more time to think about a problem. Well, a new study suggests that when faced with a difficult problem, sleeping on it really does help.
Previous research proposed that the more we consciously think about a decision, the worse the decision ends up being made. According to the researchers, what we need to do in these situations is to spend some time in unconscious thought. In other words: get...
Only one day to go until Halloween! Wooooooo!!!! It's often a fun, lighthearted way to enjoy life when things feel a bit drab due to the onset of the cold weather. To get into the spirit of things, many people like to watch scary films around this time, but what effect do they have on our ability to get to sleep on a night?
Studies show that what we watch actually does have an effect on what we dream about so if you like to watch scary films - especially before bed, it may have an effect on ...
So many of us would love to be able to get a good night’s sleep whilst travelling on a plane. We’d love to recharge our bodies after a nice long rest, ready for adventures in our chosen destination. But unfortunately, it’s easier said than done. Whether it’s the cramped seats, noisy engine, upright sleeping position or screaming babies, many of us just struggle to get any shut-eye.
Of course, those with business class tickets can usually just get comfortable in those seats that transform...
Researchers from the Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre in Maryland, USA have developed a technique which has shown to significantly improve sleep quality and reduce stress levels before bedtime.
They’ve called this system the Tension Tamer and the aim of their heart health study was to see how certain stress reduction techniques affected sleep parameters in 334 participants.
The technique was really brief. So brief in fact, that it only took 10 minutes each time. Each patient was...
