Sweet dreams: The right foods for a good night’s sleep. Do you have trouble getting a good night’s sleep?
You’re not alone. More than 100 million Americans of all ages regularly fail to get a good night’s sleep.More than 35 million Americans complain of chronic insomnia (poor sleep every night or most nights.)One in four Americans takes some kind of sleep medication.Sleep deprivation and sleep disorders are estimated to cost Americans over $100 billion annually in lost productivity, medical expenses, sick leave, and property and environmental damage (National Sleep Foundation). What you eat affects how you sleep. One of the keys to a restful night’s sleep is to get your brain calmed rather than revved up. Some foods contribute to restful sleep; other foods keep you awake. Tryptophan (which is converted to an amino acid called L-tryptophan) is the raw material that the brain uses to build sleep-inducing substances (relaxing neurotransmitters) serotonin and melatonin. Sweet dreams: The right foods for a good night’s sleep « Food Democracy. Do you have trouble getting a good night’s sleep?
Do you ever just wake up in a fiercely bad mood for no particular reason. Do you ever wake up in a bad mood for no reason? : Just For Fun. Jun4 wrote:Sometimes i wake up really irritated or angry for no reason and it just doesn't go away all day.
Do you get this? And how do you lift your mood on these days? ThanksJun Yuppers, often and of course I deal with it in any way I can. Sometimes I fight the ultraego that pisses me off (that can be fun to see if I ever caught it on video), or I'll write a rap song lol (don't sound a bit like Eminem but I try) or a pointless poem I doubt anyone will ever see or I'll search my FB page for people that are being selfish and reply with my blunted angry way. Jostlyn I know just as much as you do, only I don't have a way to prove it, so can we all just play dumb? Is oversleeping bad for you. If you want the scientific reason... as opposed to the tawdry rumors.
Unfortunately, in this case there's not much difference, as we shall see. More has been written about oversleeping in the medical journals than you might think. In 1969 sleep researchers John Taub and Ralph Berger gave the phenomenon (or one aspect of the phenomenon) a name: the Rip Van Winkle Effect, the experience of feeling bad after extended sleep (more than 10 hours). Various studies by the above and other parties have established that: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Why do you feel groggy after oversleeping? A Straight Dope Classic from Cecil's Storehouse of Human Knowledge February 5, 1999 Dear Cecil: If you sleep too much, you don't feel refreshed; instead you feel sluggish, groggy, and generally disposed to more sleep.
What is the scientific reason behind this? — Mimi Thomas, via AOL Cecil replies: Glad you want the scientific reason, Mimi, as opposed to the tawdry rumors. More has been written about oversleeping in the medical journals than you might think. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Attempting to salvage something from this fiasco, the sleep research community now offers such conjectures as the following: "People generally expect to feel better after getting a long night of sleep; their expectations may predict greater improvement than they actually obtain, in which case they feel worse" (Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreaming) . — Cecil Adams. Oversleeping Side Effects. Everybody likes sleeping.
There is nothing better after a long day’s work than to crawl into a comfy bed and take a nap. It is also something that we all do. Everyone needs sleep. It is good for us. That is what we have been told all of our lives. But what about the opposite? The Causes of Oversleeping Most people think of someone that sleeps a lot as just being lazy. There is another condition named sleep apnea, which is a breathing problem that causes people to stop breathing for short periods of time when they are sleeping. However, not everyone that oversleeps suffers from a medical condition. Of course, there are some psychological factors that can have an impact on the way you sleep. Physical Side Effects of Oversleeping Unfortunately, oversleeping can indeed cause a host of nasty side effects for those that do it for a long period of time: • There have been some studies conducted by American scientists that show a correlation between oversleeping and diabetes.
10 Ways to Let Go and Overcome a Bad Mood. “Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day.”
~Unknown Contrary to popular belief, even positive people get in bad moods. Maybe you didn’t get enough sleep last night. Or you feel overworked and overwhelmed. Or perhaps something happened and you keep dwelling on it, going over and over in your head how you froze up in a meeting or spoke too aggressively to someone you love. Whatever the case may be, you feel something you don’t want to feel and you’re not sure how to change it.
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