If you want to make some lifestyle changes to improve your health in 2016, getting more sleep should be at the top of your list. Sleep impacts every aspect of our lives from our weight, health and well-being to productivity and safety.
The world’s most common New Year’s resolution is losing weight, according to the University of Scranton’s Journal of Clinical Psychology. What’s the secret to getting control of your weight? Making sleep a priority.
Getting sleep helps trim waistlines and flatten abs due to multiple physiological factors, from regulating metabolism and hormones to boosting energy levels.

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Foods that pass the holiday stress test

With the holidays fast approaching, have you ever caught yourself napping after the big meal or wishing you didn’t have that post-dinner coffee or that one more glass of holiday cheer?

We all know the food we eat provides our bodies with fuel for the day, but what we eat also affects how we power down and sleep at night – in a variety of ways. Since a good night’s sleep is tied to a slew of benefits to our health and well-being, we’ve compiled exactly what you should (and shouldn’t) eat before putting on your PJ’s to ensure an excellent night of sleep ahead. Read more

Turn September into Sleeptember
for your teen

School is back in session but is your teen back to getting enough sleep for class? If the answer is no, then I have some advice that may help.

Here’s what I know: a recent National Sleep Foundation survey found that 25% of teenagers sleep in class at least once a week. It’s because they’re chronically sleep deprived! The average teen sleeps an hour and a half less each night than the needed 8 to 9.5 hours to be alert the next day. The sleep hormone melatonin releases later during puberty, meaning your teen probably doesn’t get drowsy until 11 p.m. Studying late at night and using smartphones and computers only add to the problem.

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Poor Skippy. He’s going to have to sleep in the dog bed tonight.

It’s Monday and you’re probably tired, so I’ll keep this short.

This weekend, as always, I transitioned from being the sleep expert at work to the mom who barely sleeps at home. My two active boys keep me on my toes all day, and of course, I love every minute of it. You know the expression they grow up “in the blink of an eye?” Well, I also feel the same when I finally hit the sack every night — I wake up after just a “blink of an eye.”

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The battle of the sexes continues as women get the shorter end of the stick regarding sleep.
Below is an article by Dr. Charu Sabharwal, Founder and Director of the Comprehensive Sleep Care Center and a prominent sleep expert in the Washington, DC area. We welcome you to post this informative article in your next publication.

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