Daylight savings time just ended in the US and most people may still feel the effects of it for a couple of days. As it is exciting to feel that we "gained" an hour, even a one-hour change has an impact on our circadian rhythm. The goal of the implementation of daylight savings time in the early 190...
Whether you are lifting weights or not, this resistance training might benefit you in more ways than you'd ever expected. Respiratory Muscle Training is training the inhalation and exhalation muscles needed to breathe well. Most people think that only people with COPD and other chronic illnesses or ...
Our brain and body function in the circadian rhythms, which are physical, mental, and behavioral changes that follow a 24-hour cycle. Exposure to more light during the day and less light at night is critical in calibrating the body’s internal “circadian” clock and is important for healthy sleep patt...
Do you find yourself checking your phone first thing in the morning? Getting the news, checking the emails, answering text messages, and then getting stuck on social media?
It is fairly common knowledge that being on your phone/screen late at night impacts your sleep. Today I will share why reachin...
Struggling to fall asleep? I have! Lying there in bed not being able to sleep even when I felt super tired was hard. Due to the struggles that I had with sleep and being a science lover, I studied the neuroscience of sleep, implemented strategies, and started tracking my sleep. I slowly started to s...
You might have heard that digital screens emit blue light but did you know that blue light is not bad since it is an important component of our sunlight. We need blue light. But the blue light of a screen is not the full wave length like in the sun and too much can have a significant impact on sleep...
In this episode, I'm going to talk about fatigue and particularly the fatigue throughout the day. We know if you don't sleep well you're going to be tired the next day. That's pretty simple. Getting the right amount and good quality of sleep is important. The second component is nutrition. Nutrition...
Sleep is non- negotiable
“Wahoo - weekend! I have to catch up on my sleep. I will sleep in since I didn’t get enough this past week.”
Well, that is what I thought for many years until I started studying the science of sleep. The possibility to catch up on sleep on the weekend is unfortunately a my...
