Posts Tagged ‘health is wealth’
A Bad Night’s Sleep Is Hard to Stomach
What Links Gut Health and Sleep? If you’ve followed any recent wellness trends, you’ve heard about gut health. Your digestive tract hosts the enteric nervous system (ENS)—a network of 200–600 million neurons woven into your gut walls. It earned the nickname “the second brain” because it works alongside your sympathetic (“fight or flight”) and parasympathetic…
Read MoreWhat Happens to Your Consciousness While You Sleep?
Have you ever wondered where your awareness goes when you drift off to sleep? While vivid dreams can sometimes leave traces behind, much of our sleep experience is a total blank. So, where is your consciousness during those dreamless hours? This question has fascinated scientists, mystics, and philosophers alike. And although we’re still uncovering the…
Read MoreSleep Is More Important To Happiness Than Money
Ever wondered what really makes you happy? You might assume it’s more money—but research says otherwise. The real key to happiness could be as simple as getting more sleep. A UK study by Oxford Economics and the National Centre for Social Research found that sleep has the strongest link to happiness and wellbeing—even more than…
Read MoreWorld Sleep Day 2017: Sleep Soundly, Nurture Life
Sleep comes naturally for all of us, so much so that we humans spend one third of our entire life sleeping. That means, if we live to be 75 years old and we’re sleeping at least 8 hours a day, 25 years of that is spent sleeping. But has sleep really been given much importance…
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