Mind over mattress



Mind over mattress

Since sleep deprivation is a known trigger for muscle breakdown in CPT II deficiency, we are offering a selection of links to sleep articles and sleep sites. Check them out and learn how sleep or lack of it can affect your health.

Overcoming sleep problems
October 2000 MDA Quest article by Margaret Wahl.

How sleepy are you?
Rate yourself on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale.

Take a sleep test
From Sleepnet: 42 questions that will help you rate yourself on all aspects of sleep.

Lack of sleep alters hormones and carbohydrate
metabolism
Doctor's Guide report on new research findings.

Sleep Debt

Article by William Dement, M.D.

Sleepless in Silicon Valley

Work more and sleep less, but prepare to suffer the consequences.

Bad habits make America droopy
Interesting statistics on sleep habits.

Researchers gain understanding of sleep loss and fatigue
This 1999 study from Penn State College of Medicine explains why one bad night can disrupt your body.

Eat to sleep
Washington Post article about how food can help or hinder sleep.

Journey to the Center of Sleep
Thought-provoking personal essay by Bill Hayes in Utne Reader.

Certain memories may rest on a good sleep
Science News article about the connection between sleep and learning.

Sleep Quest
Books for sleepless nights
National Sleep Foundation
Sleep Medicine

Intelligence--measured as IQ--drops with each hour of sleep lost. The more sleep deprived you are, the lower your IQ.
--Stanley Corn, M.D.

This new research shows that in young, healthy people who had no sleep problems, that IL-6 was elevated the next day when they were denied sleep. Il-6 is a cytokine-- proteins that act as regulators in immune function, metabolism and sleep.
--A. Vgontzas, M.D.

Adults over 25 need an
average of eight hours sleep per night to be at their mental and physical peak. So if you’re getting less than 7 1/2 hours, you’re probably not getting enough.
--Jed Black, M.D.

If you believe that boredom, a warm room or a heavy meal causes sleepiness, you are wrong! The size of your sleep debt determines the strength of the tendency to fall asleep. If your sleep debt is zero, sleep is impossible. If your sleep debt is very large, no amount of stimulation can keep you awake.
--William Dement, M.D.