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Sleep, How Much or How Little?

The truth is there is no exact science to say exactly how much or how little sleep we should be getting. There is a recommended 8 hours, but that differs up or down depending on age, and is really just a recommended median in a window of time rather than an exact number. It is often hard once we lay our heads on the pillow to wind down and to enter into the first stages of sleep. We get too distracted with external lights and electronic devices that it takes more time to unwind. There are four stages of sleep. The […]

Sleep Prevents The Common Cold

September 9, 2015 / Design Health / All Posts

You know that awful season that we all dread, the infamous cold and flu season?! It’s right around the corner and what’s recommended to fight off that icky virus that’s lurking? Sleep! According to an article on the Washington Post, “People who sleep six hours a night or less are four times more likely to catch a cold than those who snooze for more than seven hours.” There are a lot of people who claim that they only need a few hours of sleep a night and are can function perfectly fine, but the long term effects of that aren’t pretty

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