Woman loosing sleep and sleep causes unwanted "gutfat"

In todays Swedish Daily News you can review a new swedish sleep and weight study of 400 woman gaining "gut-fat" when loosing deep sleep and lack of dreams when sleeping to little. Jenny Theorell-Haglöw at Akademiska sjukhuset lunch,- and allergy-department states that it is an significant change and increase specially with younger girls, up to 9 cm in waist expansion.

The less you sleep the more you eat is the verdict. If you do suffer from sleeping disorder, difficult to relax etc. Sleepaid Records sounds is a real good way to distraction and easier come to rest. The Sleep magazine has published the study.

Create Article - "How to Have Better Sleep" - wikiHow

Create Article - "How to Have Better Sleep" - wikiHow

Too Little Sleep: Sex-Drive Killer

If your sexual get-up-and-go is gone, maybe you're getting up too early or getting to bed too late. (Or maybe you have insomnia or sleep apnea.) Whatever it is that's interfering with your sleep, it's also interfering with your sex drive. Too little sleep creates fatigue. Fatigue saps sex drive. We of course have a remedy for that. Hook up your iPod/ iPhone to (quality) computer speakers into your bedroom and have our babbling brook lull you to a longer better sleep.

Abort Headaches = Relaxing and soothing sounds

We just replied to a question on "how to" help w/ Migrane headaches. How can you not just take some time and relax with som soothing nature sounds. Time back there has always been a promotion to relax and digest your lunch/dinner... do that with our sounds, if your time is limited you can always use our timed Napping sessions, check 'em out!!

Sleep like a child...

Have you ever thought about how much easier kids fall asleep than you?

A recent Survey reveals secret to child sleep. Experts from Monash University in Melbourne and the University of Auckland looked at 519 seven-year-olds in an attempt to confirm what many parents have always believed to be true - that running around during the day means that the child will fall asleep faster. But the study also found that for every hour a child spends sitting still, it takes them three more minutes to fall asleep at night. What they did during this time didn’t matter, they could be watching television or reading and it wouldn’t affect the results.

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We also explain and refer easy steps that can be taken to better sleep habits or what professionally is called "Sleep hygiene" on our SleepAid Records website and here in this blog...

Sleep 101 - Sleep is Essential

Sleep is as important to your health and well-being as diet and exercise. Even a few bad nights a week can affect your mood and your physical health. So if you've been experiencing difficulty sleeping, it's important that you talk to your doctor.
The longer your sleep trouble lasts, the less likely it is to go away on its own. In fact, it may even get worse.
Take your first step towards a better night's sleep. Learn more.
The more you know about your sleeplessness, the easier it is to treat. So talk to your doctor and check out Sleep 101 for lots of helpful information.

What is Insomnia? - The real definition.

Insomnia involves more than just trouble sleeping. In fact, the true definition, according to a nationally recognized medical publication, has 2 parts.

1. You must have at least one of the following symptoms:
• difficulty falling sleep
• difficulty staying asleep
• waking up too early in the morning
• waking up feeling unrefreshed

AND

2. Your sleeplessness has a negative impact on your daytime functioning, such as difficulty concentrating or irritability.
If you're experiencing these symptoms, you may have insomnia, and it's important that you talk to your doctor. Together you can determine the best treatment option for you.

How to Treat Insomnia - Tips to ease yourself to sleep.

If counting sheep's not getting you a peaceful night's sleep, check out these 3 simple lifestyle changes that may help:

1. Create a routine
• Go to bed at the same time each night during the week and on weekends
• Try to wake up at the same time during the week and on weekends
• Set your bedtime and wake-up time at least 8 hours apart

2. Turn your bedroom into a sleep sanctuary
• Make it quiet, dark, cool and comfortable
• Never use your bed for anything but sleep and intimacy

3. Live healthy days. Enjoy happy nights.
• Eat a balanced diet
• Don't eat too close to bedtime
• Try not to smoke or drink alcohol at night
• Don't drink too much of anything before bed
• No caffeine within 6 hours of bedtime
• Try exercising in the morning or afternoon hours (at least 4 hours before bedtime)
• Keep a Sleep Diary to help uncover the cause of your sleep problem and possible solutions.

Mental Relaxations Techniques - 1. Thought-Stopping

In thought-stopping, you willfully force your mind to think thoughts that keep you awake. For example, you may think about your boss chewing you out tomorrow. You mull it over, every detail.

Now, try, suddenly, ordering yourself to “Stop!” If the thought creeps back, yell to yourself again, “Stop!” Keep interrupting your unpleasant thought with unpleasant commands to yourself.

There are two explanations why the thought-stopping relaxation technique works:
1. The word Stop! forces an immediate shifting of our attention, which will lead us away from preoccupying thoughts.
2. Thought-stopping proves you have control. That awareness can lead to self-assuring, self-accepting thoughts — thoughts that are more conducive to sleep.

How are you sleeping

Unfortunately, sleep is sometimes given a low priority in modern life, taking a back seat to our busy schedules and lifestyles. Yet, as scientists in the field of sleep medicine continue to discover, sleep is a dynamic activity in its own right that is as essential to good health as diet and exercise, and as necessary for survival as food and water. Sleep research continues to expand and attract more notice from scientists and clinicians alike. However, more research and public education are needed to make sleep a top health priority. As one of the most crucial, yet most overlooked, indicators of overall health, it is important that doctors begin an ongoing dialogue with their patients about sleep.

Mental Relaxation Techniques
Do ideas and thoughts seem to flood your mind at bedtime? Mental relaxation techniques will help you reduce them so you can relax and fall asleep.
The following relaxation techniques represent tips that may help:
1. Thought-Stopping

2. Reverse Psychology

3. Breathing

4. Counting

5. Creating Pictures

5. Floating

In the next couple of weeks we will guide your through simple sessions of become a better sleeper.

Cherries as sleep aid records

Did you know that by eating a handful of tart cherries, (a good food source of melatonin) before bedtime, may help increase melatonin levels in the blood, which will promote restful sleep. Imagine cherries together with relaxing sounds, win-win!!

Russel J. Reiter, Ph.D. of the University of Texas has been researching the effects of melatonin for 30 years and is co-author with Jo Robinson of the book, Melatonin published in 1996 by Bantam. Dr. Reiter in it they propose the statement above and below.

Melatonin production is stimulated by darkness to induce sleepiness and low melatonin levels at night will contribute to insomnia or jagged sleep. So, even increasing your melatonin levels slightly at night can improve the quality of your sleep.

Diagnose and understand your tinnitus

First DO NOT panic. Tinnitus is usually not a sign of a serious, ongoing medical condition.
CHECK things out. The sounds you hear may actually be normal sounds created by the human body at work.
SEE an audiologist or ear, nose and throat specialist (ENT) interested and experienced in tinnitus treatment.
REVIEW your current medications (prescription, over-the-counter, vitamins and other supplements) with your medical professional to find possible causes of your tinnitus.
BE WARY of a hopeless diagnosis or physician advice like, “There’s nothing you can do about your tinnitus. Go home and live with it.”
BE a detective. Keep track of what triggers your tinnitus.
KEEP UP TO DATE about tinnitus. More and more research by the best and the brightest is bringing us closer to successful treatments and cures for tinnitus. Water sounds tend to mask the annoying tone you have and release you to relax easier, Try water sounds presented by SleepAid Records like Babbling Brook, Mountain Stream or River bend
There are more tips available so check out the blog or visit ATA's web site

Lack of Sleep affects women more than men

It is amazing how important sleep is for us all however a recent research done by University College London and the University of Warwick has found that the levels of inflammatory markers, which indicate heart disease, change significantly with the amount of sleep that women have, but doesn’t vary all that much in men. The study appears in the journal Sleep. Researcher Dr. Michelle Miller said that these findings added to the increasing evidence that the length that one sleeps affects overall health. These results “also are consistent with the idea that sleeping seven or eight hours per night appears to be optimal for health,” Dr. Miller said, and added that more work would be needed to find exactly why a lack of sleep could potentially have a greater effect on women. However, she said that different hormone levels in women could be the key.

The study was conducted with more than 4,600 London-based civil servants who were aged 35 to 55, 73% of which were men.

Is your pillow Tired? Just hang on and testdrive yours...!!

Did you know that a feather pillow lasts for about eight years?? A regular down pillow holds a life san of 5 years and a man-made filling pillow about six months to two years.

A simple test* can determine if "your pillow is tired"!
Lay the Feather or Down pillow on a hard surface and fold it in half or thirds and squeeze out the air. Release the pillow. If it unfolds and return to its original position, it is enough support. A tired (or overused) pillow will stay folded.

Polyester pillows you fold the same way as above but add a shoe on top. If it "pings" off the show the pillow is in good shape.
So either you need to go out and buy a new pillow right now before that it is always goof to consult a physiotherapist before shopping. We love out tempura pillows that do state that your alignment is maintained...

*these is just a guidelines and all out of shape pillows will need replacing if not supporting...

Snooze during the day - Napping session with wake up alarms -fanbrilliant!

Have you ever not liked soft rain when inside or under the veranda covers in the summer...? It is absolutely fantastic. Soft, warm outside and the music from the drops and change in rhythm is so soothing... Try it, even if your not at your favorite place. SleepAid Records have created a soft recording with wake up clock Summer Napping, perfect for napping under some kind of control...

Could your pillow make you tired?

According to Dailymail in UK, Yes!

Do you wake up feeling exhausted? Are those double espressos the only thing keeping you going through the day?

According to a leading sleep researcher you could be one of the millions of Britons suffering from low-grade exhaustion. And the cause is disrupted sleep.

You might not realise it, but the fact is your nights are being disturbed - and your bedtime, your pillow, or even your night clothes could be to blame.

What is your Sleep Personality?

What's Your Sleep Personality?

There is a pattern between the way you sleep and your behaviour.

A study done with 1000 men and woman showed patterns of personal behavior i correlation with sleep positions. The most common positions are:

Fetal - 41% - Described as: Tough on the outside, sensitive at heart... shy, and quick to relax
Log - 15% - Described as: Easy going and sociable, trusting of strangers, sometimes gullible
Yearner - 13% (sleeps with arms open forward) Described as: Open nature, suspicious and cynical, slow to reach decisions, reluctant to change their mind
Soldier - 8% - Described as: Quiet and reserved, don't like a fuss, high standards
Free faller - 7% (on stomach arms extended over head) - Described as: Brash, gregarious on the exterior, thin skinned, outward confidence, responded badly to criticism
Starfish - 5% (on the back arms over head) - Described as: Make good friends, ready to listen and offer help, un assuming, happiest out in the spotlight

Whatever your sleeping position is inproper sleeping patterns can lead to serious health issues.

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Study shows that Cognitive Therapy* Provides Insomnia Relief

According to a study conducted in the U.S., cognitive behavioral therapy* can benefit people with chronic insomnia. The researchers who conducted the study studied data gathered from 115 patients between the ages of 14 and 81 who had chronic onset insomnia, sleep maintenence insomnia or both. These patients went through cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), which makes the person learn to identify thoughts and patterns that interfere with sleep. After this, around 50% and 60% of patients said that they experienced remission of the primary sleep difficulty they suffered from. Read more about this exciting study

* Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as described by The Beck Institute states that this method is one of the few forms of psychotherapy that has been scientifically tested and found to be effective in over four hundred clinical trials for many different disorders. In contrast to other forms of psychotherapy, cognitive therapy is usually more focused on the present, more time-limited, and more problem-solving oriented. Indeed, much of what the patient does is solve current problems. In addition, patients learn specific skills that they can use for the rest of their lives. These skills involve identifying distorted thinking, modifying beliefs, relating to others in different ways, and changing behaviors.

F.e SleepAid Records know that you can use their sounds for sleep and relaxation, with the understanding that you change your thoughts about sleeping read more about that on How it Works

Can't Sleep !?

Use our nature sounds to relax and falling asleep. Easy tips on how to use and understand natural thought redirection for best results when using our sounds.

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