Sleep Enough

What time do you usually go to bed at night? Sleeping late at night has become the trend in our culture today, but please bear in mind that our basic physiology has never changed at all from the days of our ancestors. We still need 7-8 hours of sleep a night minimum, but there’s more [...]

Shift work is becoming commonplace in today’s increasingly globalized world. Call centers for example, or 24 hour stores. Sometimes people work two jobs, and then they have to do shift work. Basically, anything other than Monday to Friday, or from 9-5, would be regarded as shift work. Naturally, all this puts your circadian rhythm out [...]

Here’s just another reason why you should get enough sleep. According to the findings of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, adequate sleep increases the function of the immune system substantially, as opposed to getting by on less sleep. At least, this applies for mammals (and we are mammals [...]