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Sleeping In on the Weekends

The theme of this blog is related to staying up late on the weekends and then sleeping in on the weekend mornings. I chose this topic because of the upcoming Halloween weekend! Many of us will be out celebrating at various Halloween parties this weekend, and we will most likely be up fairly late in the night. It then seems normal for us to get a normal amount of sleep after being out, which leads us to sleep much later into the morning/afternoon than normal. However, after doing some research, it appears that this could actually make you feel more tired during the day. Research suggests that this could disrupt your normal sleeping pattern and make you feel drowsy during the day. So, while it may be hard, you might be better off waking up at a relatively normal time if you go out, because it might be much more beneficial to you than sleeping all morning. It is recommended that you drink water after waking up for multiple reasons, but it could jump start your alertness most importantly...
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Sleep Health in the News

CNN recently published an article about the effects of healthy sleep on the grade's of college students. The article cites a study from Scientific Reports that focused on the sleep patterns of students at the college level. The data was collected over a period of 30 days, where students were divided into groups of regular or irregular sleepers.  The study concluded that the irregular sleepers were given lower scores on a unique scoring index used for this study. The index was measured from 0 to 100, with the irregular sleepers scoring closer to 0. If a student increased his score on the index by 10, it was found that their GPA would have a .10 increase.  The study came to a conclusion that irregular sleepers have a delayed release of melatonin, which is a sleep hormone. The release of melatonin has a profound effect on our body's circadian clock, which helps keep time for our biological functions. The effect can be so large that it can effect a student's ability to p...
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Introduction to Sleep Health

        Sleeping is something that we all do every night of our lives, well, most nights at least. We may feel great when we wake up, or we may feel as though we barely slept at all. Sleep is a crucial bodily function that allows our bodies to rest for the following day of activity. Throughout the evening, our bodies cycle through non-REM and REM stages of sleep. Healthy sleep can influence our day in a variety of ways, and what we do during the day can impact that night's sleep quality. A few interesting facts about sleep: Human beings are the only mammals that intentionally delay their sleep. Snoring disrupts the sleep of roughly 90 million American adults. A person could have an increased appetite due to not having enough sleep. Divorced, widowed and separated people report more insomnia.        Sleep health is important because it influences a variety of factors in our daily lives. We could have a change in mood, increased hu...
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