Power Sleeping – Are your Naps Robbing you of Energy?

Written by Craig Desorcy


Power Sleeping – Are your Naps Robbing you of Energy?

To nap or not to nap? That isrepparttar question. There seem to be arguments on both sides ofrepparttar 114068 question of whether napping is beneficial. The simple answer is that naps can be very effective for increasing energy levels when one has a proper understanding of howrepparttar 114069 sleep system works. Failure to understandrepparttar 114070 inner sleep system and sleeping to long duringrepparttar 114071 day can actually result in sleep that actually robs you of energy.

Contrary to popular belief, our bodies are actually very busy when we are sleeping. In fact, our inner sleep system involves a complex process of sequential sleep stages. There are a total of five sleep stages. The first two stages, Stages 1 and 2, are considered light sleeping. During Stages 1 and 2 we can be easily awakened and we do not enter a deep enough sleep cause a disturbance to our inner sleep clock. Generally we are in Stage 1 and 2 sleep duringrepparttar 114072 first 45 minutes of sleep. If we sleep longer than 45 minutes we will enterrepparttar 114073 later stages of sleep which involve deep sleep.

Deep sleep, Stages 3, 4, and 5, involves physiological changes in body temperature, heart rate and respiration. It is during deep sleep that our bodies work to repair themselves and fight disease. This is why people tend to sleep more when they are sick and why lack of quality sleep can lowerrepparttar 114074 immune system. You can see how taking naps which are more than 45 minutes and involve deep sleep could actually knock your inner sleep system off balance leaving you tired and without energy. Also, because ofrepparttar 114075 complex processes going on during deep sleep it can be detrimental to awaken from deep sleep prematurely. Therefore to achieverepparttar 114076 maximum benefit from a nap it needs to be less than 45 minutes. In fact,repparttar 114077 optimal napping length seems to be ten to twenty minutes. A ten to twenty minute power nap can actually leave you feeling more refreshed and energized than if you had slept much longer.

The Myths Associated with Human Growth Hormone

Written by Alfred Jones


I would like to dispel some ofrepparttar myths and worries associated with Human Growth Hormone Therapy, or HGH.

First of all, a large number of people do not know what kind of treatment is involved with this therapy. I have asked family and friends if they know what it all means, I have had replies that are completely offrepparttar 114067 mark, some have thought that it was having injections of a substance that has been taken from Monkey Glands, others have thought that it was something to do with Stem Cell research, none of these ideas could be further fromrepparttar 114068 truth, perhaps it isrepparttar 114069 name, or some other reason, but whatever, we are stuck withrepparttar 114070 name.

HGH, is actually made from a combination of all natural nutrients such as Glutamine Peptides, Colostrum and Amino Acids, proven to enhancerepparttar 114071 bodies natural production of HGH.

HGH is one of many endocrine hormones, like Estrogen, Progesterone, Testosterone, Melatonin and DHEA, that decline with age. Research has shown that many diseases and conditions, which occur with aging, may be attributed torepparttar 114072 effects of years of Free Radical damage. These toxic particles, damagerepparttar 114073 cells in your body, but your body’s defenses against free radicals are increased with HGH and its blend of natural nutrients. They help your body to release its own stores of Youth Hormones, its this blend of youth hormone releasers and health protecting nutrients that takes age defying one step further, than any other treatment.

Human Growth Hormone, also known as Somatotropin, is one ofrepparttar 114074 most abundant chemicals secreted byrepparttar 114075 Pituitary Gland, HGH production in high quantities is essential to growth during Childhood and Adolescence, but also must remain present at lower levels as we age, to maintain our health and wellbeing. Afterrepparttar 114076 age of 20, HGH production falls progressively at a rate of about 14% per decade. It is very common to have a loss of 75% or more byrepparttar 114077 age of 60.

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