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 is question. There seem to be arguments on both sides of 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 how sleep system works. Failure to understand inner sleep system and sleeping to long during 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 during first 45 minutes of sleep. If we sleep longer than 45 minutes we will enter 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 lower 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 of complex processes going on during deep sleep it can be detrimental to awaken from deep sleep prematurely. Therefore to achieve maximum benefit from a nap it needs to be less than 45 minutes. In fact, 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 HormoneWritten by Alfred Jones
I would like to dispel some of 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 off 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 from truth, perhaps it is name, or some other reason, but whatever, we are stuck with name. HGH, is actually made from a combination of all natural nutrients such as Glutamine Peptides, Colostrum and Amino Acids, proven to enhance 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 to effects of years of Free Radical damage. These toxic particles, damage 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 of most abundant chemicals secreted by 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. After 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 by age of 60.
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