World Alzheimer’s Day Message: Your Healthy Brain Depends on Quality Sleep
Join us in commemorating World Alzheimer’s Day as we shed light on the crucial connection between our brains and sleep. Quality sleep is often overlooked as something vital for optimal brain function. That’s why it makes sense to prioritize getting sufficient restorative sleep every night as it is a key aspect of brain health to help prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Sleep and Alzheimer’s Disease: An Interconnected Relationship Today, it’s estimated...
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Insomnia: Tackling a Common Sleep Disorder
“There are some nights when sleep plays coy, aloof and disdainful. And all the wiles that I employ to win its service to my side are useless as wounded pride, and much more painful.” —Maya Angelou, “Insomniac,” Shaker Why Don’t You Sing?, 1983 Have you ever found yourself lying awake in bed, unable to fall asleep? You’re not alone. Insomnia has many causes and affects people from all walks of life, including celebrities. One such celebrity is the talented...
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Understanding the Importance of Sleep for Optimal Brain Function
While physical fitness gets a lot of attention regarding human health, we overlook brain health’s importance for overall well-being. A good nighttime snooze is more than a moment of inactivity. While it’s important for your body, your brain function also depends on optimal rest and recovery. Quality sleep is central to your brain’s cognitive, emotional, and behavioral processes and general health. To help you understand the importance of sleep for the...
Read MoreSpringing Forward Into Daylight Saving Time is a Step Back for Health
A neurologist explains the medical evidence, and why this shift is worse than the fall time change by Beth Ann Malow, Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University As people in the U.S. prepare to set their clocks ahead one hour on Sunday, March 12, 2023, I find myself bracing for the annual ritual of media stories about the disruptions to daily routines caused by switching from standard time to daylight saving time. About one-third of...
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Discover the Benefits of a Natural Talalay Latex Mattress
Discover the Benefits of a Natural Talalay Latex Mattress We spend about a third of our lives sleeping, so it’s important to have a mattress that’s both comfortable and healthy. That’s why a natural talalay latex mattress is a great option. Generally, there are a few types of materials used in mattresses: memory foam, polyurethane foam, and latex foam. Of these options, only latex is natural. It’s a durable, hypoallergenic rubber...
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The Missing Link to Reaching Your Weight Loss Goals
Bears get huge before their winter hibernation then wake up many pounds lighter in the spring. Although you may not be able to sleep away the pounds like a bear, there is a direct correlation between getting enough quality sleep and weight loss. Photo by Mark Basarab on Unsplash “When you carry around extra pounds, you can have trouble staying active, low energy, and difficulty sleeping,” – Dr. Walter Willett, professor of...
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SAMINA Bio-Ceramic Organic Cotton — An Exclusive SAMINA Innovation
SAMINA takes inspiration from nature. This is where every innovation starts and is especially true for the SAMINA Bio-Ceramic organic cotton fabric for bedding. From observing nature and traditional natural medicine concepts, founder Dr. Gunther Amann-Jennson says, “SAMINA utilizes the forces and intelligence of nature for better sleep and thus for better healthy, performance, and vitality. This involves two important elements of nature: one is the health-promoting far-infrared radiation, the...
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SAMINA Slats: Are Wooden Bed Slats What Your Back Needs?
Many people have trouble sleeping, and you could be one of them. Are you tired and achy in the morning? Desperate for an afternoon nap? It’s time to take a fresh look at this common problem and see if wooden bed slats could be the solution you’ve been looking for. Your body is complex. Skin, tissues, connective cells, muscles, nerves, and other layers work and interact together. Each part of...
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How to Sleep Cool and Comfortably in the Heat
When it’s hot outside, the last thing you want is to toss and turn all night trying to cool off and get comfortable. Fortunately, there are a few things you can do to stay cool and sleep comfortably all night. In this blog post, we’ll share our top tips for sleeping cool when it’s hot out. Temperature Is Important To The Natural Process Of Falling Asleep As night approaches and bedtime...
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Walk Like an Egyptian? Maybe Sleep Like One.
The Surprising Way Ancient Egyptians Slept Better Than You Do Lots of people talk about how much sleep you should get. No doubt this is important. Yet how you sleep may be just as meaningful. Most beds are flat, horizontal surfaces and they seem to have been built this way for forever. Yet, that’s not really true. Some of the oldest beds known to man were inclined beds. Could sleeping on...
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