Light, Sleep and Your Health

Posted on August 18, 2008. Filed under: health, wellbeing | Tags: , , , , |

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In natural health circles it has long been known that you need at least 15 minutes of full spectrum sunlight on your face 2 to 3 times a day to initiate a proper wake-sleep cycle. Now researchers have found new cells in the eye that may give us new clues as to [...]

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Let Them Sleep: Researchers Prove Adolescents Need To Sleep In!

Posted on June 12, 2008. Filed under: wellbeing | Tags: , , |

So you can’t wake your adolescents in the morning for school? They get up grouchy and can’t seem to string two words together? Researchers have found out why…
Delaying school start time by one hour positively
affects adolescents’ cognitive performance

Delaying an adolescent’s school start time by one hour has a positive effect on his or her cognitive [...]

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Insomnia, Stress and The Circadian Light Show

Posted on June 8, 2008. Filed under: health, wellbeing | Tags: , , , |

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Light is good for you, I’ll restate that: SUNLIGHT IS GOOD FOR YOU
I have spent half my life telling my clients, especially my insomniac clients that they need to have at least 15 minutes of sunlight on their face and forehead at least once a day. For obvious reasons this needs to be [...]

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and… Sleep, Sleep or You May Not Be Able to Make Sense of Your World

Posted on May 21, 2008. Filed under: health, wellbeing | Tags: , , , , |

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Scientists have found that we need sleep even more than we thought. In a study that kept people awake and then tested their responses proved that they could manage ordinary, day to day tasks. however they found it really difficult to make sense of what they saw. How often do we go without [...]

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