CosBeauty Magazine #76

Eye-openers
Napoleon, Florence Nightingale and Margaret
Thatcher got by on four hours’ sleep a night.
The record for the longest period without
sleep is 18 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes (during a
rocking-chair marathon).
before nodding off. We all have
our own little sleep aids, whether
this be an open window, heating,
a fan, white noise or a sleeping
mask. Make sure you have a good
set of blinds and earplugs handy if
you need them. We use these aids
to reduce distractions and tell our
brains it’s safe to chill out.
6.
Go to bed at the
same time (and
don’t hit the
snooze button
in the am!)
Creating a habit of going to bed
and waking up at the same time
each day works to anchor your
body clock and helps your body
balance both sleep time and wake
time. Some experts recommend
that you sleep for between seven
and nine hours every night, while
others say the amount of sleep you
require is what you need to not be
sleepy in the daytime. AMP
The body’s ‘natural alarm clock’ is caused by a
burst of the stress hormone adrenocorticotropin.
Researchers say this reflects an unconscious
anticipation of the stress of waking up.
A Harvard study found that the less
people sleep, the more likely they are to suffer
from a major illness.
It’s possible there may not be a single moment of
our sleep when we are actually dreamless.
The only thing Marilyn Monroe wore to
bed was a splash of Chanel No 5 (so they say).
Premature babies have 75 percent REM sleep,
10 percent more than full-term bubs
A new baby typically results in 400 to 750 hours
lost sleep to parents in the first year.
Several studies have found that sleeping less
than eight hours a night leads to obesity.
Seventeen hours of sustained wakefulness
leads to a decrease in performance equivalent to a
blood alcohol-level of 0.05%.
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