Over time, sleeping less than five hours a night increases your blood sugar swings by 2.87%. That finding — published in JAMA Network Open — underscores just how much your sleep habits impact your metabolic health.1 Glycemic variability — the technical term for those swings — plays a major role in insulin resistance and Type… Read More »
Mild cognitive impairment can be a symptom of sleep problems, medical illness or depression or sometimes even a side effect of medications. Difficulty thinking and remembering are also early signs of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, which are more likely to affect seniors. This is why experts suggest physicians start conducting annual cognitive… Read More »
Feeling forgetful? Have no fear because that just might be a good sign when it comes to predicting whether or not you’re heading towards Alzheimer’s, according to science. Image Point Fr/shutterstock In our twenties, we find it hilarious when we can’t remember our neighbor’s cat’s name or that adorable actor who starred in that movie—whatever… Read More »
In the video above, Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D., a biomedical scientist, interviews professor Matthew Walker, Ph.D., founder and director of the University of California Berkeley’s Center for Human Sleep Science and author of “Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams.” In this episode, Walker discusses how sleep impacts your ability to learn and… Read More »