Last night, I put a little salt on my tongue before going to bed and controlled by sugar cravings. I slept well. The part of our brain that craves for sugar , also craves for salty food. Connie HIGH SALT DIET PRODUCES DEMENTIA: MOUSE STUDY Researchers reveal high salt intake reduces resting cerebral blood flow […]
Mechanism that Controls When We Sleep and When We Wake Discovered Simple 2-cycle mechanism turns key brain neurons on or off during 24-hour day. Fifteen years ago, an odd mutant fruit fly caught the attention and curiosity of Dr. Ravi Allada, a circadian rhythms expert at Northwestern University, leading the neuroscientist to recently discover how […]
A poor night’s sleep not only makes getting through the day difficult, it also may increase your risk of disease, especially if you suffer from chronic lack of sleep. Inadequate sleep has been associated with obesity, diabetes, stroke, heart disease and cancer. Studies in recent years have identified a relationship between lack of sleep and […]