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Politicians aren’t the only ones talking about deficit spending. Sleep researchers and health experts have long argued that large segments of the population are sleep bankrupt–and don’t know it. Sure, we make the minimum payments by “sleeping in” on the weekend, but just like our credit card balance, we never manage to fully pay it [...]
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As the Research Scientist of Zeo, a big part of my job is to make sure that we keep all our efforts grounded in scientific integrity. This means staying abreast of the latest in scientific thought around sleep to make sure that what we do conforms to the high standards of the people who sleep [...]
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We all know that many of us don’t get enough sleep every night, and that it’s related to serious health risks and problems. Old news; got it. But instead of seeing sleep as a problem that needs to be fixed, maybe it’s time to think of it as the secret ingredient to give us the [...]
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“Oh, you work for a sleep company. Can your product tell me if I have sleep apnea?” This is usually question #1 at parties–and with good reason. Many people have heard a lot about sleep apnea–a serious sleep-related breathing disorder estimated to affect at least 10% of the population but is only diagnosed in less [...]
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What time should I go to sleep? If we want to maximize our efficiency, and wake up feeling our best, we know that there are some things that sleep science can do to give us a hand. But will a simple bedtime calculator suffice? A Simple Way to Pick a Bedtime? One way to figure [...]
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Stanford won the Orange Bowl last night. Their secret weapon? Sleep. Well, maybe they had some other things… like a great coach and a talented team and that sort of thing. But a priority on sleep probably did play a part. The Orange Bowl Victory The first half of the game was tight, but Stanford [...]
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Check this out: We do a lot of talking around here about how important sleep is. We also jabber on about how we don’t get enough sleep. We may even mention that if we all just slept a little more, we’d be better people. We’d be superstars. We’d be awesome. Well, we recently got together [...]
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About a month ago, we launched the Expert Answers feature here on the blog, and we’ve been asked and have answered a lot of great questions. A couple weeks ago, we posted an answer to a question here on the blog about the differences between Deep and REM sleep. Well, we also had a discussion [...]
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Didn’t we just do this? It feels like just yesterday that I was writing about how we can all fall back effectively or Derek@Zeo was warning us of the dangers of springing ahead. Time does fly… but lucky for us, we get two attempts at 2am this Saturday night/Sunday morning. And this year, we have [...]
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The following post is an example of a Zeo Expert Answer. We’re working on more, so go ahead and submit your sleep-related question to our experts. The Question: John asked: As far as restorative sleep, how is REM different from Deep? I typically get 2.5-3 hours of REM and 20 of Deep. Does the ratio [...]
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