You know you want it. You want to get better sleep and you swore that 2012 would be the year to do it. But you also want us to help. You want to make sure you’re going to do this right. So a couple weeks ago, we issued a throwdown for the Zeo Sleep Fitness [...]
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Bedtime Routine,
Falling Back Asleep,
Sleep Promoters,
Sleep Science
This is the third post from Doug S. of Build Better Sleep, our January Featured Blogger. In this post, Doug dives into the mysteries of melatonin, explaining what it is, how much one should take, and the different sleep issues it could help with. Melatonin is one of the more popular and available over-the-counter (OTC) [...]
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circadian rhythm,
Featured Blogger,
Melatonin,
Sleep Science
Sleep has something of a love/hate relationship with light. It hates it when you’re trying to fall asleep and stay asleep but absolutely needs it to help wake you up in the morning. Confusing? Absolutely. Explanatory? You better believe it. Something you can influence to your benefit? Dang skippy. Got Light? The science behind light [...]
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Bedtime Routine,
circadian rhythm,
Feeling Good,
Morning Routine,
Sleep Promoters,
Sleep Science
Biological sex, that is. The kind that operates within your body, affecting everything from blood pressure, to hormone production, to sleep. We like to say that it doesn’t matter, that we’re all equal – until it does. A recent Wall Street Journal article was just another reminder that sex, indeed, does matter. Men are From [...]
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circadian rhythm,
gender & sleep,
Hormones,
insomnia,
Memory,
Men's Health,
menopause,
sex,
sleep apnea,
Sleep Science,
snoring,
Women's Health
REM. It’s the stage of sleep where a day’s memories are processed and stored. Anything that you’ve deemed to be “important” will be cataloged somewhere in your brain while the rest will be forgotten. If you skimp out on REM – say by not getting enough sleep- you’ll negatively impact this process and won’t be [...]
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Hormones,
Light Sleep,
Memory,
REM Sleep,
Sleep Science,
Stress
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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Deep Sleep,
REM Sleep,
Sleep + Age,
Sleep Data,
Sleep Science,
Women's Health
Remember how we said that we love hearing from our readers, Zeo users, and people like you? Do you remember all the times you commented on our blog posts, liked our Facebook page, or posted to our Forum? We sure do. In fact, we try to remember each and every person who’s reached out to [...]
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#ZQ,
Sleep Data,
Sleep Science,
Web API,
Zeo Development
Quick: What do sleep and a symphonic work have in common? No, this isn’t the set-up to a bad joke. In terms of structure and function, both are strikingly similar. Both are comprised of several distinct movements Both need a whole group of different instruments Each utilizes a conductor There are different and distinct parts [...]
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circadian rhythm,
Sleep Science,
sleep state misperception
If you give a person a Zeo, they’re going to want to know how it works. Okay, fair enough. We gave you this post and created this info page. And you wanted more. Also fair. We then went into greater detail in this and this Expert Answer, as well as in interviews and direct video [...]
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Sleep Architecture,
Sleep Science,
Sleep States,
Zeo Development
I have a confession to make: Sleep is not as black and white as we think it is. Another confession: What appear to be reasonable questions–with easy answers!–turn out to be far more complex than a simple “yes/no.” Even the basic question “why do we sleep” has no clear-cut answer. We here at Zeo are [...]
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Sleep Promoters,
Sleep Science,
Sleep States,
Sleep Stealers