Sleeping Disorders Revealed

 

Is getting a sound sleep too difficult for you?

Are you one of those persons who goes to sleep very late at night and wake up very early in the morning? Do you belong to the group of individuals who are always sleepy during daytime? Then, you are probability of developing a sleep disorder is very high.

Do you know that a person needs an average of six to eight hours of sleep per day? 

If you are sleeping less than six hours, then you might encounter some problems with your health. For that reason, it is very important for you to take a rest during night time and complete your sleep. However, almost all of us do experiencing occasional times of sleeplessness. But for most people that only happens on an inconsistent basis. In other words, if you are having more sleepless or fitful nights of sleep than peaceful ones then you may already have a chronic disorder relating to sleep.

Signs and symptoms that a person has a chronic sleep disorder is he is feeling irritable during the day, having difficulty in focusing and keeping conscious while watching TV or movie, having difficulty in concentrating, having emotional outbreaks, having difficulty in avoiding naps during the day, is always feeling sleeping even when driving and is perhaps addicted to caffeinated products to stay awake and active throughout the day.

If you are experiencing those symptoms on a regular basis then you might want to consult a doctor since you may have any of the following sleep disorders.

1)   Sleep Apnea – is a sleeping disorder that is very common to people who are obese. This disorder is characterized by having a pause or total blockage of flow of air during sleeping which causes loud snores, gasping of breath, choking and even death.

2)   Insomnia – is the most common of all sleeping disorders wherein almost everyone has already experienced having insomnia at some point of the lifetime. It is characterized by the inability of a person to have a quality sleep. This may be due to jetlag, stress or even a simple alteration of your bedding or pillow.

3)   Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) – happens whenever there is an involuntary movement of the legs or hands while the person is sleeping.

4)   Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMD) – is like and RLS wherein there is an involuntary movement of the limbs or legs while the patient is awake or at rest.

5)   Narcolepsy – is a sleep disorder that causes the one affected by this disease to suddenly fall asleep without even a single warning even he or she has had enough sleep or not. Some say that this is genetic while other claims that there are some environmental triggers that cause such disease.

Now that you know the different sleep disorders, it is advisable to make a sleep diary to record and to examine which of the above mentioned sleep disorders closely resemble your problem.

Then, you must consult a doctor to properly give you and advice or treatment.

 

Yogurts Benefits: Exposed

 

Have you noticed that in the recent years, there has been a significant increase of yogurt supplies in the supermarket? 

Aside from that, there are many other products that incorporate yogurt as their ingredients. There are simple yogurts, yogurts with fruit toppings and even yogurt drinks and shakes. The advertisement for those products has significantly increased as well. Why? This is because a lot of people want to benefit from the good effects of yogurt consumption.

Yogurts are just simply a cream or milk which has been cultured using active live cultures wherein such cultures are the key to the different health benefits of yogurts.  The live cultures are good bacteria which is responsible in improving the body functions of an individual. Having said that, let’s find out how these good bacteria can be of great help for us.

1)   Improved Digestion. Since yogurts have active cultures then, this will be very helpful in helping different gastrointestinal conditions such as constipation, colon cancer. Diarrhea, H. pylori infection, inflammatory bowel disease and lactose intolerance. 

2)   Reduced Vaginal Infection. For women with diabetes, it has been found out that a common problem for them is to have yeast vaginal infection or Candida. However, there has been some studies where the women were given 6 ounces of yogurt (some with active culture while others don’t have) per day and there was a very significant decreased in vaginal yeast infection for those who had eaten the yogurt with active culture while no change for those yogurt without active culture.

3)   Stronger Bones. Yogurts came from milk; it is rich with calcium as well. Thus, it aids on keeping the bones stronger. In addition to that, many yogurts are also produced with Vitamin D. From the different researches it has been found out that the combination of Vitamin D and calcium help in preventing the dreadful osteoporosis, bone density loss and other bone related diseases.

4)   Reduced High Blood Pressure Risk. It has been found out by recent researches that low-fat dairy diets are very good in reducing the risk of high blood pressure wherein most of those who participated in such programs use milk, therefore, they have inferred that the same results and conclusion can be applied to yogurt consumption.

5)    Weight Loss. Yogurt is not the one really responsible for weight loss; however, eating yogurt can be very helpful to lose weight because there is a sense of fullness after consuming yogurt. Thus, the person who eats yogurt will usually eat less on the next meal or he or she will not have a frequent in between snacks since he or she will not become hungry as easily.

Aside from those things mentioned, there are still a lot more benefits of yogurt to the body - like boosting the immune system and more. Also, yogurts are very rich source of protein, riboflavin and vitamin B 12 as well.

Thus, including yogurt on the daily food diet of an individual will be very helpful to stay strong and healthy for many years.