Poor Sleep Affects A Babies’ Weight Later In Life

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <section class="entry" style="position: relative;"><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> </b></span><a href="http://289599298.r.lightningbase-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/New-parents-loose-sleep.jpg" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="New-parents-loose-sleep" class="size-full wp-image-37691 aligncenter" height="300" src="http://289599298.r.lightningbase-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/New-parents-loose-sleep.jpg" style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 15px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;" width="450" /></a></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Babies need twice as much sleep as adults.</strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Brain development takes place during sleep. The amount of sleep a baby has will affect his moods, alertness, and ability to concentrate and participate in his environment.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sleep not only affects a baby’s central nervous system and general baby development, as <a href="http://time.com/103550/sleep-deprivation-in-infants-affects-obesity-later-in-life/" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">new research shows</a>. In fact sleep-deprived babies may grow up to be heavier kids.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">One US doctor, <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Elsie Taveras</strong>, chief of general pediatrics at <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Massachusetts General Hospital for Children</strong>, and her colleagues followed babies every year from 6 months old until they were 7. At each visit, the team recorded height, weight, body fat, waist and hip circumference and sleep habit information to get the most complete picture yet of how sleep patterns are connected to childhood health.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Taveras rated the children’s sleep according to the recommended amounts for their age group set by the <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">National Sleep Foundation</strong> and the <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute</strong>—for those under 2, that was more than 12 hours a day; for 3-4 year olds, that was more than 10 hours a day; and for kids 5 to 7, that was more than nine hours daily.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">They observed that at age 7, children with the lowest sleep scores throughout their young lives had the highest rates of obesity and body fat, specifically abdominal fat which other studies have linked to a higher risk of chronic conditions such as heart disease and diabetes.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This new research shows how consistently disrupted sleep throughout childhood can have a cumulative effect on health.</span></div> <blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 5px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 20px !important; position: relative; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“This lends more evidence to the fact that insufficient sleep has significant health implications,” Taveras says.</span></div> </blockquote> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It also highlights the critical role that parents play in establishing healthy sleep habits.</span></div> <blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 5px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 20px !important; position: relative; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Household routines, such as bed times and meal times, can be important for getting enough sleep,” says Taveras.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“I usually say three things to parents who are worried about their children’s sleep—implement consistent routines around bed times and meal times; 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Poor Sleep Affects A Babies’ Weight Later In Life

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If you really want to make your life better, you should set new priorities and goals you want to reach. Perhaps you will need to develop new habits to achieve these goals. Set reminders on your phone and incorporate new tasks to your schedule list. If you work hard, you will definitely reach your goals.</span></div> <h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">5. Imagine your future</span></span></h2> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to have things you have never had, you should do the things you have never done before. Life for now, but don’t forget about your future. Motivation is the key to your success. That’s why you should leave all your worries and imagine the prosperous future. Remember that good thoughts about your life can help you make all your dreams come true.</span></div> <h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">6. Good sleep</span></span></h2> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sleep is an important part of your life. It makes you feel better by boosting your mood and banishing under-eye circles. If you think that oversleeping is better than not sleeping enough, you are mistaken. Oversleeping usually makes you feel overtired. Try to sleep not less than 6 hours and you will feel yourself better. Moreover, a good night sleep makes you feel energized and eager to start a new day.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> <h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">7. Set goals</span></span></h2> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Setting clear goals is one of the most significant things you should do. Though, setting goals can be a bit overwhelming, it will increase your chances of becoming successful. It is impossible to imagine being successful if you have no idea of what success means to you. You should draw a clear picture of all desirable goals and move towards your aim.</span></div> <br /> <div class="ssba" style="background-image: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </div> <br /> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; margin: 1.5em 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> These 7 wise decisions will help you improve yourself and your life. You should realize that a good lifestyle can make you more organized and successful. What are your ways to improve yourself? We like to have comments from readers of our blog. Share your tips in our comment section here, please. Thank you.</div> </div>

7 Decisions You Should Make to Improve Yourself

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Six Months After: A Letter To You, My Son’s Killer(s) By Aisha Falode

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /> <div class="first" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: border-box;">In years gone by, I read detective books and watched Crime series depicting how murderers sleep at night. How they wake up in sweat with nightmarish images of the soul they had taken, and are so filled with dread and guilt of their crime that they spend their night dripping hot, sticky sweat of horror at what they had done. </span><span class="ds-1col file file-image file-image-jpeg view-mode-embedded centered clearfix block-story-object block-story-object-resource block-story-object-resource-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; margin: 24px auto; max-width: 500px; width: 500px;"><span class="block-story-object-asset" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="" class="media-element file-embedded" src="http://li409-245.members.linode.com/sites/default/files/styles/normal_medium/public/Aisha_Falode_son.jpg?itok=5SYcKhiv" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 500px;" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span></span><span class="block-story-object-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; padding: 12px;"><span class="block-story-object-content-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block;"><span class="block-story-object-content-header-description" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; text-shadow: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Toba Falode (right)</span></span></span><span class="block-story-object-content-footer" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin-top: 6px;"><span class="block-story-object-content-footer-item block-story-object-content-footer-item-attribution" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; font-style: italic; text-shadow: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Aisha Falode</span></span></span></span></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">How they stare at the night, wishing somehow it would never come, I mean, murderers live in such fear wishing they could turn the hands of the clock or go back in time and re-enact the whole scene of their evil deed, so as to reverse the killing of their innocent victim.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Such was my naivety because death was so far away from me.  Then death came so close to me I can still feel its hot breath down my spine. Yet I see how helpless it has become for it cannot strike the same victim twice. Death is so uncanny, it takes a soul but it knows that the soul goes back to the Maker in peace, yet he is lucky because the person who wore its cloak, the person who struck the blow, the person who took breath which does not belong to him, becomes its victim.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I say this today, my son's killer/s you have become the victim. Death has deceived you and is now sneering at you. You are in your own hell, a living hell, hades of which will be immersed in you for the rest of your life. </span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Toba Falode aka Tyler Fray would have been alive today, breathing, laughing, writing songs about life and oppression, songs about people like you, evil people who think they can oppress, suppress and kill just because they can, but he is not for he rests in the bosom of the Almighty his creator. You Killer had no right taking his life because you did not give it. </span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Killer have you ever gone back in history or do murderers have no time to read up what happens to those of their like who came before them? If you do you will know that the Avenger of Death is forever lurking behind you and one day, very soon and sooner than you can imagine, you will pay for your crime and your sins. The Bible which we uphold says vengeance is God's and indeed the Quran as well says there is no hiding place for the wicked.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Killer, the sister's heart you wrenched by taking her brother and confidant, the family you brought despair and misery on, the friends you left crippled with excruciating pain and I though drenched in sorrow by your inhumane callousness, know in my heart that the Avenger is upon you.  </span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">You have challenged the Almighty God by taking a life He created by breaking His commandment that thou shall not kill.  Then like a wicked unrepentant soul, you walk the streets as if nothing happened? Believing in your ignorance that the one who created ears cannot hear and the one who created eyes cannot see.  Surely your conscience is judging you, you sweat profusely in the cold of the night, and shiver in the heat of the day, you jump at the slightest sound and you keep looking over your shoulder, petrified even of your own shadow and dreading the inevitable and knowing in your heart that death has cunned you and the Avenger is so close you can feel the hair on your nape standing. </span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Perhaps one day, your nightmare will end and you will free yourself but not before the Avenger gets you, forcing you to speak, telling the world of how you killed my son on that sad night hunting you in Dubai.  When you pushed my boy, a good son, and the hope of my future from a 17 Storey building. What a callous, heartless and cold-blooded killer!</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: border-box;">How did you kill him, why did you kill him? Oh, lest I forget you, the witness, an accessory to murder. Only God knows what pushes you to soil your hands with innocent blood by remaining silent and protecting a killer from a most foul and heinous crime while the image of Tyler’s dead body haunts you at night, you said you wish you could have done more at the time of his death. Yes you can. Speak up and free yourself from the insanity creeping up on you and the long stretch of dark miserable years ahead, how did Tyler Fray die? </span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">How did my son's innocent blood splatter on your body? Did your bloody knuckle punch the life out of him, or did you smash him with a stone before throwing him over the balcony, or did you just push him to his death? Why did you say you would take the punishment for his death, why do people you call friends keep meeting such a fate around you, is it coincidence? </span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Do you know, that there were actually three people on that balcony on that night? The all seeing God, the omnipotent, the ever present…He was there and He witnessed that murder and He is calling you to account for Tyler’s Death. Killer!!!!  Look! Feel!</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hear the sound of the footstep of the long arms of the law looming over you like the sun covers the earth …..........</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Avenger is upon you like the waves of the Ocean smashing against the rock there is no escape for God is a just God.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I know Toba is in heaven and that gives me peace.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">What kind of peace can a killer give his mother?</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">To join the call for Justice for Toba go to:</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: border-box;">Facebook: Justice for Tyler Fray a.k.a Toba Falode</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: twitter.com/TylerFray</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Instagram: instagram.com/justicefortylerfray</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: border-box;">Sign The Petition: Change.org:</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">https://www.change.org/petitions/government-of-the-federal-republic-of-nigeria-the-government-should-insist-the-case-file-on-the-death-of-oloruntoba-oluwadamilola-falode-should-be-reopened-for-investigation-he-was-murdered-on-the-15th-february-2014-2</span></div> <br /> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606263; font-family: calluna, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.538em;">Email: justicefortylerfray@yahoo.com</span></div> </div>

Six Months After: A Letter To You, My Son’s Killer(s) By Aisha Falode

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Revealed:Why Men Sleep Off After Sex

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="story-featured-image" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); float: left; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 15px; width: 368px;"> <img alt="sleeping husband" class="attachment-bigstoryimage" height="235" scale="0" src="http://www.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sleeping-husband-360x235.jpg" style="border: none; float: left; margin-right: 10px; padding: 4px;" width="360" /></div> <div id="nrelate_flyout_placeholder"> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Some people have described sex as one of the sweetest things on earth, and even if it is stressful and requires a lot of strength to do, especially for men, it is a rigorous exercise many people would gladly undertake over and over again.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Though, it is no secret that many men nod off straight after sex, some women also sometimes feel sleepy after sex but the phenomenon seems more pronounced in men. To women, the obvious sign of complete ‘shutdown’ by men moments after a passionate encounter is practically frustrating, and could be accompanied with a loud buzz of snoring.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Scientists have given men the perfect excuse for feeling sleepy after sex: ‘they just cannot help themselves, and not that they are just selfish.’</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It is easy to think that men sleep off after sex because they are tired, but findings have shown that it goes beyond that. Scientists have said that men really do need to sleep after sex when they climax because their brains become flooded with sleep-inducing chemicals such as oxytocin, serotonin and prolactin.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Also, the blood rush after the climax depletes the muscles of energy-producing glycogen and because men typically have higher muscle density than women, they become more tired after sex.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In other words, the answer to the question, ‘why do men fall asleep after sex’ may be as simple as saying that they have very little control over their bodies at that point; hence, it literally shuts down.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When a group of scientists led by a French Neuroscientist, Serge Stoleru, in a study scanned some men’s brains before and during orgasm, they found that the cerebral cortex, which is the ‘thinking’ area, shuts down almost immediately after orgasm. After this, two other areas, the cingulate cortex and amygdale direct the rest of the brain to deactivate from sexual desire.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Stoleru, whose research was published in the Journal Neuroscience and Biobehavioural Reviews, said the human brain is involved in all the successive steps of sexual behaviour.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Also, neuroimaging scans show that, after orgasm, men tend to experience decreased activity in the prefrontal cortex, the area of the brain associated with consciousness, information processing, mental activity and responding appropriately. This, according to scientists, helps to explain why men feel sleepy after sex.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As this happens, a surge of chemicals such as oxytocin and serotonin flood the brain creating a powerful sleep-inducing effect while reducing stress levels, boosting relaxation and sleepiness.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">To take it further, when prolactin chemical associated with feeling satisfied is released into a man’s system during orgasm; it is likely that it causes the man to feel sleepy, which further explains why men feel sleepier after intercourse than after masturbation. However, previous research showed that men who have lower prolactin are less tired and tend to feel less sleepy after sex.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Stoleru added, “After men have an orgasm they usually experience a refractory period when they cannot be aroused, while women don’t seem to have such a strong refractory period and may be asking for more or some intimate attention when their partners just want a rest.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A businesswoman, Mrs. Oni Juliet, said she had been wondering why her husband slept after sex adding that she expected more from him, being a young man.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She said, “Most of the time, he sleeps off shortly, or even almost immediately after he reaches orgasm, while I would be left hanging, longing for him to hold or kiss me. But he would just be beside me, like someone who has shut down completely. It could be frustrating, you know.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Really, I expect more from him because we are still both very young. He deflowered me on our wedding night, I have not had any experience before now, but I find it very disturbing. Once he goes for first round, he knocks out, and the next thing is to start snoring.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A Director of Sleep at the University of Surrey, United Kingdom, Dr Neil Stanley, said as frustrating as it is for most women that their male partners just roll over and fall asleep after sex, men are not completely at fault and are not entirely to blame. “Humans are the only animals in which sleep and sex are linked and while often seen as just a poor excuse, there are scientific reasons why men feel tired after sex,” she said.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">More reasons it could be wrong timing to hope to have a conversation with your man after sex, because you may as well be talking to yourself.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Some reviewers of the study said a constructive way to tackle the problem could be for wives to express their distress to their husbands and ask if they could try to dedicate few minutes after making love to them. Another could be to have sex outside the bedroom, possibly earlier in the day, maybe in the bathroom, having glasses of their favourite drink by the tub to make the experience more sensual.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">However, one thing is for females to get used to it, because it is not likely to change anytime soon. In fact, it could be worse in some cases because a recent survey of 10,000 English men revealed that 48 per cent actually fall asleep during sex, so, be grateful if he falls asleep after, and not during sex.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A Consultant Psychologist, Prof. Toba Elegbeleye, said sex takes a lot of energy to complete and that there is tendency for the brain and the entire system to want to rest when such intense energy is exhibited. He cautioned that where the sexual activity took place also determined if the sleep would be possible or not.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said, “When you indulge in sex, which usually takes place at night when people sleep naturally, it comes with a level of intensity that involves all your energy and whatever you can muster to make it have a shaking effect, after which the multi-nerve ends are relaxed. This makes people sleep easily.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“It also depends on where you do it. Usually, if it is a legal encounter, which takes place in your own bedroom where you are comfortable, you might sleep, which is different from when you do it in your car or somewhere else under duress, that is not so comfortable.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Another factor that could aid sleeping well after sex is eating good food prior to the act because you may not be able to do it well if you are hungry and the body entertains only one urge at a time and hunger is as strong an urge and a drive as sex is. Other factors could be to have a pleasant room atmosphere with a good bed and if there is no thought of threatening financial burden or security issues in mind.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A Clinical Psychologist, Mr. Femi Agberotimi, said there are certain physiological reactions during and after sex that occur in both genders that have been identified to induce/enhance sleep.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“The neurotransmitter dopamine, released during orgasm triggers a stress-reducing, sleep-inducing response that may last up to two hours. Hormones such as Oxytocin and Prolactin which are released in a much quantity during sex than in the usual state have also been identified to enhance sleep because of the good feelings they produce.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Other physiological changes that occur during sex which could translate to getting tired and falling into sleep include the increase in heart rate, respiration and blood pressure as well as changes in the muscle tone which could put the body in the same state with someone who ran 100meter race,” he added.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> </div> </div>

Revealed:Why Men Sleep Off After Sex

Some people have described sex as one of the sweetest things on earth, and even if it is stressful and requires a lot of strength to do...

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A New Solution That Stops Snoring and Lets You Sleep

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <figure class="hlw-image alignright" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you’re like most Americans you probably don’t get eight hours sleep each night.</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="" src="http://reports.asn.com/PropertyAssets/ArticleImages/lg_SnoreStrap%20Image.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: middle;" /></span></figure><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 11.5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But, if you also constantly feel exhausted, experience headaches for no obvious reason or have high blood pressure, you could have a more serious problem.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 11.5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">That’s because these can all be the result of snoring—which is, in turn, the most common symptom of a potentially serious health problem—obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 11.5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">While most people think of snoring as a minor annoyance, research shows it can be hazardous to your health.  That’s because for over 18 million Americans it’s related to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). People who suffer from OSA repeatedly and unknowingly stop breathing during the night due to a complete or partial obstruction of their airway.  It occurs when the jaw, throat, and tongue muscles relax, blocking the airway used to breathe.  The resulting lack of oxygen can last for a minute or longer, and occur hundreds of times each night.  <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Thankfully, most people wake when a complete or partial obstruction occurs, but it can leave you feeling completely exhausted.  OSA has also been linked to a host of health problems including:</span></div> <ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 11.5px; margin-top: 0px;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Acid reflux</span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Frequent nighttime urination</span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Memory loss</span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Stroke</span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Depression</span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Diabetes</span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Heart attack</span></li> </ul> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 11.5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">People over 35 are at higher risk.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 11.5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">OSA can be expensive to diagnosis and treat, and is not always covered by insurance.  A sleep clinic will require an overnight visit (up to $5,000).  Doctors then analyze the data and prescribe one of several treatments.  These may require you to wear uncomfortable CPAP devices that force air through your nose and mouth while you sleep to keep your airways open, and may even include painful surgery.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 11.5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Fortunately, there is now a comfortable, far less costly and invasive treatment option available.  A recent case study published by Eastern Virginia Medical School's Division of Sleep Medicine in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine concludes that wearing a simple chinstrap while you sleep can be an effective treatment for OSA.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 11.5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The chin strap, which is now available from a company called MySnoringSolution, works by supporting the lower jaw and tongue, preventing obstruction of the airway.  It’s made from a high-tech, lightweight, and super-comfortable material.  Thousands of people have used the MySnoringSolution chinstrap to help relieve their snoring symptoms, and they report better sleeping, and better health overall because of it.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">An effective snoring solution for just $119<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></strong>The “My Snoring Solution” Chinstrap is available exclusively from the company’s website which is currently offering a limited time “2 for 1” offer.  The product also comes with a 100 percent satisfaction guarantee.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 11.5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to stop snoring once and for all, without expensive CPAP devices or other intrusive devices, this may be the solution you’ve been waiting for.  The free additional strap is great for travel or as a gift for a fellow sufferer.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; 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A New Solution That Stops Snoring and Lets You Sleep

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