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☆ I thought pre-workout was the perfect hack for lifting heavier. Then I became sleep-deprived and dependent on it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But I soon felt dependent, and I struggled to fall asleep after taking pre-workout. Around then, I noticed my workout friends talking about pre-workout supplements. After taking pre-workout in the early evening, I would stay awake until 1am or later. AdvertisementAccording to both my instructor and my colleague's reporting, taking pre-workout every time you exercise can get you in the habit of not listening to your body. I know I wouldn't have hit my deadlift goal without taking pre-workout (although, even with it, my performance was impacted).

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It was spring in Queensland, Australia, a season when many wild animals find themselves in trouble, and the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital was a blur of fur and feathers. A groggy black swan emerged from the X-ray room, head swaying on its long neck. A flying fox wore a tiny anesthetic mask. “We see everything,” Dr. Michael Pyne, the hospital’s senior veterinarian. The wards were often full; in 2023, the hospital admitted more than 400 koalas, a fourfold increase from 2010.

Persons: Dr, Michael Pyne, Pyne Organizations: Currumbin Locations: Queensland, Australia

Shop at Amazon Shop at Walmart What we like Check mark icon A check mark. Shop at Amazon Shop at Hatch What we like Check mark icon A check mark. Shop at Amazon Shop at Best Buy Shop at Casper What we like Check mark icon A check mark. What to look for in sunrise alarm clocksSunrise alarm clocks are a bit different from traditional alarm clocks, so there are certain features you want to consider before purchasing one. How we tested sunrise alarm clocksWe used each alarm for at least three days to test their features and performance.

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☆ How sleep can affect diabetes risk, according to new study
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Sleep is an important lifestyle factor in reducing risk for type 2 diabetes, a new study has found. In terms of risk for type 2 diabetes, there wasn’t a significant difference between those with normal sleep and those who slept six hours. And even for those who ate the healthiest, their diet didn’t offset the effects of insufficient sleep on diabetes risk. The findings are also based on participants’ recollections of their food and sleep habits, according to the study. Confirming a causal relationship “would require randomized trials intervening on sleeping habits to increase sleep time and see if this reduces risk of diabetes in those at risk, e.g.

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☆ As Facebook turns 20, I have something to confess: Essay
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Thomas Lake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Story highlights Facebook was founded on February 4, 2004 Like many users, Thomas Lake has complicated feelings about Facebook But he sees his Facebook feed as a living journal of his lifeCNN —Facebook turns 20 years old today, and if you don’t like it, I’m sure you have your reasons. My children began talking, which led to my new favorite genre of Facebook post: Cute Thing My Kid Said. I memorialized his arrival in a Facebook post but did not say he was fighting for his life in intensive care. As its best, Facebook is a digital museumAs I write this in early February, I have yet to post anything on Facebook in 2024. Facebook friendship is no substitute for real-life friendship, and someone else’s Facebook pictures are no substitute for your own experience.

Persons: Thomas Lake, I’ve, Jonathan, “, ”, Donnie Darko, Said, Jill, Bruce Springsteen, I’d, Juliana Elliott, Robyn Beck, Cheryl Organizations: CNN, Facebook, Sports Illustrated, Disney, Getty Locations: BRO, Menlo Park , California, AFP

☆ A woman said her boss was 'so chill' for not making her work while she was literally giving birth
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Andrew Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Tamara Drpić posted a video of herself in hospital after an epidural, checking in with her boss. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementA woman who said she sent her manager a work update from the hospital before giving birth has been dubbed an example of everything that's wrong with corporate America. Several commenters wrote they had also continued to work when they were in labor, or when they were hospitalized under other circumstances.

Persons: Tamara Drpić, Drpić, —, ong, ellbeing, Organizations: Service, America, ust Locations: America, ife

☆ Iron deficiency could be making millions of Americans tired. 5 foods high in iron, from meat to produce, could help fix it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Kate Hull | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Alexander Spatari/ Getty ImagesIron comes in two different forms: heme iron and nonheme iron. Animal products contain heme iron, which comes from hemoglobin — a protein responsible for transporting oxygen in blood. Roughly 25 to 30 percent of heme iron is absorbed by your body, according to a 2019 study . However, these foods contain nonheme iron — a type of iron that is not as readily absorbed by the body. Witthaya Prasongsin/ Getty ImagesWhite beans are a good source of nonheme iron: A 1-cup serving of canned white beans contains 8 mg of nonheme iron .

Persons: —, Alexander Spatari, Prasongsin, it's Organizations: Service, American Society of Hematology, National Institutes of Health, Consumer

☆ Why you snooze on the couch but then can’t sleep
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Madeline Sprajcer | Sally Ferguson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

So by the end of the day, sleep pressure is strong, your circadian rhythm is telling you it’s time for sleep and your environment is cozy and comfortable. Instead of having more than 16 hours of wakefulness behind you, you have just woken up and therefore have less sleep pressure. They start with light sleep, progress to deep sleep and then end with light sleep again. It might be easier to fall asleep on the couch, where there is less stress involved. This will ensure all the sleep pressure you build up during the day will be directed toward a deep sleep in your bed.

Persons: you’re, groggy, Madeline Sprajcer, Sally Ferguson Organizations: CNN, Bank, CQUniversity, Appleton Institute, CQUniversity Australia Locations: CQUniversity Australia

☆ Bad habits of night owls may lead to type 2 diabetes, study says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

While researchers found significant associations between developing diabetes in night owls who worked during the day, they did not find an association for night owls who went to work later in the day or worked overnight shifts. One published in June found night owls were more likely to die early, mostly due to bad habits they developed when they stayed up late, such as drinking and smoking. A 2022 study determined night owls were more sedentary, had lower aerobic fitness levels and burned less fat at rest and while active than early birds. Night owls were also more likely to be insulin-resistant, a precursor to diabetes. Night owls have higher levels of visceral body fat in the abdominal region, a key risk factor for type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

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☆ What High Schoolers Need to Start the Year: Seinfeld-Style Griping
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Tim Donahue | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

There is nothing more perfectly cynical than a high-schooler in the first weeks of a school year. With sand still in their shoes and few memories of alarm clocks, they suddenly find themselves in a procession of groggy mornings and hard chairs, in classrooms where the air is heavier and warmer than it should be.

☆ Sentenced to Life as Boys, They Made Their Case for Release
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Issie Lapowsky | Abdul Kircher | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Donnell Drinks woke up one morning to banging on his door in the projects of North Philadelphia. Drinks, who was 15 and the oldest of three boys, had nodded off after taking his youngest brother to school. It wasn’t a truant officer at his door, though — no one had ever come knocking about that. The officers told him to get out, not bothering to ask if there was an adult around, which there wasn’t. Mr. Drinks’s dad had abandoned the family a decade earlier, and his mom was in the throes of crack cocaine addiction.

Persons: Donnell Drinks, Drinks’s, He’d, Groggy, “, That’s, ” Locations: North Philadelphia

☆ Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Cannabis is having a senior moment
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Dr. Sanjay Gupta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Over the past few decades, we have experienced one of the most significant and uneven legal evolutions ever seen in the United States. Seniors — people over the age of 65 — are now the fastest growing group of cannabis users in the United States. Since 2020, The United States has spent $4 trillion a year on health care, of which almost $580 billion was spent on pharmaceuticals alone in 2021. Sue Taylor, right, known as "Mama Sue," spoke to Dr. Sanjay Gupta for "Weed 7: A Senior Moment." As cannabis use has increased among seniors, cannabis ER-related visits have gone up, too.

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☆ My Sister-in-Law Spent All Her Parents’ Money When She Took Them In. Now She Wants More!
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Philip Galanes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Even if your father-in-law were to move to a memory-care facility, your mother-in-law would still need a place to live — which she has, thanks to your sister-in-law. I’m torn: I don’t want guests to be hungry, and I find that “no presents” invitations make some people uncomfortable and come off as snooty. There’s good reason for the rule of thumb about limiting the number of party guests to a young child’s age plus one or two. And I agree that some guests may feel uncomfortable with a “no gift” request. Would it be OK to ask her gently to stock coffee for my visit?

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☆ Harvard-trained doctor shares 10 signs you're not getting enough sleep: 'Each person is different'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Amy Shah | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Even on weekends, I naturally wake up at the same time. Research shows that people who smoke or vape often sleep for a shorter amount of time, with irregular sleep patterns. Cool temperatures of 60 to 68 degrees Fahrenheit are close to our own internal body temperature (which drops to its lowest level when we sleep) are the best for sleeping. By energizing your body, exercise raises your core body temperature, which is the opposite of what you want to have happen before going to sleep. Your body temperature naturally lowers in the evening, a signal to your brain that it's time to snooze.

☆ Bears, Binoculars and Bucket-List Birds: A 15-Day Tour in Ecuador
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Dorothy Spears | Alexis Rockman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After a 4:30 a.m. breakfast at the Sani Lodge, where our group was staying, my husband, Alexis, and I pulled on our rubber boots. Our birding guide, Jeison Gualinga, whistled for a canoe while flashing his light among the reeds by the main dock. Our birding trip in Ecuador arose like a bird call, by word of mouth. Our friend Olaf Soltau, a devout birder, was tipped off by a respected birder friend to enlist Pablo Barrera of Adventures Columbia to coordinate a tour. Our trip would culminate with five days in the Yasuní National Park, whose humid green jungles are a birding paradise.

“I just don’t remember anything after that,” Maroulis tells CNN Sport about her admission, adding that she was released a few days later. And then when I got the concussions, it felt like a lot of that flooded back,” she says. “My relationship with wrestling felt so damaged and broken,” she adds. Sarah Stier/Getty ImagesMore support needs to be given to young athletes experiencing concussion, Maroulis believes, particularly when some might delay seeking support for fear of seeming weak. Pushing through because you don’t want them to think you’re weak is the worst thing you can do,” Maroulis says.

☆ That groggy feeling when you wake up might be sleep inertia: 3 ways to prevent it
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In honor of World Sleep Day, we asked Singh how to start each day feeling well-rested, and fortunately there are things you can do day-to-day to keep sleep inertia at bay. And no one's exempt from sleep inertia, says Singh, who is also a sleep expert for SleepFoundation.org and co-author of " Sleep to Heal: 7 Simple Steps to Better Sleep ." Scientifically, "sleep inertia refers to the temporary degradation of alertness and performance," says Dr. Abhinav Singh , sleep physician and medical director of the Indiana Sleep Center. "If you have poor quality of sleep [and] poor quantity of sleep, that can leave you feeling more sleep inertia," he says. 'Avoid social jet lag'Preventing sleep inertia doesn't just boil down to the amount of hours that you sleep each night.

☆ This is the perfect length of time to nap, says clinical psychologist—it won't mess up your sleep schedule
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

But it's important to know that there is a right and wrong way to nap, especially if you're trying to avoid messing up your sleep schedule. And that's simply too long, says Shelby Harris, licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in behavioral sleep medicine. "If you take an hour-long nap, sometimes you end up waking up feeling more groggy from it because you're getting into deeper stages of sleep," Harris tells CNBC Make It. If you're aiming to feel more energized after napping, the sweet spot is from 20 minutes to a half hour, Harris says. Also, consider the time of day which is extremely important to avoid impacting your sleep in the evening, she adds.

☆ One Father’s Desperate Plan to Rescue His Son From America
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Michael M. Phillips | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

BORAMA, Somaliland— Seckie Saleban , groggy after a late night binge-watching TV, woke up to voices in his room. His first thought was that “The Office” was still playing. He rolled over and saw two policemen standing at his bedside, wearing military camouflage and armed with AK-47 rifles. The officers bundled Seckie into a three-wheel motorized rickshaw, delivered him to a concrete police station and locked him in a cell.

But more recently, a tip prompt on credit card payments has been added as well. At the same time, those disgruntled at finding a new tip prompt generally direct their pique at the wrong target. Most either express pleasure at the opportunity to better compensate Starbucks workers or outrage at the expectation of the surcharge. At the same time, those disgruntled at finding a new tip prompt generally direct their pique at the wrong target. There are two types of tip creep inching ever upward like a vine snaking its way along a trellis.

☆ I'm a wellness-app founder who developed insomnia in lockdown. Here's the routine I used to get my sleep back on track.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Lola Christina Alao | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

She told Insider she began sleeping terribly while working up to 14 hours in lockdown. My morning — and evening — routines used to be very different when I had insomnia in 2020. I like to say affirmations when I'm in a depressed mood — but when I'm feeling tired, breathing exercises help a lot. I start with more high-level strategic things, like reviewing the product roadmap — things that actually require a lot of brainpower. After three hours of this deep-focus time, I go out and walk my dog to make sure I'm getting enough exposure to light.

☆ Stocks, oil struggle to pull out of four-day slide
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Marc Jones | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Germany's 10-year bond yield , seen as the benchmark borrowing cost for the bloc, circled around 1.795% for most of the morning having hit a two-month low of 1.788% on Wednesday. The yield on 10-year Treasury notes was up fractionally at 3.453%, while yield on the 30-year Treasury bond inched up to 3.445%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index climbed more than 3% while China's tech giants Alibaba and Meituan (3690.HK) jumped 6% each. Among the main commodities, oil found its footing after a four-day drop that had taken it into the red for the year. Additional reporting by Harry Robertson; Editing by Arun Koyyur and Angus MacSwanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Feeling Groggy? You Might Have ‘Social Jet Lag’
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Dominique Mosbergen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A person’s social clock is influenced by obligations such as work and school, as well as social activities. Groggy and disoriented on Monday morning after a weekend of late nights? “Social jet lag” may be to blame, sleep experts say, an inconsistency of sleep schedules that research suggests could have as much an impact on health as how much sleep one gets. Almost half of U.S. adults experience some social jet lag, according to a new study published Tuesday in the journal JAMA Network Open. The term refers to the mismatch between a person’s biological time, determined by an internal body clock, and their social clock, which is influenced by obligations such as work and school, as well as social activities.

☆ Sleepy at Work? You Might Have ‘Social Jet Lag’
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Dominique Mosbergen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Groggy and disoriented on Monday morning after a weekend of late nights? “Social jet lag” may be to blame, sleep experts say, an inconsistency of sleep schedules that research suggests could have as much of an impact on health as how much sleep one gets. Almost half of U.S. adults experience some social jet lag, according to a new study published Tuesday in the journal JAMA Network Open. The term refers to the mismatch between a person’s biological time, which is determined by circadian rhythms, the roughly 24-hour cycles driven by an internal body clock, and their social clock, which is influenced by obligations such as work and school, as well as social activities.

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