Archive for March, 2012

Sleep and Aging

Friday, 30 March, 2012

So last week we talked about how at night our body slows down the production of proteins that break up the outer shell of our skin. We also discussed that this is a positive activity done by our body because it gives our skin time to rebuild and repair-again highlighting the importance of sleep. Now [...]

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Sleep Does More Than We Think

Monday, 26 March, 2012

Based on the results from last week’s poll, we concluded that 50% of people where sleeping 7-9 hours a night, while the other 50% where sleeping 4-6 hours (our polls are located on the right hand side of the page – so be sure to vote!). What’s the difference in a couple hours? Surprisingly a [...]

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Sleep? What is that?

Thursday, 15 March, 2012

With the Month to End Acne behind us, we look to the future: the near future… For many it will come in approximately fourteen hours: sleep. A common myth regarding sleep is that as we get older we need less (after infanthood). This is in incorrect – the truth is that we still need 6-10 [...]

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