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Sometimes you need to get your engine started. People often have a cup of coffee or an energy drink for that. A few quick push-ups or some jumping jacks can work for that too. But sometimes, however, you need to turn your engine off. Forget sleeping pills—Heart 7 (HT7) and Gallbladder 20 (GB20) are two…
Every branch of the United States military knows coffee. It’s a “mission essential.” Generally speaking, they don’t know coffee as a gourmet, though brands like Starbucks and Seattle’s Best are available at many military facilities. The military knows coffee in the way that it’s a well-used tool to get the mission accomplished. Whether it’s to…
Why illustrate an article about how to stop someone from snoring with a picture of Charles Atlas? Charles Atlas was not known to snore. Because… Isometric exercise is nothing new. They work. They’re safe. They’re simple. You can do them anywhere. Charles Atlas was known for his ads in comic books and for building his…
Learning anatomy and physiology can be hard under the best conditions. It’s important as it’s the class giving would-be healthcare students an in-depth understanding of the human body. Year-after-year, it’s one of surest ways colleges weed out students for their programs. The classes have ended many dreams. Why learn anatomy and physiology? Beyond healthcare students,…
Ideas flash into your mind triggered by an inspiration, hitting like lightning. Good idea or bad, sometimes you don’t get a chance to decide. They leave as quickly as they come. That ideas good and bad leave is guaranteed to happen. “The next thing” comes and crowds it out. Who needs to carry an idea…
Sofa sleeper or, conversely, sleeper sofa. Pull-out couch. Couch mattresses. Sofa bed. Any variation of the above. Whatever you want to call them, they’re not actually meant for sleeping in unless you’re around five years old. Even if you’re five, whether they’re meant for sleeping is highly debatable. Why do pull-out sofa beds even exist?…
Sometimes meeting the need for sleep calls for mental and emotional flexibility. Stuff happens. Airlines cancel flights. You end up sleeping on the floor of an airport lounge. Sometimes you run over something and that something puts a hole in your gas tank. You end up having to sleep on the side of a lonely…
In our day, probably the greatest obstacle to getting a refreshing and recharging night of sleep is non-stop activity. Both we and our electronic devices are always on. Smartphones and computers interfere with our ability to fall asleep with their beeps, notifications, and addicting design. Their addictive lure beckons when we should be asleep. Sleep…
The delicate line between sleepy and sleep deprived is thinner than a single thread. Sleep deprived implies a more sustained state of exhaustion as compared to just being plain sleepy. It’s a debate best left to the experts—and while many of them like to get into the nitty-gritty details, let’s be honest: there’s not much…
The subconscious has been known to pick up certain signals and hints the conscious mind misses. For example, when you meet someone and there’s something incongruous about what they say and the way they behave. That incongruity leads you to not trust them. Being in touch with your subconscious can help you zero in on the reasons for this feeling. It can even save your life.