Sleep Myths

Conventional wisdom tells us that we should get at least 8 hours of sleep a night, but a recent report by the BBC suggests that this might just be a m...

Making every last minute of shut-eye count means knowing what can actually help you sleep and what hinders sleep. Here are six sleep myths to ignore, as reported in "EatingWell" magazine.

Given the acute distress often associated with sleeplessness, it's not surprising that so many of us respond to it with limited stop-gap, band-aid type solutions. In my practice I've found that so much of what we do to manage sleeplessness simply makes it worse.

We spend a third of our lives asleep, and it's clear that without it our brains don't function as well, yet little is known about exactly why we do it...