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Decorate Your Room With These Plants for a Good Night’s Sleep

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Lack of sleep is an epidemic that is actually killing us—research found connections to cancer, diabetes and heart disease that stem from a lack of quality rest. This is exacerbated by a culture that seems to prize lack of sleep. Treating irregular sleep like a boast has been recognized as a pervasive bad habit. Add the recent rise in wearable tech that allows us to track our sleep more effectively and all this has been (pardon the pun) a wake-up call. Now everyone is looking for more effective solutions to sleep deprivation. [Read more…] about Decorate Your Room With These Plants for a Good Night’s Sleep

Originally posted on December 14, 2017 @ 10:00 am

Suffering from Injury and Pain? This Sleep Position Chart Will Help

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Many people these days struggle with insomnia. Everything from technologies we use, such as iPhones or computers, to the food we eat – these can affect our sleeping habits. Caffeine can inhibit sleep and even interrupt our circadian rhythms. However, one of the often overlooked causes of a poor night’s sleep can be a bodily injury. Everything from headaches and toothaches to broken ankles can greatly affect your ability to sleep through the night. Dromma put together a guide to sleeping properly with different types of injuries. [Read more…] about Suffering from Injury and Pain? This Sleep Position Chart Will Help

Originally posted on December 7, 2017 @ 8:00 am

5 Simple Ways to Get Healthier With Minimal Effort

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Modern days have it that convenience trumps everything else.

We live an (extremely!) busy life balancing family, work, and other tasks that too often, our health goals get pushed down to the bottom of the priority.

But getting healthier doesn’t have to be hard or time-consuming.

In fact, there are many simple steps you can take with minimal effort to improve your health.

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Originally posted on November 28, 2017 @ 8:30 am

5 Surprising Reasons You’re Always Tired In the Morning – and What to Do About Them

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Staring at the ceiling for hours before you can sleep is horrible. The same goes for waking up every couple of hours. No doubt, when morning comes, you’ll be like a zombie. Worse, you are a semi-thinking zombie, knowing you have responsibilities to tend to in spite of feeling tired.

Now, waking up without understanding why you feel tired is another story. You may have fallen asleep the moment your head hit the pillow and – as far as you know – you slept through the night, but you still wake up feeling as if you had a bender the night before.

Obviously, there are reasons for this that you are not aware of. Let’s take a look at some of those reasons – which you may be surprised to find out – and then talk about simple ways how to not be tired in the morning.
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Originally posted on July 21, 2016 @ 8:30 am