aging

As we grow older our sleep quality improves while the amount of time we spend sleeping diminishes, according to a new study.

“Older subjects complain less about sleepiness, and pathological sleepiness is significantly lower than younger subjects,” write the researchers, indicating that we may require less sleep as we age.

Inspired by a gap in sleep research across age and gender, a research team from Switzerland combined questionnaires that relied on participants’ self-reporting and actual observation of their sleep.

This allowed them to tackle the question as to whether or not their subjects were correctly interpreting their sleep quality.

Growing older means becoming more of a morning person over time, according to the study, which found a gradual shift towards earlier bedtimes and mornings in addition to fewer complaints about daytime sleepiness from the older set.

It takes longer for women to fall asleep at night as they age, according to the study, which found the oldest female participants tossed and turned the most.

For both men and women, older people wake up more easily than young people, despite the improved sleep quality and functioning during the day.

“One possible explanation for better rating of daytime and sleep quality is an adaptation of expectations about sleep in older populations, or an acclimatization to sleep changes over time,” says co-author Gianina Luca of the University of Lausanne.

Working with 6,733 participants from Lausanne between the ages of 35 and 75 who were thought to be free of sleep disorders, the researchers conducted polysomnography (PSG) on 2,160 of them.

PSG technology records biophysical events that occur while you sleep, such as measuring the quantity and velocity of eye movements during the deep “rapid eye movement” (REM) phase of sleep.

Of this group, only 1,147 were considered free of sleep disorders after the polysomnography tests.

The researchers passed questionnaires to 5,064 of the participants, which revealed that only 2,966 were without sleep disorders.

The study, which has implications for how rampant sleep disorders are becoming, was published in the journal Taylor & Francis. — AFP/Relaxnews

yellow coldplay

I think , this song is written for the love of a mother to her child.
A mother's sacrifices to bring up her child.

"Yellow"

Look at the stars,

Look how they shine for you,

And everything you do,

Yeah, they were all yellow.

I came along,

I wrote a song for you,

And all the things you do,

And it was called "Yellow".

So then I took my turn,

Oh what a thing to have done,

And it was all yellow.

Your skin,

Oh yeah your skin and bones,

Turn into

Something beautiful,

Do you know,

You know I love you so,

You know I love you so.

I swam across,

I jumped across for you,

Oh what a thing to do.

'Cause you were all yellow,

I drew a line,

I drew a line for you,

Oh what a thing to do,

And it was all yellow.

Your skin,

Oh yeah your skin and bones,

Turn into

Something beautiful,

Do you know,

For you I'd bleed myself dry,

For you I'd bleed myself dry.

It's true,

Look how they shine for you,

Look how they shine for you,

Look how they shine for,

Look how they shine for you,

Look how they shine for you,

Look how they shine.

Look at the stars,

Look how they shine for you,

And all the things that you do.

lunch box

Some dedicated parents, who are having ample of time in the morning or before bed, came out with lot of ideas of lunch box food. Here are the collections of lunch box food found in my facebook and I think I must share them across my blog as it will be more secured and easily be accessed when the right time and right mood come to us at the sudden moment to prepare for lunch box food for children and even, ourselves.

Happiness is everywhere, and can be derived from the daily chores, at times we think trivial.

There are about 150 lunch box food as suggested, it is a great source of inspiration for someone with lovely children, to prepare something simple, delicious and rich in calories.

However, personally speaking , some suggested lunch box food are not nutritious as they contain processed food such as sausages and packet-food, but they are extremely convenient for parents to just pack in their lunch box as ala-carte or 'junkfood' as you can call it.


Most of the ingredients can be obtained locally, Malaysian market places.  Please visit my Facebook for more details, the author and the commentators' points of view.