A Hat to Help You Sleep-A Personal Trainer and Some Exercise Will Help Too.

Cooling down a whirring brain can help you sleep, literally. An American scientist has developed a cap that chills the frontal cortex, slowing activity and helping promote a restful sleep. Dr Eric Nofzinger, of the Universitty of Pittsburg, tried his water filled cap on 24 people, half of whom had insomnia. He found that the insomniacs that were treated with the maximum cooling intensity took about 13 minutes to fall asleep and slept for 89% of the time that they were in bed; this was similar to the time spent asleep by those patients who slept normally. This group took an average of 16 minutes to fall asleep and also slept for 89% of the time. Insomnia is associated with increased metabolism in the frontal cortex. Reduced metabolism seems to promote good sleep. The cap could provide those who struggle to sleep well with a safer and healthier alternative to sleeping pills, and it’s hoped that a large scale trial of the cap will begin soon.
Structured exercise has also proven to be very effective in curing or helping insomnia. If you can’t manage to get it done on your own then you might want to think about some sessions with one of the Diets Don’t Work personal trainers in Windsor and Berkshire. They can not only help with exercise but all block bookings of personal training sessions includee nutritional assessment and advice. Both exercise and good healthy eating will really help counteract the stresses common to modern life and get you the good night’s sleep that you need!