{"id":4759,"date":"2012-01-10T22:46:56","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T05:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bspcn.com\/?p=4759"},"modified":"2012-01-11T22:53:45","modified_gmt":"2012-01-12T05:53:45","slug":"8-sleep-myths-debunked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/2012\/01\/10\/8-sleep-myths-debunked\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Sleep Myths Debunked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/112063946124358686266\">Tom Anderson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never been a sound sleeper. I had trouble with it even as a kid, always wanting to stay up later. I don&#8217;t seem to be on the 24 hour cycle of this planet, with my sleep schedule always fluctuating. Was I I&#8217;m going to do some research on sleep and some new sleep devices \/ tech that are supposed to help you measure, track and ultimately improve your sleep habits. For now, here&#8217;s 8 sleep &#8220;myths&#8221; debunked:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Myth 1<\/strong>: There\u2019s no such thing as a beauty sleep.<br \/>\n<strong>Myth 2<\/strong>: Reading or watching TV relaxes you so you can nod off.<br \/>\n<strong>Myth 3<\/strong>: We need less sleep as we get older.<br \/>\n<strong>Myth 4<\/strong>: Beer or wine before bed helps you sleep.<br \/>\n<strong>Myth 5<\/strong>: If you wake up during the night, relax until you fall asleep.<br \/>\n<strong>Myth 6<\/strong>: Taking prescription sleeping pills is a path to addiction.<br \/>\n<strong>Myth 7<\/strong>: Your brain rests during sleep.<br \/>\n<strong>Myth 8<\/strong>: The more sleep, the better.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story and decide for yourself&#8230; More detail about each &#8220;myth&#8221; here: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/yf4jmh\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/yf4jmh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below I shared a link of 10 Sleep Tips. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>If I lived on Neptune, where days are 16 hours, I think I&#8217;d enjoy staying up all night and sleeping every second night. Until then, I&#8217;ll see what I can learn here on Earth. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bonus:\u00a0I actually laughed out loud. Fantasy stereotypes hold true through the ages..<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-jyeb1Mno-WA\/Tw4enziMa-I\/AAAAAAAAdRI\/yoQhw5zIa8A\/s800\/1.jpg\" alt=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by\u00a0Tom Anderson I&#8217;ve never been a sound sleeper. I had trouble with it even as a kid, always wanting to stay up later. I don&#8217;t seem to be on the 24 hour cycle of this planet, with my sleep schedule always fluctuating. Was I I&#8217;m going to do some research on sleep and some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4759"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4759"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4760,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4759\/revisions\/4760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}