Today, the 1,000 mile mark was reached. Around 10:15, as I walked to Dr H’s offices, the odometer rolled over from 999 to 1,000 miles. This is my cumulative walk distance as recorded from January 1st of this year.
Category Archives: Research
Sleep Imagery
In a prior post the suggestion was made that the recall of specific imagery at the time of retiring might function as an aid to inducing sleep. Empirical testing of this hypothesis has been conducted and the results are indeterminate.
Sleep and Diet
My sleep research has uncovered some interesting facts. The neurotransmitter balance, the relative presence of different neurotransmitters, appears to play a significant role in fatigue. These neurotransmitters all have dietary precursors. Sleep and diet is therefore closely linked. If the diet is insufficient in a certain nutrient this will result in a decline in the availability of a required precursor and one outcome will be altered mood, or a possible cognitive impairment.
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