{"id":4169,"date":"2019-10-21T17:18:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T17:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/?p=4169"},"modified":"2019-10-21T17:18:21","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T17:18:21","slug":"sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\"><b class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4170\" src=\"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/the-importance-of-sleep-print-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/the-importance-of-sleep-print-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/the-importance-of-sleep-print-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/the-importance-of-sleep-print-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/the-importance-of-sleep-print-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/the-importance-of-sleep-print-610x343.jpg 610w, https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/the-importance-of-sleep-print.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>most people know sleep is important, but most of us probably think there isn&#8217;t much we can do to change how things are!<\/b>\u00a0especially since our schedules are so chaotic and so tightly regulated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\"><b class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">sleep can be improved through both duration and quality.<\/b>\u00a0so even if you don&#8217;t think you can improve how much you sleep, you can always improve the quality of what little sleep you get :)<\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\"><a class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/the-importance-of-sleep-tickets-77054146025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">we have a seminar coming up on November 2nd @ 11am :)<\/a> please RSVP.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">here&#8217;s what we&#8217;re going to learn together:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">\n<li>what to do daily to improve both duration and quality of sleep.<\/li>\n<li>the importance of natural light, direction, duration, intensity, and time. how often and how to fit it in!<\/li>\n<li>the importance of infrared radiation and direct sun exposure. how often and how to fit it in!<\/li>\n<li>how to use technology to support sleep &#8211; there are some really easy and neat things you can and must do.<\/li>\n<li>the simple, effective, and inexpensive gadgets you must have!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">and here&#8217;s what you&#8217;ll get:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">\n<li>1.5 hours of mind-blowing information. everything we&#8217;ve learned since 2011.<\/li>\n<li>handouts &#8211; a mini-guide with notes, resources, links, a daily checklist, and a sleep calendar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">and here&#8217;s why it&#8217;s important:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">\n<li>we all want to health, and we all want to be happy. I don&#8217;t think many of us realize just how important sleep is to health and happiness.<\/li>\n<li>health and happiness are synonymous &#8211; because when you find health, you find yourself, and you are automatically happier!<\/li>\n<li>what are our main indicators for health and happiness? well think about it. probably feeling good, good energy levels, stable emotions, and a body composition that we can be happy with.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\"><b class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">after one night of poor sleep:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">\n<li>you have less focus. simple tasks seem more challenging.<\/li>\n<li>your mood and emotions are off. you&#8217;ll notice yourself more moody, irritable, cranky, and sensitive.<\/li>\n<li>the next day your hunger and cravings are different. your tendency to want to eat more, snack more, and especially eat more carbohydrates increases.<\/li>\n<li>blood sugar handling is dysregulated, which means insulin levels are high, even when eating the same foods, which means your tendency to store body fat increases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\"><b class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">which means after one night of poor sleep,<\/b>\u00a0you&#8217;re less happy and your body composition is changing in the wrong direction!<\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\"><b class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">poor sleep over days, weeks, months, and years and everything gets worse:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">\n<li>stroke risk quadruples!<\/li>\n<li>obesity diabetes risk increases because of insulin resistance.<\/li>\n<li>ability to burn fat is almost completely suppressed.<\/li>\n<li>risk of cancer increases because of metabolic derangement and suppressed immune system.<\/li>\n<li>risk of heart disease increases because of inflammation.<\/li>\n<li>sperm count decreases.<\/li>\n<li>risk of death from all causes increases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\"><b class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">we&#8217;ve all heard this kind of information, but I&#8217;m not sure we understand it!<\/b>\u00a0and even if we do, most of us don&#8217;t know what to do about it, or don&#8217;t think there is anything we can change about what we are already doing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\"><b class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\"><span class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\"><a class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/the-importance-of-sleep-tickets-77054146025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this seminar and workshop will give you everything you need to start improving both duration and quality of your sleep, immediately!<\/a> <a class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">please RSVP.<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>most people know sleep is important, but most of us probably think there isn&#8217;t much we can do to change how things are!\u00a0especially since our schedules are so chaotic and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}