The Sleepscape: Issue 20
by Manta Sleep
Featuring a hand-picked selection of the internet’s best sleep tips, products and curiosities
The Sleepscape: Issue 20
by Manta Sleep
Featuring a hand-picked selection of the internet’s best sleep tips, products and curiosities
🤔 Questions that keep us awake… Do animals fight falling asleep the same way humans do?
(Answer at the end of the issue.)
🤔 Questions that keep us awake… Do animals fight falling asleep the same way humans do?
(Answer at the end of the issue.)
Actionable wisdom:
“Prebiotics appear to increase amounts of slow-wave sleep—the deepest form of non-REM sleep—and to increase amounts of REM in the wake of exposure to stress.”
🥗 You’ve no doubt heard of probiotics (thanks, Jamie Lee Curtis!) and their positive contribution to health and sleep.
But have you heard of prebiotics? They’re foods that provide nutrition to probiotics to keep them bountiful, active and healthy. The Sleep Doctor uncovers their role in controlling stress and getting deeper sleep.
This week’s cool thing:
🤦 Next time you’re embarking on a flight (or need to sleep anywhere without a bed), you may want to check out this piece from The Atlantic on why the U-shaped pillow is a bad idea. You had one job, travel pillow...
Side note:
📕 There’s no denying that the English language has some quirks. For a quirky bedtime story, check out author Raj Haldar reading aloud from his self-proclaimed “Worst Alphabet Book Ever,” P is for Pterodactyl.
💡Answer: Even that stubborn mule sleeps when his body tells him to! Humans are the only animal willing to forgo slumber in order to binge another episode of The Office. (C’mon, up next is the one with Kevin and the pot of chili… how can you not stay up for that?)
(Question at the top of the issue.)
💡Answer: Even that stubborn mule sleeps when his body tells him to! Humans are the only animal willing to forgo slumber in order to binge another episode of The Office. (C’mon, up next is the one with Kevin and the pot of chili… how can you not stay up for that?)
(Question at the top of the issue.)
Back matter:
As always, if you got something out of this email and know someone else who would too, we’d love it if you forwarded it to them.
And if you want to improve your sleep (or the sleep of someone you care about), all of our products are designed to do just that.
Finally, if you come across anything interesting this week, feel free to send it our way! We love sharing things that we find through readers of this newsletter.
Have a great week,
The Manta Sleep crew
“Prebiotics appear to increase amounts of slow-wave sleep—the deepest form of non-REM sleep—and to increase amounts of REM in the wake of exposure to stress.”
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