The Sleepscape: Issue 22
by Manta Sleep
Featuring a hand-picked selection of the internet’s best sleep tips, products and curiosities
The Sleepscape: Issue 22
by Manta Sleep
Featuring a hand-picked selection of the internet’s best sleep tips, products and curiosities
🤔 Questions that keep us awake… Will listening to music at bedtime help me sleep?
(Answer at the end of the issue.)
🤔 Questions that keep us awake… Will listening to music at bedtime help me sleep?
(Answer at the end of the issue.)
Actionable wisdom:
“...the negative effects of too little sleep go beyond dozing off during meetings, or being irritable with the kids.
‘Getting less than six hours of sleep a night may double the odds of dying from heart disease or stroke for people who already have risk factors for heart disease and diabetes,’ according to a new report in Web MD.”
😴 Looking for some quick tips to improve your rest? Eat This, Not That! provides 20 ways to double your sleep quality. Their helpful advice covers everything from why blue is the best bedroom color to how sex can help you snooze.
This week’s cool thing:
🧠 By combining AI and the extremely low-frequency electromagnetic field, Kanazawa University of Japan neuroscientists have developed the Braindex.
It’s a palm-sized device that learns your daily patterns and emits sounds to stimulate the appropriate brainwaves to keep you calm and focused. Though currently still in production, it promises better sleep quality, concentration and overall health.
Side note:
🌌 Would you like to swing on a star? How about pivoting your stellar view around it, zooming in to discover the scientific secrets of its neighbors?
Swing by 100,000 stars and enjoy a guided tour of the galaxy (or plot your own course). Caveat: you’ll have to find another source of moonbeams for your jar.
💡Answer: According to a study in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, those who listened to 45 minutes of classical music at bedtime experienced better sleep quality than those who didn’t. Music without lyrics and with a tempo of 60 - 80 bpm (typical of classical and jazz) is ideal.
(Question at the top of the issue.)
💡Answer: According to a study in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, those who listened to 45 minutes of classical music at bedtime experienced better sleep quality than those who didn’t. Music without lyrics and with a tempo of 60 - 80 bpm (typical of classical and jazz) is ideal.
(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
“Looking for some quick tips to improve your rest? Here are 20 ways to double your sleep quality.”
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