Sleep and the Immune System
When I started to sleep better (due to standing and morning light), my health improved: I stopped getting colds. There was plenty of pre-existing evidence linking better sleep and better immune function; a new study connects the two even more strongly.
April 29th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Perhaps getting more sleep could be as important as or even more important than compulsive hand washing as a means of preventing/slowing the swine flu pandemic.
April 29th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
yeah, plus eating more fermented foods.
April 29th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Read TS Wiley’s Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar and Survival.
http://www.amazon.com/Lights-Out-Sleep-Sugar-Survival/dp/0671038680
She makes a strong case for sleep being the keystone to good health. Not only more sleep, but better sleep. She recommends we sleep in pitch darkness.
April 30th, 2009 at 8:00 am
I came across this article on Vitamin D and influenza:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/51913.php
What do you think of it?
May 2nd, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Good sleep is definitely vital for improving the immune system.
If you’re interested, in this post you can find more about some natural immune system boosters:
http://zenplease.com/immune-system-boosters/
May 3rd, 2009 at 11:31 am
Professor Roberts,
What do you mean by “standing and light” in terms of sleep promotion?
Thank you,
Corinna Mayer
May 4th, 2009 at 10:36 am
Corinna, in the link
http://repositories.cdlib.org/postprints/117/
you will find what I meant by standing and light.
May 5th, 2009 at 8:02 am
A recent study found that the French slept more, about 9 hours a night, than anyone else in the industrialized world. Nutritionists have long been puzzled by why the French, who eat so many “bad fats,” have such good longevity and less heart disease than their diet might predict. Could it be the sleep?