Most authors think that autism comes with sleep issues. I disagree, I think that autism is caused by the sleep disorder. If the sleep disorder can be fixed that means the autistic features can be
One of the most surprising things about sleep is how little we know about it. It’s almost as though we in medicine and science have purposefully ignored it. Doctors in particular, after having to
Vitamin D is a hormone, not a vitamin. You would never dream of taking a neighbor’s thyroid pills or insulin or prednisone on a whim. You should think of vitamin D in the same way.
You know what sleep is, right? Sure you do, because all of us sleep. Actually, most of us sleep. There are people who don’t sleep, and those people are aging faster. They’re dying faster than
Sleep apnea was first described in obese men, so the general trend since then, has been to blame the patient. We are taught that obesity is a disorder of “self-control”. Being fat is an “undesirable
Vitamin D is one of the oldest hormones we know of. Plants and fungi make vitamin D2 , also called Ergocalciferol. It is similar to our vitamin D and probably older but it is not what
At the same time that sleep problems have become more and more common our gut bacteria have also been changing. The four healthy bacterial species; Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes and Proteobacteria have been shown to
I originally became interested in sleep when one of my headache patients with sleep apnea cured her headaches by wearing the CPAP mask. Since then I’ve learned that bad or frequent headaches are always accompanied
While we are in deep sleep we make repairs. Every repair requires vitamins. Every cell in our body uses the B vitamins to make energy. Some B vitamins are used to make proteins or nucleic
We are one of the few animals on earth without feathers, scales or fur. It turns out to be a bit risky not to have a covering on the skin, but there may be some