Wenatex Blog :: Healthy Sleep for a Better Life

I saw an excellent documentary on SBS last night (27/5/09) called Dead Tired. It was one part of a two part series. I was particularly interested in an experiment that was conducted on a young healthy man where he slept for three hours each night for a week. After six days, he really was in terrible shape and the experiment was cut short.

Update (30/7/10) - We are happy to announce that we have acquired this documentary and you can find the links on the homepage of the Wenatex website. Go to www.wenatex.com.au and click the links to watch full episodes.

I found it fascinating, I hope you do too! Please let me know what you think.

While researching all things “sleep”, I came across an article about Lee Hadwin, who is just fascinating! Lee is a “sleep artist” and even though he has no inclination towards being an artist when awake, he draws fabulous works of art in his sleep.

Lee has been a sleepwalker since the age of four and started drawing in his sleep 14 years ago. “It started out just being scribbles everywhere, and I still do scribbles from time to time. But then I started doing proper artwork, really complicated things. Without the video footage we have got, I wouldn’t have a clue I was doing it.”

The interest in Lee’s work has been building with galleries around the work keen to show his work.

The article that sparked my interest was written by the North Wales Post where Lee lives, about Lee doing his bit recently for charity, http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2009/05/05/sleep-artist-does-his-bit-for-charity-55578-23540823/

If you are interested in this fascinating sleep artist, see his website at http://www.leehadwin.com/?p=118

A story such as this brings home to me just how little we know about sleep and its effects on the body and mind. Please let me know your thoughts.

Dolphins are amazing creatures!

New research has revealed that dolphins are able to put half of their brains to sleep while the other half remains conscious. This means they can rest while continuously returning to the surface for air and stay alert to predators. 

Wouldn’t you love to learn this skill? Mums, can you imagine being able to get some rest while getting up to feed your hungry baby?

Anyway, I found this article fascinating and I hope you do too. Please let me know what you think.

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/hscout/2009/05/06/hscout626519.html