The Health Wisdom Blog™ (by OrganizedWisdom)

Take a Power Nap to Lose Weight, Look Younger, and Feel Better Fast!

It's too bad the Spanish concept of the siesta never caught on in the U.S.A. We might all be a lot better off.

OrganizedWisdom's sleep advisor, Michael Breus, Ph.D., author of Beauty Sleep, tells us that napping offers all of the wonderful benefits of a good night's sleep. So if you can't always get a decent snooze, a nap can help give your body a mini reboot.

If you feel like you can't nap because you wake up feeling groggy and disoriented, guess what? You're doing it wrong!

Here are Dr. Breus's 10 steps to a perfect power nap. You'll learn how to give it a try today (right at your desk), and see if your brain and body work a little better 20 minutes later!

Also, be sure to check out our questions and answers with Dr. Breus about sleep disorders and insomnia. It's all part of OrganizedWisdom Expert Answers series where we seek out professional advice to address the most highly searched real-life FAQs!

Sleepless? Dr. Michael Breus Shares His Expert Answers to Common Sleep Disorder Questions!

Between swine flu panic, economic turmoil, and information overload it's possible that you, like many Americans, might be losing precious sleep.

Of course, sleeplessness itself is genuinely something to worry about, as it can increase your risk for hypertension, among other illnesses. 

Well, help is on the way. OrganizedWisdom just found answers to some of the most common sleep disorder questions from sleep specialist Michael Breus, Ph.D., and his helpful book Beauty Sleep. It's all part of our new OrganizedWisdom Expert Answers series where we seek out professional advice to address the most highly searched real-life FAQs!

Read Dr. Breus' words of wisdom and start sleeping better tonight:

1. Is sleep debt reversable? Can I bank sleep for later?
2. Does the amount of sleep we need really decrease as we age, or is it hearsay?
3. Can I get physically sick from lack of sleep?
4. Is a high-end mattress worth it?
5. Can I actually smell in my sleep? I've seen products that claim to help me stay asleep with special scents. Is that true?
6. Is melatonin safe to take every night?
7. I sleep a lot more during the winter months and have a harder time feeling motivated in general. What's going on?
8. Is it ever okay to keep a small stock of sleeping pills in the medicine chest just in case?
9. Is it ever okay to use alcohol as a nightcap?
10. Is it okay to let my body sleep as much as it wants during a vacation?