Nutrition
Nutrients To Help Promote Sleep
Check out these 6 nutrients that support sleep-inducing hormones and improve metabolic health to give you the best zzzzzz's
Physical recovery
Top Advice for Athletes From Our Professional Sleep Coaches
Here’s the Zest sleep expert team's recommended game plan when they work with professional athletes.
Nutrition
Stay Hydrated, Sleep Better!
Water is essential for the human body and staying properly hydrated is important for you to function at optimal levels, and this includes optimal sleep! Dehydration can cause you to feel sluggish...
Nutrition
Intermittent Fasting
Intermittent fasting has been shown to positively impact memory, mood, immunity, heart health, athletic performance, recovery, and you guessed it SLEEP!
Nutrition
Nutrition and sleep basics
What and when we eat can help or hinder the quality of our sleep. A Standard American Diet high in processed and refined foods has been linked to a lower quality of sleep...
Sleep health
Adenosine: the link between sleep, exercise and caffeine
Have you ever wondered what makes you feel sleepy or alert throughout the day? The answer lies in a molecule called adenosine.
Physical recovery
Heart Rate Variability (HRV): what it is, and why it matters to your health and your sleep
In recent years, the medical profession has also adopted heart rate variability, or HRV. Although it first took hold in a clinical context in 1965, over the years researchers have learned more and more about its causes and effects, and what HRV measurements can tell us about the human body.
Sleep 101
What You Should Know about Temperature and Sleep
Everybody knows that trying to sleep in a room that’s too hot or too cold can be troublesome. But the science behind it is more detailed than you might think.
Exercise Recovery Formula
We create the “demand to grow” in the gym. The body says, “Woah that was intense! I'd better adapt just in case...
Nutrition
Why Over-The-Counter Sleeping Pills are harmful for your sleep
A deeper look at OTC sleeping pills and how they affect our sleep and sleep quality.
Cognitive performance
Breathing exercises for sleep, stress and relaxation: The link between deep breathing and the parasympathetic nervous system
From our friends at Othership: a guide to how breathwork can improve your sleep, stress, and recovery, and the science behind how deep breathing influences your autonomic nervous system!
Biological rhythms
Why Understanding Your Daily Rhythms Is Important
Understanding the concept of Circadian Rhythms – your body's natural rhythms of sleep, energy, and performance, can help you better decipher how your actions impact how you'll feel for the rest of the day, and to build stability into your daily life.