Sleep Science

Seven methods to lower arousal and stop racing thoughts before sleep

How to Stop Racing Thoughts Before Sleep: 7 Ways

Everyone tells you to clear your mind at bedtime, which is useless advice. What works is lowering the arousal underneath the thoughts.

How to Stop Racing Thoughts Before Sleep: 7 Ways

Everyone tells you to clear your mind at bedtime, which is useless advice. What works is lowering the arousal underneath the thoughts.

Illustration of junk sleep, enough hours but too little deep restorative sleep

Junk Sleep: Why 8 Hours Can Still Leave You Tired

Junk food fills you without nourishing you. Junk sleep does the same to your nights: it fills the hours without rebuilding you.

Junk Sleep: Why 8 Hours Can Still Leave You Tired

Junk food fills you without nourishing you. Junk sleep does the same to your nights: it fills the hours without rebuilding you.

Illustration of protecting sleep quality in an Indian joint family home with shared spaces

Joint Family Living and Sleep Quality

In much of India, sleep happens in a shared room, on a schedule shaped by several generations. Here is a version of sleep advice that fits that reality.

Joint Family Living and Sleep Quality

In much of India, sleep happens in a shared room, on a schedule shaped by several generations. Here is a version of sleep advice that fits that reality.

Infographic on screen time and sleep in India showing 84 percent use phones before bed

Screen Time and Sleep in India

India is one of the most connected and most sleep-deprived populations at once, and those two facts are related. Here is what the data shows.

Screen Time and Sleep in India

India is one of the most connected and most sleep-deprived populations at once, and those two facts are related. Here is what the data shows.

L-theanine shown as a calming amino acid for sleep with a note on limited ADHD evidence

L-Theanine for Sleep and ADHD

L-theanine keeps coming up in ADHD and sleep conversations because it does something unusual: it calms without knocking you out. Here is the evidence.

L-Theanine for Sleep and ADHD

L-theanine keeps coming up in ADHD and sleep conversations because it does something unusual: it calms without knocking you out. Here is the evidence.

Summary showing glycine does not cause insomnia, with its mild side effects and medication caveat

Can Glycine Cause Insomnia? Side Effects Explained

It is fair to ask whether anything you take for sleep could backfire. For glycine the evidence points the other way, but here are the caveats.

Can Glycine Cause Insomnia? Side Effects Explained

It is fair to ask whether anything you take for sleep could backfire. For glycine the evidence points the other way, but here are the caveats.