Celilo Health Category Archive: sleep

does summer make you SAD?

does summer make you SAD?

Most people understand SAD as a depression response to the short, dark days of winter. And indeed, that is the most common form.

But summer SAD is also truly a thing: hot days, unrelenting brightness that makes you think you have to be cheery and energetic, wildfire smoke in certain parts of the country — all of these contribute to seasonal depression in the summer.

Here’s one simple way to beat it.

sleep stabilizes blood sugar

sleep stabilizes blood sugar

Getting your nightly eight hours may be doing more for you than you think — it may help prevent Type II Diabetes. That disease occurs when cells become resistant to insulin, the hormone that helps sugar move from the bloodstream and into cells, which use the sugar as...