Over the last few years, the claim that “red before bed” may be the shortcut to weight loss that so many of us had been hoping for. The buzz originated from the stories of a few women who said drinking one to two glasses of wine just before hitting the hay helped them shed a few pounds with no effort. 

The idea of getting extra pay in return for sleeping sounds crazy, but an upmarket wedding company in Tokyo – called Crazy – is doing just that.
The fraught subject of sleep is getting a lot of attention in Japan.

We’ve all heard numerous times that eating a balanced, healthy diet and getting regular exercise are the keys to losing and keeping weight off. But did you also know that getting (or not getting) enough sleep can affect the number on your scale as well?

Good, deep sleep is crucial to your health and well-being. Without good sleep you’re twice as likely to suffer a heart attack, develop high blood pressure, diabetes and even cancer.

If you’re not getting a good night’s sleep then you’re seriously damaging your mind and body... to the point where you could develop dementia, Alzheimer’s, Cancer, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and a number of other life threatening medical issues.

When we don't get enough good, deep sleep we dramatically increase the chances of getting a life threatening disease.

Hypoadrenia, or adrenal fatigue, has become one of the most common conditions out there.

Some people are gifted with genes that pack the benefits of slumber into an efficient time window, keeping them peppy on only four or six hours of sleep a night, according to researchers at UC San Francisco.