| Sleeping on a memory foam mattress topper is the most
natural thing in the world, but let’s look more closely at
sleep. The Sleep Cycle
One sleep cycle is comprised of four stages (five if you
count the act of falling asleep on your memory foam
mattress) and lasts for about 90-120 minutes. Dreams can
occur in any of the four stages of sleep but the most vivid
and memorable dreams are understood to occur in the last
stage of sleep (also commonly referred to as REM sleep).
Sleep without dreams
The sleep cycle repeats itself about an average of four to
five times per night, but may repeat as many as seven times.
Most people only remember dreams that occur closer toward
the morning when they are about to wake up on their memory
foam mattress toppers. But just because you can't remember
those dreams does not mean that they never happened. Some
people swear that they simply do not dream when, in reality,
they just don't remember their dreams.
Sleep deprivation
Sleep deprivation is a common condition and symptoms can
interfere with memory, energy levels, mental abilities, and
emotional mood. The condition drastically affects the body's
ability to metabolize glucose, leading to symptoms that
mimic early-stage diabetes. The brain's frontal cortex
relies on sleep to function effectively. Insufficient rest
adversely affects the frontal cortex's ability to control
speech, access memory, and solve problems. Driving and other
activities can become dangerous without sufficient rest. If
your mattress is affecting your ability to get enough sleep,
consider a memory foam mattress topper.
How much sleep is enough?
Different people require different amounts of rest. While
the majority of adults should spend between eight to nine
hours asleep on a memory foam mattress, a small number of
people function perfectly well on only three to four hours
of rest. Our ‘body clocks’ can be affected by shift work or
a change in routine, but we will normally adjust within a
few days.
Hibernation
On a drizzly winter morning, many of us snuggle down on our
memory foam mattress and wish that we could hibernate.
Hibernation is a state of metabolic depression in animals,
and a lack of sunlight is thought to contribute to our
susceptibility to seasonal affected disorders – the disorder
that makes us just want to curl up and ignore the outside
world.
Why sleep?
Simple animals become inactive whenever possible - they
rest. The purpose of rest is to conserve energy, and, while
at it, restore the organism. In higher animals, the nervous
system becomes increasingly important to the functioning of
the animal. Being a particularly high-maintenance system,
the nervous system requires considerable rest and
restoration. Many animals have found temporal niches, i.e.
some kind of daily cycle of activity and rest, and evolution
has taken advantage of the rest period and uses the time to
restore the nervous system. This, of course, is sleep.
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