Function of Vitamins

Vitamin A

It functions for growth, vision and healthy skin and hair.Merophtalmia can also prevent disease, the disease dryness of the lining of the eye tissue of this vitamin found in milk, butter, eggs, liver, green vegetables and yellow.

Vitamin B1

Function to the nervous system and heart function. Vitamin B1 deficiency can lead to symptoms of loss of appetite, difficult defecation, sleeplessness and restlessness. This vitamin can also prevent the disease beriberi. This vitamin is found in rice, flour, fish, lean meat, liver, milk and chicken.

Vitamin B2

Serves to maintain healthy skin and help the growth of body tissues.Can prevent eye sensitivity to light. This vitamin is found in rice, wheat, green leafy vegetables, non-cholesterol beef liver, dried yeast, milk and eggs.

Vitamin B6

Serves to maintain healthy teeth and gums, as well as to increase the red blood cells and nervous system. This vitamin is found in rice, wheat, vegetables, dried yeast, meat and bananas.

Vitamin B12

Serves to keep the disease anemia and helps maintain healthy nervous system and can help a good growth in children. This vitamin is found in all animal flesh, liver, spleen, milk, fish and dried fish.

Vitamin C

Function for healthy teeth and bones. Also useful to help the body’s cells and blood vessels. Prevent scurvy. This vitamin is found in fruits and all the sour juice of green vegetables and potatoes.

Vitamin D

Serves for the formation of bones and teeth. Helping to change the calcium and phosphorus in the body. Prevent disease rachitis. This vitamin is found in milk, fish oil, salmon, tuna and egg yolks.

Vitamin E

Serves to prevent formation of blood and excess fatty acids. This vitamin is found in vegetable oils, wheat, rice and salad.

Vitamin Bc

Serves to prevent some forms of anemia and vitamin helps the workings of the gut is contained in green leafy vegetables, yeast food and meat.

Vitamin B3

Functions to help convert food into energy. Nervous system helps prevent loss of appetite. Prevent the disease pellagra disease eat less. This vitamin are rice, flour, eggs, non-cholesterol meat, liver and dried yeast.

Vitamin H

Serves to help the metabolism of carbohydrates, protein and fat.This vitamin is found in egg yolk, green vegetables, milk, liver and kidneys.

Vitamin B5

Function in the body to digest carbohydrates, fats and proteins. This vitamin is found in all foods from plants and meat.

10 Reasons Why Alcohol Should Stay in

Alcohol can come from anywhere, but the most popular present in wine, beer or other liquor. There are 10 reasons why it should be shunned alcohol.

Alcoholic beverages can indeed be good for health such as warm in the cold air. But a lot happens to excess alcohol consumption to the benefit is lost.

No matter what age a person, alcohol can cause serious impact on health and himself.

Quoted from Livestrong, Friday (22/10/2010) There are 10 reasons why alcohol beverage worthy shunned, namely:

1. Addiction

Addiction is one of the most visible effect when someone is using alcohol in the long term. This means that a person should drink more before drinking or to be able to feel more relaxed.

2. Withdrawal symptoms (withdrawal)

A person will experience withdrawal symptoms (withdrawal) when trying to stop drinking abruptly or when you wake up the next day.These symptoms include anxiety, nausea, vomiting, irritability, loss of appetite and feeling shaky.

3. Heart disease

According to the University of Maryland Medical Center alcohol use can cause chronic liver disease, such as fatty liver (more than 90 percent alcohol), as well as alcoholic hepatitis and alcoholic cirrhosis which can lead to liver failure.

4. Result in a crash

Alcohol can disrupt a person’s ability to drive and slow down the thinking process. Combined these conditions cause a person had an accident after drinking alcohol.

5. Malicious behavior

Alcohol can reduce the inhibitory capacity of natural persons, so that people who get drunk often do dangerous things without realizing it, such as having sex without using condoms or crossing the road carelessly.

6. Negative effects of a relationship

Consuming alcohol is not only an effect on ourselves, but also the people around him like a child. Because of domestic violence often occurs in people who abuse alcohol and children may suffer long-term trauma caused by the parents’ drinking habits.

7. Depression

In the short term alcohol can provide relaxation, but unwittingly rubbing alcohol can contribute to the development of depression.About 40 percent of heavy drinkers showed signs of depression.

8. Losing a job

The more often a person drinks alcohol, the more diminished responsibility, including his thoughts on the job. This lowers the productivity of work and will lead to unemployment.

9. Trigger legal issues

Consuming alcohol can lead to legal problems, such as the arrest due to disorderly conduct or driving under the influence of alcohol.

10. Ignoring his own personal hygiene

A person who consumed alcohol over time will ignore cleanliness itself, such as wearing the same clothes over and over, rarely bathe or forget to brush your teeth. Because that is in the minds of people are just alcohol and stop thinking about other things.

How to Cure Tooth Decay

Many people think a major cause of tooth decay due to eating sweets, eat or drink that is sweet. Disease without being aware of cavities / decay can also be contracted from other people who suffer from dental cavities through saliva / saliva, and can also be infected when kissing or through eating utensils such as spoons, cups.Because there are cavities in the teeth of bacteria called Streptococcus mutans, such as when a person who experienced coughs pilik and easy way to catch it with others. Therefore, pay attention to who the person close to you, in the sense examine in a friendship if you love the health. Not mean to be picky friends

In addition due to contracting of people who suffer from dental cavities, food and drink the sweet, tooth decay may also arise for dental hygiene, as food scraps left behind will produce amino acids and bacteria meet and will lead to tooth has a cavity, if the teeth are not cleaned or brushed properly it will lead to the decay / cavities.And this is can lead to heart disease, kidney, lung, and other diseases. This happens because the bacteria in cavities go through the bloodstream.

In order not to get worse, you should visit the dentist and put through the treatment of dental cavities, because cavities will not be able to heal itself. In addition to medical treatment, cavities can also be treated premises in a natural way. The trick is to use a betel leaf.How to process are as follows:

Take one betel leaves.

Method 1: boiled with 2 cups water to boil

How to use: After the cold is used to rinse, repeated regularly until healed.

· Take two pieces of crushed betel leaf, salt 0.5 tablespoons

 Method 2: brewed with 1 cup hot water, stirring until the salt dissolves, let it cool

 How to use: Used to rinse his mouth.

· Betel leaves can also be eaten or chewed dikunyak get yourself right in the hollow tooth.

Health Benefits of Rice

Regular rice is much maligned and is fast being dropped in favour of its unpolished avatar. But are the charges valid? Sports nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar separates the grain from the husk 

The Chinese eat rice with every meal, breakfast included, and the average Chinese on the street is thin, if not skinny. In our country, however, we are getting skeptical about rice and yes, we are all getting fatter. We either give up rice or replace it with wheat or 'brown' rice. What is wrong with this approach? 

Replacing rice with wheat is not a good idea since it means reducing your intake of amino acids (protein's building blocks) and Vitamin B. As for brown rice, it has the outer layer (husk and bran) intact thereby making it high in fibre. Now of course we want fibre but if your rice has more fibre than you can digest, brown rice will only cause indigestion. On the other hand, rice that emits blinding whiteness may not be the best source of nutrients either. 

Thus, to get the best of both worlds, polish your rice to the extent that helps it retain its nutrients (proteins, Vitamin B and fibre) and looks brownish or reddish. Remove the outer bran but allow the rice grain to show off its brown/red strains. Don't worry, this won't compromise the taste and yes, you can eat basmati rice with the brown/red strains as well. 

The protein in this rice (red-rice or hand-polished rice) is absorbed much better by your body than in brown rice. It is also way easier to cook and digest as compared to brown rice. It is easy to digest, easy to absorb, easy to assimilate proteins from and easier on your excretory system too. This is exactly how the farming community of India eats its rice. 

In fact, Ayurveda uses ricebased diets in treating various imbalances in the body. Dal-chawal is a nutritious meal, possessing the entire spectrum of amino acids, vitamins and minerals. It also accelerates fat burning. In fact, the essential amino acid methionine found pre-dominantly in rice helps mobilize fat from the liver. As India is dominantly vegetarian, getting proteins from rice, especially the essential amino acid methionine and the conditionally essential amino acid (becomes essential under conditions of stress) tyrosine is crucial for us. Diabetics should also eat rice since they need these proteins. 

Know that rice is not a bad thing. The bad thing is when we mindlessly decide if one thing is good for us and that if we do it a lot, it becomes only better. We do that with rice so often now. A humble dalchawal meal is so satiating that it makes you eat slower and improves your chances of eating the right amount (the cornerstones of fat loss or accelerated metabolism, good digestion and health itself). 

Rice is auspicious in both China and India: the dead are offered rice to wish them good health for life outside their physical selves. It is sad then, that in India, even when we are still in our bodies, we make fads out of rice. 

Family history influences Diabetes

Quite often when a person with newly detected Diabetes is asked whether he has a parent or other family member suffering from Diabetes, the answer invariably put forward is "Doc, I do have a brother who is a diabetic but he is settled abroad and we have not lived together for the last 20 years."

The point to be clarified is that family history of diabetes is not obtained to find out whether diabetes has been communicated by another family member because diabetes is not an infection or communicable disease which can be transmitted from one individual to another. On the other hand, family history of diabetes is obtained because Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus tends to run in families with an inherent or genetic preponderance which makes individuals with a positive family history more prone to develop diabetes.

In the case of a positive family history also, there is however another important aspect often less understood. Many a time, while giving positive family history of diabetes, a newly detected Diabetic hastens to add, "Doc, my father also had diabetes but he got it only at the age of 60. So, how is it that I have got it at the age of 40 itself?" The answer is that the father's lifestyle, eating habits, level of physical activity, level of stress etc were different from those of the son. And there lies the catch!

Family history of Diabetes, particularly in parents or siblings, does increase the risk to develop it. But …. maintainence of optimum body weight, judicious dietary habits, adequate level of physical activity, freedom from stress and overall discipline in life can help an individual to avoid or delay onset of Diabetes despite a positive family history.

Younger Age of Onset

Diabetics with a diabetic parent are found to be both younger and also younger at the time of diagnosis. Furthermore, the observation is that, on an average, diabetes becomes evident about 6 years earlier in presence of parental Diabetes than in case of Diabetics who have no diabetic relative. Some scholars believe that age of diabetes onset could be genetically determined.

Various studies, however, donot point out any significant difference in the prevalence of chronic diabetic complications in diabetics with a family history of diabetes visavis diabetics with no family history. This indicates that individually acquired factors could be more relevant than family history in determining a diabetic's vulnerability to develop diabetic complications.

Peculiar Characteristics

Interestingly, young adult offsprings of diabetic parents are often found to be significantly more obese than those of non-diabetic parents. 

In a nutshell, as far as the influence of family history of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is concerned, the genetic component seems relevant from an early age whereas environmental factors seem to become more relevant at later stages.

Best fruits for your skin and hair

No matter which beauty product rules the market, a fact that nobody can deny, is that fruits are nature's most valuable beauty enhancers. And what's more, they are inexpensive too. Now, you need not wonder what to do to get that awesome glow on your skin or add some lustre to your hair. Here's a ready-reckoner for you: 

Bananas: 

Rich in potassium and vitamins A, C and E, bananas are ideal for skin and hair (they help restore dull and damaged hair). While vitamin A restores natural oils of the skin, vitamin E repairs damaged skin and lightens age spots. Vitamin C, on the other hand, prevents cell oxidation and wrinkles. 

Apples: 

They have been used as a beauty aid for decades. A cup of apple juice added to your bath will cleanse and smoothen your skin. Apple juice applied to your scalp helps prevent dandruff. A final rinse of your hair with apple juice after shampooing brings about an added shine. Apples are also a good conditioner and toner, and help fight acne. 

Pineapple: 

A great skin emollient, pineapples help rejuvenate and cleanse the skin. Rubbing a slice of pineapple on spots like knees, elbows and heels helps soften the skin. It can also act as a loofah or sponge while taking a shower. 

Lemons: 

Lemons are known for their 'skin and hair' cleansing properties. Dandruff can be prevented by rubbing lemon on the scalp. Adding two teaspoons of lemon juice in your bath not only deodourises the body but also keeps it fresh. Lemon rinds, when rubbed on scars, acne or dark spots, helps heal them. Rub lemon slices on rough areas of heels and elbows to soften them. 

Papaya: 

Rich in vitamin A and enzymes, papayas act as a great exfoliator. Mashed papaya, when applied to the face, helps get rid of dead skin and gives your face that glow. 

Peaches: 

This fruit is best for dry skin. A combination of peach paste and yogurt, when applied to the skin and rinsed off with lukewarm water not only moisturises the skin but also leaves it supple and soft. Gorging on these yummy fruits is not enough, applying them on the skin and hair helps a lot as well. So, the next time you lunge at that favourite fruit of yours, look beyond its culinary value, for you'd be surprised at its cosmetic benefits. 

Foods that keep you hydrated

You're supposed to drink 8 glasses of water a day but how many of us actually do that? Here are some ways you can eat your water content and deliciously hydrate your body by eating certain foods 

 When you exercise or workout, you usually tend to lose a lot of water through sweat leading to your electrolyte levels going below normal. A wise move for replenishing your hydration levels is to drink electrolyte-rich fresh juices and eat hydration-promoting foods, such as fruits and vegetables. Also, drinking too much water can actually cause a critical loss of vitamins and minerals as they get whooshed out of the body with every trip to the bathroom. When you start 'eating' water, you don't need to count your glasses. You can replace at least one glass of water a day with one serving of raw fruits or vegetables and you will be able to stay hydrated significantly longer. Moreover, you'll get the added boost of fiber, antioxidants and other health-promoting phytonutrients. In fact, by sticking to a healthy diet, you'll end up 'eating' most of the water needed each day to stay hydrated. 

Hydrating foods to eat every day 

 Our body is constantly replacing damaged cells, so it is imperative that we eat and drink to promote our cellular health. The best way to do this is to keep the body flooded with cell-protecting antioxidants and the building blocks of stronger cell membranes. Here are foods that contain high levels of nutrients and 'structured water'. 

Mangoes 

 If your skin frequently feels parched, just eat a mango! Mangoes are bursting with vitamins and minerals, especially vitamin A. Vitamin A normalises the production and life cycle of skin cells. Mangoes also improve your skin if you suffer from acne. In skin with acne, there is an overproduction of cells in the stratum corneum, which is the outermost layer of the skin and is composed of biologically 'dead' cells. These excess dead cells combine with sebum (the skin's own natural oil) to form comedones - the pore plugs that are the defining element of acne. Taken as a dietary supplement, vitamin A helps to prevent overproduction of skin cells in the stratum corneum. You can add 3 to 4 slices of mango to every meal as a refreshing and hydrating naturally sweet treat. 

Pomegranates 

Pomegranates are a wonderfully hydrating source of antioxidants. They may be the world's most prolific source of polyphenols. The unique combination of elements in pomegranates increases the protective abilities of sunscreens, which can help prevent sun damage. Add pomegranates to your morning cereal or yogurt, fresh green or fruit salads for a refreshing snack or breakfast. 

Avocado 

 The buttery-fleshed avocado may not seem like a hydrating food, but these healthy gems replenish potassium and contain healthy fats and fiber, which help your body hold on to water. As a bonus, the monosaturated fats in avocados contain oleic acid, which has been found to improve fat levels in the body and help control diabetes and cholesterol. Layer your sandwiches with avocado slices, toss diced avocado into your salads or simply scoop avocado out of its peel as a snack. 

Cucumber 

 Not only are cucumbers delightfully crunchy and low in calories, they are composed mostly of water, which will keep you feeling hydrated longer. In addition, cucumbers are an excellent source of silica, a trace mineral that contributes to the strength of connective tissue. Do not peel the cucumber skin! It is a good source of vitamins A, C and folic acid. You can add diced cucumber to green and grain salads or fan sliced cucumber on the side of your plate as a refreshing side dish. You can also cut cucumber into batons for an afternoon snack. 

Broccoli 

 Your mom was right when she said to eat your greens. Broccoli and other green foods, such as spinach, are a great source of alpha lipoic acid which is a potent fat- and water-soluble antioxidant and an anti-inflammatory. Toss raw broccoli into your salads or simply snack on this hardy vegetable all by itself.

AC rooms no sunlight aggravate diabetes

"Spending too much time indoors in air-conditioned rooms coupled with inadequate exposure to sunlight aggravate the risk of developing diabetes".This was stated here today by renowned Diabetologist and National Professor of Diabetes, Dr Jitendra Singh while speaking at a Doctors CME update programme. The occasion was the launching of Jammu and Kashmir chapter of "Endocrine Society of India"(ESI).

The scientific session was chaired by Dr R P Kudyar and there were three faculty update lectures. While Dr Jitendra spoke on the topic "Diabetes and Vitamin D", he was followed by Col (Dr) Narendra Kotwal from AFMC Pune who spoke on "Osteoporosis" and Dr Ashraf Ganai from SKIMS, Soura who spoke on "Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome".

Dr Jitendra referred to changing lifestyle, spending too much time indoors in air conditioned rooms, less of sun exposure, unhealthy dress code and less of calcium intake in diet as common causes of Vitamin D deficiency which has been recently implicated in contributing and aggravating diabetes. In case of Type 2 Diabetes, Vitamin D deficiency increases insulin resistance thus predisposing to high blood sugar levels while in Type 1 Diabetes Vitamin D deficiency acts by altering auto immunity, he said.

Dr Narendra Kotwal dwelt on increasing prevalence of Osteoporosis, bone degeneration, bone problems and bone pains due to Vitamin D deficiency and suggested measures as well as pharmacological remedies to overcome these. Dr Ashraf Ganai spoke on the current common problem of "Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome"among young women. He said there is nothing to be dejected by it because there are modern day treatments available for it.

Specialist doctors, MD scholars and senior faculty from Government Medical College Jammu, ASCOMS and other private institutions attended the programme and participated in an interesting question-answer session at the end of three faculty lectures.

Dr Krishan Lal Gupta, veteran medical practitioner and Retd Director Health, Dr Mohan Lal Cardiologist, Dr Rakesh Kakkar, Dr Virendar Dhar, Dr Vipin Gupta and Dr Pandita were among those who participated in discussion.

Diet plan for new mothers

Everything you wanted to know what to do during pregnancy. :

The postpartum diet need not be complicated - just a mix of age-old remedies and home science

The stork came and went, and left you multitudes of relatives who are telling you what to eat. They are peddling age-old remedies, while you are clutching on to your doctor's advice of no green vegetables or fruits. Iron deficiency, constipation and soreness are some of the things you may suffer, while expending more energy and needing more calcium. The best path is to try out both sets of advice and see what works for you. 

Ketaki Karpe-Kolgaonkar, new mother and clinical pharmacist found that 'the diet should be all about the mother's needs'. "The baby takes the nutrition it needs and doesn't need any help doing that," she says. "Watch out for bacteria from unwashed vegetables, unpasteurised milk, unfiltered water or uncooked meats." 

Raise calorie intake 

Nutritionist Dr Shilpa Joshi emphasises on the importance of wholesome meals with no restrictions apart from oil and spice, unless the doctor says so specifically. "The mother needs extra energy, at least in the first six months, because she will be nursing the baby more often," she says. "So she needs to eat more calories, which will come from small meals, which are rich in proteins - nuts, daals and legumes." 

If you are a non-vegetarian, don't switch to a leafy vegetarian meal instantly. This will cause you more harm than good. Eat shredded meat in soups and broths without too much spice or oil. 

Pump iron 

Since a new mother suffers from loss of blood, her iron levels could be precariously balanced. A little spinach can go a long way. Ketaki developed low iron levels in her second trimester, and panicked. "So I started to incorporate spinach in everything such as daal, chappati dough and even in chicken curry." She continued this after the baby came, which steadied her iron levels. 

Milk the calcium 

It goes without saying that you'll need lots of calcium so that the baby can use the cafeteria uninterrupted. "If you are lactose intolerant, and can't drink milk or eat milk products, go for curd," says Joshi. "Garden cress seeds (aleev or haleem), are a rich source for calcium. Traditionally, these are made into sugar-rich ladoos. If you are being careful about sugar, make a haleem kheer." 

Water yourself 

There's not much you can do to artificially stimulate breast milk, other than drink lots of fluids. Also, new mothers tend to be a little scared of the pain and resist passing urine or stools, which can result in constipation. Ordinarily, this can be resolved by medication, but because medicines will pass on the baby, it's better to take preventive action. "I used to keep a huge bottle of water and use a straw to sip it so as to not put pressure on a the C section incision," says Ketaki. 

Joshi also suggests ingesting fluids by drinking lots of soup, coconut water, broths, whole fruits, fresh fruit juices and milkshakes that are also easier to eat for the harried mother. "I would drink strawberry milkshake so that it didn't feel like you are adding ten things to the plate. Even eating seems overwhelming to a new mom and if she has to chew one thing less, it's a huge convenience," says Ketaki. "Fluids help flush out toxins and medication, and help stay oriented even with the lack of sleep that comes with parenting." 

Yoghurt is not only a stool softener but also has the probiotics essential for keeping Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) away. Edible gum balls (dink ladoos) are a good laxative because of their combination of ghee, edible gum and nuts. "After the baby came, I would resist therapeutic Indian food without thinking about whether it was scientific," says Ketaki. "I eventually did eat one dinkache laadoo a day and that did me good. Sometimes, it pays to listen to your mother - she may know best!" 

Spring Skin Care

Here are some tips to help you tide over the change of season:

For normal to dry skin: Prepare a cleanser at home by mixing half a cup of milk with half teaspoon of any vegetable oil, like sesame seed (til) oil, or olive oil, or sunflower oil. Put the mixture in a bottle and shake well. Wipe your skin with this, using cotton wool and keep the remainder in the refrigerator for the next 2 or 3 days.

Skin Toning: Skin toning helps to improve blood circulation to the skin surface and add a glow. Mix half teaspoom alum with 50 ml rosewater and one teaspoon pure glycerine. Keep in the fridge and use it to tone the skin.

Or, grate cucumber. Add yogurt and apply on the face. Wash it off after 20 minutes. Tones the skin and removes winter tan.

Daily Nourishing of Dry Skin: Take pure almond oil and massage it on the skin every night, after cleansing, with outward and slightly upward movements, for 2 minutes. Wipe off with moist cotton wool.

Tulsi is very useful for eruptive conditions. It helps to soothe rashes and eruptions. The paste of tulsi leaves can be applied on the skin and washed off after 15 minutes.

Sandalwood paste can be applied on the eruptive conditions. Or, mix sandalwood with a little rose water and apply on the entire area. Wash off with plain water after 20 to 30 minutes.

Pimples / Acne: Or, add 2 drops of tea tree oil to 2 tablespoons of water or rose water. Apply this on pimples.

For itchy skin, add 1 tablespoon vinegar to a mug of water and pour it on the affected area. It helps in getting relief from itchy skin.

For dry and rashy skin, add a little turmeric paste to milk and apply on the rashes for quick healing.

Neem: Simmer a handful of neem leaves on very low fire in 4 cups of water for 1 hour. Leave it overnight. Next morning, strain the water and make a paste out of the leaves. Apply it on eruptions and rashes. The water can be used for rinsing the area. Neem contains organic sulphur compounds with versatile healing actions that are of particular benefit to the skin.

Fruit Mask would be good for all skin types. Mix together ripe papaya pulp, grated cucumber, grated apple, mashed banana and apply on the face. Wash it off after half an hour. Curd and oats can also be added to this.

Clays like fuller's earth (multani mitti) have a cooling and soothing effect. Mix it with rose water into a paste and apply on affected areas.

Bicarbonate of soda helps to relieve itchy skin. It can be added to the Multani Mitti pack. Apply on rashes and eruptions and wash off after 5 minutes.

Body Scrub: Twice a week, apply body scrub. Mix sesame seeds (til), dried mint (pudina) leaves, curd and honey. These ingredients are not normally used, but they have a remarkably rejuvenating effect on the skin. Crush the sesame seeds coarsely and powder the dried mint leaves. Mix them with a little honey and curd and apply on the body. Rub gently with circular strokes and wash off with water.

With age you Sleep Better

According to a survey, sleep quality improves with time.
Self-reported sleep quality improvement throughout life.
Women recognize more sleep problems and daytime sleepiness.

Another truism that science denies. It is thought that with age you sleep worse, but it is not . At least, according to a study by the University of Pennsylvania (USA). People over 80 years less complain of not being able to sleep According to a survey of 150,000 Americans by these researchers, aging does not appear to be a factor risk for poor sleep. In fact, the subjective perception of sleep quality seems to improve throughout life, as people who have reached the 80 is less than the rest complain of being unable to sleep. The survey , published this month in Sleep , asked participants about sleep problems and daytime sleepiness , taking into account factors such as race, income, mood or overall health, found that health problems and depression were associated with poor sleep.

Slight increase in median age
The women recognized have poorer sleep and daytime sleepiness than men. Taking into account age, except for a rebound in sleep problems in middle age (more pronounced in women than in men), sleep quality improved consistently over time. The feeling on sleep improvement with age for the study leader Michael Grandner, "the results of its work force to rethink everything we know right now about sleep in the elderly, both men and women," because the original idea of this research was demonstrate, on a large sample, you sleep worse with age . "Even if sleep among the elderly was actually worse than young adults, the feelings about this situation improves with age, "said Grandner. 

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