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The human body needs sleep to function properly and stay healthy. Some may think of sleep as a passive state where the brain turns off to rest, but this isn’t true. The brain stays active during sleep and may even be more active than when awake. This brain activity is broken up into several phases that, together, make up the sleep cycle. One cycle takes between one and two hours to complete and consists of rapid-eye-movement and non-rapid-eye-movement phases. Sleeping Processes By using electroencephalography to view brain waves, scientists and researchers studying sleep discovered that brain activity varies throughout the...

Have you ever noticed how good it feels to walk barefoot on a sandy beach, or in a forest? There is a reason for that—it’s called the grounding effect. The reason for this sense of well-being is due to the fact that you’re receiving a surge of potent healing electrons from the ground. The earth has a slightly negative charge, so when you stand barefoot on that sand, electrons from the earth flow into your body, giving you a virtual “transfusion” of healing power. The featured documentary, The Grounded 2, is a sequel to the film The Grounded, released in 2013. The sequel features...

Cooking with a microwave oven is highly convenient, as it’s simple and incredibly fast. However, many people believe that microwaves produce harmful radiation and damage healthy nutrients. Therefore, you may wonder whether it’s safe to use these appliances. This article explains whether microwave ovens affect your food quality and health. What are microwave ovens? Microwave ovens are kitchen appliances that turn electricity into electromagnetic waves called microwaves. These waves can stimulate molecules in food, making them vibrate, spin around, and clash with each other — which turns the energy into heat. This is like how your hands heat up when...

Being on the receiving end of a massage can be thoroughly remedial, pain-relieving, relaxing, and even blissful. Thanks to the skill, energy, and passion of the massage therapist you typically come away feeling like a million bucks. But for purveyors of such relief — the therapists — it’s hard, hard work. Repeated treatments can generate overuse problems such as tendonitis and carpal tunnel, affecting the wrists, elbows, and shoulders, as well as problems with the hand and fingers. There’s fatigue as well from the draining exertion. Over time, the demanding nature of the work frequently contributes to burnout. A widely-quoted...

Antimicrobial fabric masks, clothes, and gloves have become necessities, since the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020, people have been seeking protection against microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses. There are many different methods of antimicrobial treatments that can be infused into the fabrics. So how do you source the best antimicrobial fabrics to manufacture your products?  What is Antimicrobial Fabric (Antibacterial Fabric)? Most people have the idea that antimicrobial fabrics /antibacterial fabrics are materials that kill or slow the spread of microorganisms. Antimicrobial fabrics are the fabric that can be treated, infused, or coated with different types of antimicrobial compounds to inhibit the growth of bacteria or fungus. Bacteria...