How to Sleep like a Caveman [electronic resource] : Ancient Wisdom for a Better Night’s Rest
Laar, Merijn van de2025
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How much sleep should you be getting? Why can you never remember your dreams? Is it bad to hit the snooze button?In How to Sleep Like a Caveman Dr Van de Laar investigates the latest archaeological findings about prehistoric humans to unearth the ancient origins of sleep. He discovers major discrepancies between what our primordial bodies need and what our modern brains expect. Cave-dwellers lived in balance with the forces of nature and adapted perfectly to the light, temperature and seasonal variations of their environment. The way they ate and moved during the day also affected how they slept, and while they had to worry about predators in the night, they didn’t stress about getting their eight hours – they didn’t even have a word for ‘insomnia’. Dr Van de Laar explores all these factors, as well as how sleep affects and is affected by our partners and pets, our moods and our dreams, whether we take drugs or medications and what we expect from our nights. What he learns is startlingly simple and can be easily adopted. By taking on board the ancient wisdom of our ancestors, we will improve the quality of our sleep, the way our bodies were designed to do it.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Bolinda/HarperCollins UK, 2025
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1 online resource (1 audio file)
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9780008742249
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English
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1669057
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