An upstream metric that can be measured daily is sleep slow-wave activity or delta power.
This is the synchronous firing of neurons which define restorative deep sleep, and one of the primary patterns which we describe as the Neural Function of Sleep.
This Neural Function of Sleep naturally declines with age, but more importantly, through stimulation we can enhance it which research is showing improves immune function, increases HRV, and more.
So while the original post discusses markers they expect to measure every 3 months, our work at https://affectablesleep.com measures the Neural Function of Sleep daily, but not to give you a score, but to actively support how well the brain sleeps, not how long.
Though there are over 50 published peer-reviewed papers in these techniques, I'm curious to see if we begin stimulation in our 30s, prior to the decline in sleep, do we slow the rate of decline as we age, as well as supporting daily function.
Yet, the metrics in the article are routinely ignored (or not tracked at all) by your typical PCP doctor.
I think more frequent and more thorough blood testing is something I'd love to see become more common place. Even if it's for no other reason than to know what your benchmark is so that if you have a health issue down the line, you know what your values were when you weren't sick.
The training kicks in and my knee-jerk reaction to not one of the graphs starting at zero is to discount the trustworthiness of the entire article, whether that is well deserved or not...
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An upstream metric that can be measured daily is sleep slow-wave activity or delta power.
This is the synchronous firing of neurons which define restorative deep sleep, and one of the primary patterns which we describe as the Neural Function of Sleep.
This Neural Function of Sleep naturally declines with age, but more importantly, through stimulation we can enhance it which research is showing improves immune function, increases HRV, and more.
So while the original post discusses markers they expect to measure every 3 months, our work at https://affectablesleep.com measures the Neural Function of Sleep daily, but not to give you a score, but to actively support how well the brain sleeps, not how long.
Though there are over 50 published peer-reviewed papers in these techniques, I'm curious to see if we begin stimulation in our 30s, prior to the decline in sleep, do we slow the rate of decline as we age, as well as supporting daily function.
Also only works with iPhones, oops.
Yet, the metrics in the article are routinely ignored (or not tracked at all) by your typical PCP doctor.
I think more frequent and more thorough blood testing is something I'd love to see become more common place. Even if it's for no other reason than to know what your benchmark is so that if you have a health issue down the line, you know what your values were when you weren't sick.
The training kicks in and my knee-jerk reaction to not one of the graphs starting at zero is to discount the trustworthiness of the entire article, whether that is well deserved or not...
For most of these metrics, zero is not a logically possible data point. For example, somebody with an HbA1c of 0 would be dead.