However, there is most definitely a range that is considered healthy. A wide ranging study conducted by the Scripps Clinic Sleep Center in La Jolla, California, has examined this question. A study of more than 1 million adults, who participated in a study on cancer prevention, and recorded their average nightly amount of sleep, shed light on how much sleep people really need.

The study revealed that people who sleep between 6.5 hours a night and 7.5 hours a night live the longs. And people who sleep much more or much less than that don’t live as long.

This varies by age, however. That number is for adults. Teenagers need about 8.5 to 9 hours per night, which is not surprising with their growing bodies.

And, ultimately, a lot of it comes down to how you feel when you wake up in the morning. Do you feel refreshed, alert, energetic? Then you’ve had the right amount of sleep for you. Do you feel tired and groggy? Does that feeling persist even after a shower, a cup of tea or coffee, even after you’ve left for work or school? Then, even if you got the “scientifically correct” amount of sleep, it’s not the right amount for you.

The goal is to live a life where you are clear-headed, energized, and alert, not dragging through your day struggling to keep your eyes open. So it will help you to really assess how you feel when you wake up each morning, and if you don’t feel awake and full of energy, it’s time to work on finding a solution; the difference in the quality of your life will be noticeable.

Happy pzizzing!

The fact is, though, that poor sleep has numerous negative consequences beyond just feeling fuzzy and out of it.

Numerous studies have revealed that sleep deprivation is not just unpleasant, it’s downright dangerous to one’s health.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, drowsy driving is responsible for at least 100,000 automobile crashes, 71,000 injuries, and 1550 fatalities a year.

A Johns Hopkins study found that people who are sleep deprived are more prone to obesity. In fact, when compared with people who got seven to nine hours of rest each night, people who regularly slept less than four hours nightly were 73% more likely to suffer from obesity, the study found.

And a study by the University of Chicago Medical Center had people cut back to four hours of sleep a night - and found that people’s basic bodily functions, including regulation of blood sugar levels, were severely altered. When people were tested during the height of their sleep debt, their ability to secrete insulin and respond to insulin had decreased so much that they were similar to that of a diabetic.

Chronic sleep deprivation causes premature aging and impaired cognitive function, as well.

Everyone’s busy these days, and it’s tempting to try to cram more activities into daily living then there are hours in the day - and then cut back on sleep. But it’s important to realize that if you get a good night of sleep you will  actually function better the next day and get more done, as well as be physically healthier.

That’s why you owe to to yourself to make sure that you get a good night’s rest each night.

http://itunes.com/app/pzizzsleep

As a “thank you” to our existing customers, we are pricing it at $2.99 / £1.79 until 14th December, at which time we are increasing our prices to $9.99 per app. It’s simply not worth trying to compete with all the ‘one track’ apps at $2.99.

pzizz is a quality product, and our prices need to reflect that.  I know that this will upset some people, but for those who want a ‘one track’ app I suggest they download and listen to the free MP3 samples from http://www.pzizz.com and “pretend” they’re using what other companies have the cheek to call an “app”!

In our mind, an “app” should do more than display a graphic and play a single soundtrack, but this is exactly what everyone else is selling.

pzizz does so much more than this, and our new price will reflect this fact (but still be less than the cost of a CD which only play single soundtracks!)

So, if you’re interested in putting the best sleep app possible on your iPhone at a ridiculously low price, grab it now!

Best wishes, happy pzizzing - and sleep well, everyone… 

edward

Hopefully it won’t take too long, but one has to expect up to two weeks from past experience…

Once you’ve had a chance to test it out, please do let us have your feedback here.

If you like it, please rate it on the iTunes Store - we need your support please!

Thanks!

edward

The team has worked tirelessly to get to where we are now, and I think, having used it a few times over the past couple of days, that you’re going to be delighted with it!

We had a few technical issues to overcome in terms of ensuring that the soundtracks remained smooth at all times during playback.  The Apple OS works very differently from the iPhone OS and it wasn’t simply a matter of porting the desktop version across (unfortunately!)

We’ve literally had to completely rebuild the whole module and this is why it’s taken a little longer than anticipated!

That said, we are confident that we will be able to submit it to Apple for approval by the end of this week.  We then *hope* that Apple approves it by the beginning of December (but there’s no guarantee of that, unfortunately!)

That’s it really - just wanted to let you know where we were.  I know a LOT of you are desperate to have ‘pzizz sleep’! 

All the best

edward