The Fitness Adviser

Maimonides once wrote that he who sleeps for 8 hours in the night will accomplish more due to his higher energy level than one who had only slept for 4. This was true in the 11th century, and it is true now in the 21st century.

Why is Sleep So Important?

Sleep helps to improve concentration, organize your memory, deeply set into your mind what you learned during the day, and much, much more. It also releases growth hormones that are key to restoring and repairing your physical body.

How Sleep Works.

The following information comes after hours upon hours of research, personal experience, and discussions with various medical professionals. If you’ve ever had or have a bad injury, or want to heal a small pain before it gets worse, then I’d say that this post is worth its weight in silver gold.

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With the advent of biotechnology, surgery is on its way to becoming history.  For years, biotechnology has been at the forefront of saving lives and increasing quality of life by virtue of its huge advancements in the agriculture industry. These advancements have helped feed hundreds of millions of people around the world. Now the field of biotech is moving not just towards saving lives, but improving them!

[Once you've read this, you can check out Part II here]

For those of you who know me or have read the about section of this blog, you are aware that both my knees were badly injured while training in a special unit in the IDF as a combat medic. Interestingly, the hardest thing for me was not my temporary inability to walk, but my fear that I would never in the future be able to walk pain-free. For the first time, I knew that sheer motivation and willpower would not alone be enough to pull me through. I had hit a brick wall, and I was in a depression.