The Morning Myth

Index

 

• Accidents:
  • caused by drowsy motorists, 98
  • and early-riser sleep schedule, 32, 34
  • and sleep deprivation, 146
• Acetaldehyde, 184
• Acetylcholine, 162–163
• Adaptogens, 188, 199
• Addiction programs, 22–23. See also Drug addictions
• Adenosine, 184–187
• Adrenal exhaustion, 57, 60, 73, 82, 188, 214
• Adrenal fatigue, 25
• Adrenal glands, 54, 57, 68, 102, 133, 137, 187, 199
• Advanced sleep phase disorder (ASPD), 108, 110
• Aging, 28, 70, 81, 119
• Agrarian Age, 24
• Alcohol:
  • and anxiety, 152, 153
  • and depression, 154
  • impact of quitting, 35, 109
  • magnesium supplements with, 168
  • misperceived as a sugar, 153, 184
  • and social jetlag, 54
  • used as sleep aid, 29, 58, 152, 182–185
• Alcoholics Anonymous, 22, 23
• Alcoholism, 22–23, 48
• Allen, George, Sr., 20
• Ambien, 154, 159–161
• American Chiropractic Association, 147
• American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 55
• Antidepressants, 155–156, 161–162, 182, 190, 201
• Antihistamines, 162–163
• Anxiety:
  • and alcohol consumption, 152, 153
  • with chronic stress, 139
  • from cortisol spike, 102, 133, 134
  • and drug-based sleep aids, 153
  • and insomnia treatment, 166
  • kava for, 165
  • in night owls, 40
  • self-hypnosis for, 197
  • and sleep deprivation, 145
• ASPD (advanced sleep phase disorder), 108, 110
• Ativan, 159
• Attention, 147
• AT&T Technologies, 7
• Augustine, Norman Ralph, 20
• Average workweek, 24–25

 

• Back pain, 105–106
• Balance, 146
• Barnum, P. T., 107
• BBC, 87
• Beauregard, T. Alexandra, 205–206
• Bell, Poorna, 142
• Be My Guest (Hilton), 27
• Benadryl, 162, 163
• Benzodiazepine drugs, 152 ...