The Energy Category is Broken

The Energy Category is Broken

Scientific consensus began to shift. Sugar wasn’t just energy, it became a metabolic risk. Excess glucose intake was now linked to obesity, Type 2 diabetes, systemic inflammation, and chronic disease.

 

The Role of B Vitamins in Light Sensitivity and Circadian Regulation

The Role of B Vitamins in Light Sensitivity and Circadian Regulation

B vitamins, especially riboflavin (B2), pyridoxine (B6), and methylcobalamin (B12), play a vital role in how our bodies process light and regulate internal rhythms. While they’re best known for supporting general metabolism, these vitamins also help align our biological clock, support the nervous system, and protect against the stress of disrupted sleep or travel.

Neuroplasticity and Sleep: How Rest Supports Learning and Growth

Neuroplasticity and Sleep: How Rest Supports Learning and Growth

The concept of neuroplasticity—our brain’s capacity to reorganise and form new neural connections—has transformed our understanding of learning and growth.
The Consequence of Daylight Savings

The Consequence of Daylight Savings

This weekend, we will experience another form of jet lag as we will be part of a seasonal clock change. On 27 October, the clocks will turn back by one hour at 2 a.m. as daylight saving time (DST) ends. 
Chronological Anxiety

Chronological Anxiety

 

There are a lot of things we do in a day that are anxiety inducing and if we're to achieve balance with our nervous systems, minimise stress and improve our sleep there are a multitude of things we need to address differently.

The Sleep Cycle: Stages, Recovery, and the Impact of Caffeine

The Sleep Cycle: Stages, Recovery, and the Impact of Caffeine

Understanding how caffeine influences sleep, especially deep sleep, is important for optimising both performance and overall health. also, we must abide by some rules around caffeine consumption.
The Science Behind Combining Caffeine with Theanine

The Science Behind Combining Caffeine with Theanine

Caffeine and theanine are compounds found in tea but have very different effects on our brains. Caffeine is a well-known stimulant that increases alertness and reduces fatigue, while theanine is an amino acid that promotes relaxation without sedation.

Do You Compromise Sleep?

Do You Compromise Sleep?

What's your biggest problem as a high performer?

The answer we most commonly hear is sleep.

Always disregarded, always compromised, rarely considered.

What are you doing to manage your sleep-wake cycle?

Professional Football and Chronobiology

Professional Football and Chronobiology

In a recent Podcast, HMN24 Co-Founder Phil Learney was asked about the implications of sleep-wake disruption on professional footballers and what an adjusted schedule may look like and how HMN24 products would be integrated into it. 

Insulin Sensitivity and The Sleep-Wake Cycle

Insulin Sensitivity and The Sleep-Wake Cycle

When we disrupt our sleep-wake cycle, we also impair beta cell function and insulin sensitivity; this essentially means that our body's ability to regulate blood sugar levels becomes compromised
Caffeine Needs Rules

Caffeine Needs Rules

Remember that your ‘need’ for caffeine, a stimulant, is mainly driven by your ‘need’ for sleep.

Also, your ‘need’ to use a depressant such as alcohol before bed is often driven by the overuse of the aforementioned stimulant.

What We Eat and The Sleep-Wake Cycle

What We Eat and The Sleep-Wake Cycle

Leptin and ghrelin play a crucial role in regulating our appetite and food intake and when these hormones become desynchronised, it can significantly impact our food choices and eating habits.