PARADISE SLEEP INC
ESTERO, FLORIDA

Sleep medicine and sleep products—whether it’s mattresses or sleep tech or wearables—are growing business these days. Medicine is catching up with how really sleep deprived many of us are, and diagnoses follow. According to recent estimates, 50 to 70 million Americans chronically suffer from a disorder of sleep and wakefulness that inhibits their daily functioning and negatively affects their health and longevity. 1. A nightcap is a great sleeping pill. Sure, alcohol has been shown to help people fall asleep faster. Drink a little too much, and you’ll be out hard. But, ultimately, alcohol does the opposite of promoting healthy rest. If you are reaching for more two or more drinks immediately before sleep, especially if you do it regularly, it can lead to wake-ups in the middle of the night, fitful dreams, and low quality, restless sleep. In a recent book, The Mystery of Sleep: Why a Good Night’s Rest is Vital to a Better, Healthier Life, Yale University professor and sleep medicine expert Meir Kryger, M.D., explains how alcohol ultimately undermines sleep: “[W]hen the blood alcohol level drops, it activates the sympathetic nervous system, which wakes the person up, speeds up the heart, and might cause sweating and headaches.” Kryger recommends not going to sleep until the alcohol has disappeared from our system. It takes the body an hour to metabolized an ounce of alcohol, which is the equivalent of two 12-ounce servings of beer, two 5-ounce glasses of wine, or two 1.5-ounce servings of distilled spirits. Agnes Green is a researcher for the sleep science hub Tuck (www.Tuck.com). She holds two master’s degrees in the social sciences from the University of Chicago and Northwestern University. She sleeps best after a kettlebell workout, with a window slightly cracked in a dark room, and on a medium-firm mattress in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Jose Colon, M.D., M.P.H., resides in Southwest Florida. He is also known as “Sleep Guy” for the Santiva Chronicle. He specializes in sleep disorders and is the author of several sleep books including “The Sleep Diet, A Novel Approach to Insomnia”, the children’s sleep book “The Magic Ice Cream Palace”, and “Sometimes I Dream” which is a book for infant sleep. Dr. Jose Colon is the founder of Paradise Sleep, an organization dedicated to education in sleep health. Dr. Colon is dual board certified in sleep medicine and neurology with special qualifications in child neurology. He also has Masters in Public Health, in Child and Maternal Health, and through Paradise Sleep he educates in sleep health topics that impact public health, yet are not routinely taught in school or at times in medical curriculum. He is a founding member of the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine as well as a member of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. Dr. Colon resides in Southwest Florida with his wife Krystal, and two young children. He encourages all families that a healthy child needs a healthy family. © 2018 Paradise Sleep. Jose Colon, M.D., MPH, specializes in sleep disorders, and is author of several sleep books and a writer for the Santiva Chronicle. Dr. Jose Colon is also the founder of Paradise Sleep, an organization dedicated to education in sleep health. Dr. Colon is dual board-certified in sleep medicine and neurology with special qualifications in child neurology. He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, The Institute for Functional Medicine, and a founding member of the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine. © 2018 Paradise Sleep. Jose Colon, M.D., MPH, specializes in sleep disorders, and is author of several sleep books and a writer for the Santiva Chronicle. Dr. Jose Colon is also the founder of Paradise Sleep, an organization dedicated to education in sleep health. Dr. Colon is dual board-certified in sleep medicine and neurology with special qualifications in child neurology. He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, The Institute for Functional Medicine, and a founding member of the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine. © 2018 Paradise Sleep. Jose Colon, M.D., MPH, specializes in sleep disorders, and is author of several sleep books and a writer for the Santiva Chronicle. Dr. Jose Colon is also the founder of Paradise Sleep, an organization dedicated to education in sleep health. Dr. Colon is dual board-certified in sleep medicine and neurology with special qualifications in child neurology. He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, The Institute for Functional Medicine, and a founding member of the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine.