Jul 22
Hands On: Zeo Personal Sleep Coach
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Sleep is probably the thing in our lives that we spend the most time doing but that we understand the least. As the least observed component of good health, sleep has simply lacked the data and analysis that has been applied to the other two–diet and exercise. The Zeo Personal Sleep Coach from Zeo ( $399) aims to change that–and I had an opportunity to try it.
Using technology products to measure and then analyze performance and progress lets us apply expertise that in the past required visits to the expert nutritionist or personal trainer. Tech has empowered the individual
to take control over his diet (food’s calories and composition and weight
tracking) and exercise (heart rate monitors, digital
distance, and pace trackers).
to take control over his diet (food’s calories and composition and weight
tracking) and exercise (heart rate monitors, digital
distance, and pace trackers).
The secrets of sleep, though, have been locked away in the expensive and time consuming dungeon of professionally administered sleep labs. If you wanted to know how you slept and what to do about it, you had to fork over megabucks and spend a night with wires taped to your head in a sleep lab with multiple visits to the medically trained sleep doctor’s office–a process that has been reserved for only those with serious problems.
The Zeo gives non-scientists the power to measure, analyze, and adjust behavior, with the objective of getting the most out of sleep. Think it doesn’t matter? Consider this fact shared with me by sleep expert Dr. Michael Brues, PhD and Zeo Special Advisory Board Member: The day wiht the most traffic fatalities in the U.S. is the day after we lose an hour to Daylight Savings Time.
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