Healthy Natural Sleep using White Noise and Nature Sound Machines

In some circumstances healthy, natural sleep can be aided by the use of a white noise machine. If you are kept awake by distracting noises and if you have found that some sounds like a fan or the seashore help you fall asleep, then you would probably benefit from a white noise machine or a nature sound machine.

To human hearing, white noise sounds like a hiss; sounds such as an un-tuned radio, waterfall or static are all very similar to white noise. White noise just means that all frequencies are represented. White noise is good at masking most other kinds of sound because it drowns out other sounds by preventing your auditory system from focusing on any particular sound. Just as it's difficult to hold a conversation at a crowded room, it's difficult for your brain to focus on any one sound or voice when you're already hearing sound at every frequency. White noise can promote sleep by reducing auditory distractions; drowning out other sounds that may distract you and therefore keep you awake.

Some Important Facts About Sleep:

About half of the population doesn't get enough sleep as they mature, and that accelerates our aging. Studies have shown that the minimum amount of solid sleep we need is seven and a half hours per night for men and seven hours for women. You have to be snoozing about two and a half hours in a row before your sleep becomes truly restorative. People who sleep fewer than six hours a night have a 50 percent increased risk of viral infections and an increased risk of heart disease and stroke. Lack of sleep is associated with mental decline and overeating. Getting less sleep than you need can increase your arterial aging and risk of heart attack. In addition to the very serious risks of not getting enough sleep, you will also be miserable.

On the positive side, if you do get enough sleep, it can help you lose weight. Here is why: When you don't sleep enough, the appetite centers of your brain are stimulated to crave sugar. Also since many of your sex hormones are made during periods of sleep, you may have better libido and sex if you get plenty of sleep.

If you have come to the conclusion that you would like to try a white noise machine such as the SleepMate 980A or Sound Oasis S-650, we have tried to reduced the clutter of choices available for you by narrowing down the choices to just the very best models available among two somewhat different approaches.

The U.S.A. made White Noise Machines offered by Marpac have been around for about fifty years. Now just because it is older technology doesn't necessarily mean it's not good. In fact, its longevity says something positive; that many people over the years have found it helpful and have returned again and again.

Sound Oasis has taken a different approach; they have employed the latest in sleep science research to create modern, hi-tech, electronic, digital sleep therapy machines. Even though Sound Oasis machines are made in China, they have been designed in the U.S.A. and exhibit better quality that we have found in other Chinese brands.