Food and sleep are intimately related; how you snooze depends on how you eat, and vice versa.  One the one hand, if you suffer from insomnia, you can ease your way into sleep by timing your meals carefully and monitoring what types of foods you eat before bedtime.At the same time, one of the best ways to lose weight may be to spend more time asleep.

Scientists like David Rapoport, MD, associate professor and director of the Sleep Medicine Program at the New York University School of Medicine in New York City, have been exploring the relationship between eating and sleeping,

Most people grind their teeth once in a while. Occasional teeth grinding, also known as bruxism, is not harmful. Sleep bruxism, however, is a different story.  Many people grind their teeth -- excessively, unconsciously and involuntarily -- night after night while they are sleeping, and wake up the next day with sore jaw muscles.  Over time, their sleep bruxism can wear down their teeth and cause severe damage to their gums.

In the worst cases, chronic grinding can wear formerly healthy teeth down to stumps, or cause the gums to loosen their hold on teeth until the teeth fall out.   In these emergencies, dentists can come to the rescue with bridges, crowns, root canals, implants, and partial or even complete dentures.  However, severe grinding that goes untreated can also damage jaws, cause hearing loss, and even change facial appearance.