Ines Carvalho
Rest is a practice you build, not a product you buy.
Ines came to sleep writing after several years reporting on public health, and she brings the same caution to a mattress claim that she brought to a policy briefing. She writes slowly, checks the underlying research, and is more interested in habits that hold up over months than in overnight fixes.
Published work
Sleep Trackers Compared Against a Sleep Lab
Consumer devices estimate stages from movement and heart rate. We look at how close those...
Temperature Is the Sleep Variable Most People Ignore
Room and bedding temperature shape sleep quality more reliably than most interventions sold for the...
Weighted Blankets and What the Trials Actually Show
The evidence is thinner than the marketing suggests, though not absent. Here is a careful...
A Wind Down Routine Built for Irregular Schedules
Standard sleep hygiene advice assumes a fixed bedtime. This routine is designed for people whose...
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