Deep sleep, also known as slow-wave sleep, is the stage of sleep where your body repairs and rejuvenates itself. It produces growth hormones, helping with cell repair and regeneration. During deep sleep, your brain activity slows down, and your body releases cytokines. Cytokines are a protein that is crucial to the body's immune system. Think of them as helpers your body sends to fight infections, heal injuries, and keep you healthy and strong. Unfortunately, a lack of deep sleep can suppress the production of cytokines and lower your ability to fight off illness. Studies have shown that people who regularly get less than 7 hours of deep sleep are more likely to get sick after exposure to a virus. 

Late-night munchies, beware!

Eating before bed can significantly impact your REM sleep, which is crucial for memory, learning, and regeneration. In addition, high-carb and high-fat foods trigger insulin, causing blood sugar levels to spike and fall, leading to restless sleep and decreased REM sleep

Why should you use ONVY? It’s the best app ever, period! ✌️ No seriously. With ONVY there are a lot of possibilities to leverage your wearable data. So let’s dive into our team’s four best picks.

The Stress Score shows how much stress you accumulated over one day. It is mainly influenced by your heart rate and by the ambient noise, while not being physically active.

Although the smart wearable market is dominated by some big players, like Apple, there are many companies selling wearable devices, that measure your heart rate, temperature, daily steps, HRV, etc. Almost every month there is a new wearable with improved functions, better sensors, and new features. This leads to many user challenges.

The Stress Zone gives you a recommendation on how much stress you can handle today. To create a holistic view of your resilience to stress this zone depends on all four important ONVY-Scores: The Stress Score, the Activity Score, the Recovery Score and the Mindfulness Score.

The Mindfulness Zone tells you what amount of mindfulness is optimal for you. This depends on your previous experience with mindfulness sessions and your Stress Score of the last days.

The Mindfulness Score captures the time you spend doing mindful minutes activities like guided breathing or relaxation exercises.