Sleep constitute an important part of human life; so important that if we consider average of 8 hours of sleep per day and if an individual lives for 75 years, he/she is spending 25 years of his/her lifetime just sleeping. Therefore, if you need rest of your 50 years to be healthy, you need to be wise enough to spend time in having healthy sleep. This post tells you how to get best benefits from your sleep and make your life healthy.
1. Choose your mattress, pillows, sheets and even pajamas and nightwear wisely. These should be comfortable, soft, supportive enough to make you feel rested and cozy.
2. Ever wondered why a partner can sleep soundly when the other snores but wakes up if the baby fusses? Sound ambiance is another important factor that can affect your sleep. Research show that effects of sound on sleep depends on each person and their personal meaning to each type of sound. Create a quite bedroom environment, especially if you live in noisy area. White noise can also help to mask activity from inside and outside of your house to get a healthy sleep.
3. Fresh sheets, mild scented room is an added benefit for good sleep. Many people are more excited to go to sleep on fresh and scented sheets. You can also use scented oils, candles or sachets in your room to make your bedroom smell fresher. Few scents like lavender has been shown to decrease heart rate and blood pressure and can help you to put in more relaxed state and sound sleep.
4. Healthy stomach and healthy dinner can promote better sleep. Therefore it is necessary and important to have healthy dinner two hours before for a healthy sleep. Choices like good protein and carbs can help you for better sleep where as fatty, fried, spiced food can give you a troublesome night. Therefore, choice of food for dinner should be considered if you need sound sleep.
5. Body clock functions continuously and keeps pattern of sleeping and waking up; and healthy sleep can depend on visual conditions before sleeping and after waking up. Since these things can be last and first things you see during sleep, it is important that you make visuals in front of you appealing. Color balance, patterns, position of window etc can enhance healthy sleep.
You are best to judge yourself for all the above mentioned ideas. Only you know what makes you comfortable, what smells good or what you like to see. You can start by decluttering your bedroom, ordering and piling up scattered things, keeping off things that distract you from sleep like computer or TV or other noisy things and other small changes in bedroom like position of light bulb, color of walls, perfumes and oils used etc. can give you sound and healthy sleep.
You can get more information on sleep at National Sleep Foundation
Sleep Well !
1. Choose your mattress, pillows, sheets and even pajamas and nightwear wisely. These should be comfortable, soft, supportive enough to make you feel rested and cozy.
2. Ever wondered why a partner can sleep soundly when the other snores but wakes up if the baby fusses? Sound ambiance is another important factor that can affect your sleep. Research show that effects of sound on sleep depends on each person and their personal meaning to each type of sound. Create a quite bedroom environment, especially if you live in noisy area. White noise can also help to mask activity from inside and outside of your house to get a healthy sleep.
3. Fresh sheets, mild scented room is an added benefit for good sleep. Many people are more excited to go to sleep on fresh and scented sheets. You can also use scented oils, candles or sachets in your room to make your bedroom smell fresher. Few scents like lavender has been shown to decrease heart rate and blood pressure and can help you to put in more relaxed state and sound sleep.
4. Healthy stomach and healthy dinner can promote better sleep. Therefore it is necessary and important to have healthy dinner two hours before for a healthy sleep. Choices like good protein and carbs can help you for better sleep where as fatty, fried, spiced food can give you a troublesome night. Therefore, choice of food for dinner should be considered if you need sound sleep.
5. Body clock functions continuously and keeps pattern of sleeping and waking up; and healthy sleep can depend on visual conditions before sleeping and after waking up. Since these things can be last and first things you see during sleep, it is important that you make visuals in front of you appealing. Color balance, patterns, position of window etc can enhance healthy sleep.
You are best to judge yourself for all the above mentioned ideas. Only you know what makes you comfortable, what smells good or what you like to see. You can start by decluttering your bedroom, ordering and piling up scattered things, keeping off things that distract you from sleep like computer or TV or other noisy things and other small changes in bedroom like position of light bulb, color of walls, perfumes and oils used etc. can give you sound and healthy sleep.
You can get more information on sleep at National Sleep Foundation
Sleep Well !
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