Change your Bad Sleeping Habits

Bad sleeping habits are usually the most common problems encountered within our modern society. People used to stay up to late and get up too early. Most often, drugs, chemicals and work are factors that interrupt sleep and people tend to over-stimulate themselves until midnight.

Below are some important sleeping habits to replace your old and harmful way. Some of this may seem like common-sense but are commonly disregard by many.

Set a regular bed time and wake up time

Don’t allow bedtime and awakening time to drift. Set a proper regular proper time of sleeping and be sure that you can get the right amount of sleeping time that your body need. The body “gets used” to falling asleep at a specific time. However, it will only happen when you are sleeping at a fixed time. Sleeping is very essential whether you are a student, working or even retired.

Avoid napping during daytime

If you sleep throughout the day, it is no longer surprising if you will not be able to sleep at night. Usually, late afternoon is the time when most people feel so sleepy. Thus, people will take a nap at that time. This is not actually a bad thing to do, but thirty-minutes to one hour of sleep will do for your sleepy head so that you can still have a good night sleep.

Avoid alcohol a few hours before bedtime

When talking about alcohol, people usually believe that alcohol helps them sleep but it is actually a false belief. I few hours after an alcohol intake, you will feel its wake-up effect as the alcohol level in your blood starts to fall.

Avoid caffeine and other stimulating foods before sleeping time

It’s no doubt caffeine has a stimulating effect into the body. Drinks with caffeine include coffee, tea, sodas. Meanwhile, stimulating foods includes spicy foods, sweets and chocolate. Said foods can affect a person ability to sleep.

Have a regular exercise but not before bed time

Regular exercise particularly in the afternoon can help you to have a deep sleep during night. However, a strenuous exercise a couple of hours before bedtime can give you a hard time to sleep.

Bad sleeping habits can bring s lot of health risk to a person. Even if you are taking natural sleep aids to help you sleep, it would be non-sense if you are not practicing proper sleeping habits.

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