Page 13 - Wellness Lifestyle Magazine - Bliss Planet Health - September Edition
P. 13
want to sleep well, solve your love In fact, a 30-minute nap is more
problems. effective than a cup of coffee and has
4. EMBRACE NAPS. the added benefit of not messing with
your nightly sleep pattern.
Before the industrial age people were
sleeping during the day. 5. EAT MORE FIBER.
But the rise of new work schedules What you eat has a great influence on
made these naps impossible and is how you sleep. To make sure you will
now making us all sleep-deprived be sleeping for eight hours each
zombies. Because most people are night, get more fiber.
A study published in the Journal
of Clinical Sleep Medicine
showed individuals who eat
more fiber-heavy foods, such as
leafy greens, sleep better and
deeper. At the same time,
saturated fats and carbs
promote insomnia, so avoid
them if you already have trouble
sleeping.
6. TRY THERAPY.
If you have severe sleeping
issues, it may be time to call a
professional. Cognitive
behavioral therapy was shown
to have a positive effect on
patients who suffer from
insomnia.
One single session might be
enough to help you sleep better.
Another thing you can try is
relaxation training, which helps
you relax completely and can
bring along a better sleep.
7. GET A NEW MATTRESS.
sleep, our bodies naturally shuts
chronically sleep deprived, a nap off systems and allow other systems
during the day might be the only way to work harder. If you are sleeping on
to get enough rest. a toxic mattress, your lungs breath in
chemicals. These chemicals could be
dust from old degrading foam, from
Bliss Planet 13
