Ways to Get a Healthier Night’s Sleep
Sleep. It has a long list of benefits, including improved memory and higher creativity. Sleep may also curb inflammation, improve your grades, or help you lose weight. It might even extend your life. It’s more than just parking your body for the night–it’s an important part of your daily cycle, and it provides a lot of what you need for the upcoming day. Getting a good night’s rest, then, is important. For many of us, however, that’s easier said than done.
Quite a few things can keep us out of sync with a good night’s sleep. Anxious thoughts, too much caffeine, or an imbalance in nutrients have all been linked to poor sleep cycles. Sleeping disorders as well affect roughly 50 to 70 million US adults, so there’s a fair chance you’re one of them. Doctors estimate that 13% of sleep apnea cases go undiagnosed, and since sleep apnea, a disorder that causes the sleeper to stop breathing in the night, can be a serious health risk, it’s not something that should go untreated. For you, recognizing the problem is your first step in obtaining a healthier night’s sleep. Once you know what treatment you need, the sooner you’ll be on your way to the land of nod.
Your sleep may be affected by something simple. Studies show that the blue light in our screens may be stopping us from sleeping well. Going screen-free an hour before bed can improve your sleep cycle. Likewise, eliminating caffeine after 2 pm is a recommended trick to improve sleeping conditions. Stress, another enemy of deep sleep, is a different kind of problem and may involve decreasing workloads, meditating before bed, or journaling out your feelings on a regular basis.
Your sleep may also be affected by a nutritional imbalance. While medical professionals disagree on how much your diet affects your sleep, there are natural supplements that may help improve your sleep. Insomnia may be caused by low magnesium, so an improved diet could give you sleep success. Supplements can be taken to improve restless leg syndrome. Likewise, supplements that boost your serotonin, such as Curamin Extra Strength, could improve your sleep cycle, since healthy serotonin levels are tied to smoother sleep.
If you are affected by a sleeping disorder, such as sleep apnea, it’s important to obtain treatment. Sleep apnea is often treated with a CPAP machine, a device that helps you stay breathing all night long. It’s also important to keep your CPAP machine clean with a CPAP cleaner so the air you’re breathing stays healthy. Whatever it takes to get a good night’s sleep, it’s worth it. Best of luck obtaining peaceful slumber.
*This is a collaborative post.
For years I’ve been trying to establish a good sleep rhythm and sometimes I succeed, sometimes not. Since I work from home, I often know that I stay awake until 1am or 2am, because then the easiest way for me to work. Since I can not sleep for long, I wake up at 7am or 8am and I often feel that I have not slept enough. I will have to try to lie at the latest at 11PM and try Curamin Extra Strength.
Thanks for sharing these. I have been having problems getting a good night sleep lately.
Am so guilty of it. My phone keeps me awake and making me hard to to sleep early. Im tiring to lessen my time with mobile phones to have a better sleep.
I really believe that anxious thoughts are what keep me from getting good sleep. More than not I will wake up with some sort of ache or even a headache. These are some great tips.
I need at least 9 hours of sleep each day to energized. Thought there’s some day that is hard to get a good sleep. I normally do not spend much time on computer or phone 2 hours before bed time. Also lstening to relaxing music helps as well.
I have a two year old that insists on sleeping with us in a queen size bed. Sadly, I rarely get a good nights sleep because I have a foot or head in my back LOL
Lately I have struggled with my sleep a bit but I will have to take a few of these tips and put them into my routine.
I am lucky to sleep like I do. My husband has sleep problems and until we found a fix for it, it took a serious toll on his body.
I wish I could sleep like my husband. I have always struggled with sleep.
Thanks for sharing this! Sleep and I have never been “best friends.” I did not know insomnia can be caused by a low magnesium level! I have too look into that.
Stress is definitlely something that if I could eliminate I would sleep so much better at night! I also think eliminating caffeine after 2pm is a great tip. I’ll have to try some of these out. Thanks for sharing!
I am extremely fortunate that I am not usually someone who has trouble sleeping. The only exception is lately because I have been so sick. I have always felt for those who struggle with insomnia.
First of all love the images you picked for this article. I am one of those who have problems with sleeping. Sometimes I use melatonin but it makes my woozy the next day. I am intrigued to find out more about the CPAP machine.