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Five tips for a better sleep

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If you want to optimize your health, get a peaceful sleep at night, or want to lose weight, then you should start sleeping at night. The rest which we get at night is as essential in our life as a healthy diet and exercise.

Poor sleep not only physically damages the person, but it affects hormones, brain functioning, and other exercises of life.

It is also seen that people who compromise on sleep eat a lot, gain weight, and become prone to diseases.

On the other hand, if you sleep at night, you will be more good in physical exercises, you would eat less and stay as healthy as a fresh rose.

With the advancement of modern life, now people are seen to be ignoring the quality as well as quantity of sleep, which makes them think they are doing pretty well in life, but in reality, they are wasting their health.

Let us discuss how we can have better sleep in terms of both quality and quantity.

First of all, it is crucial to have daylight exposure in the day time, even if that means turning on a bright light bulb or device. That seems strange. In research, it was concluded that people who sought daylight got their sleep quantity increased to two hours while their sleep quality was improved to 80%. The same trick is often used to treat insomnia patients as well.

The second tip is to avoid blue lights in the evening time. Blue lights include the lights coming from mobile phones and computers. Blue lights reduce the hormone called melatonin, which plays a role in relaxing the body, and the person thinks that it is still day time and so he should not sleep. If you can not stop using devices that emit blue light, then you can wear glasses that block blue light and install apps that block these particular lights.

The third tip includes avoiding caffeine at night. Almost everywhere in the world, people consume caffeine either in the form of tea, coffee, or cold drinks etc. But when it is consumed up to six hours of sleep, then it prevents the human body from naturally relaxing at night. If you are into having coffee in the evening, then go for decaffeinated coffee.

The fourth tip for sleeping well at night is to avoid taking irregular and long naps in the day. Irregular and long daytime naps can confuse the brain, and it gets difficult for you to sleep at night, although short naps increase the productivity of people.

Last but not the least tip is to set your sleep and waking times because our mind has preset loops of sleeping and getting up. It would help if you decide your sleep and waking times in advance and remain consistent with them to have better sleep quality as well as quantity.

A good night’s sleep becomes possible when you choose the best mattress and pillow. Exercising a little care while selecting the mattress and pillow for yourself can massively pay off since it has a direct effect on your performance. If you search on the internet, you will find several big mattress brands selling all kinds of mattresses suitable for your needs. Many brands offer discount coupons for their customers like puffy mattress coupon, which can make their purchase smooth and sweet. This care can change your behavior in many ways besides motivating you in your daily life tasks. The rest which your body and brain will experience, will boost your mood and repair your muscles. You will be more focused and creative inside out.

Uday Tank has been working with writing challenged clients for several years. His educational background in family science and journalism has given him a broad base from which to approach many topics. He especially enjoys writing content after researching and analyzing different resources whether they are books, articles or online stuff.

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