World Sleep Day 2018- know sleeping tips and benefits
New Delhi : It is often said that, a good night sleep keeps you fit and fresh throughout the day. Well, the saying is absolutely right. Just like you eat healthy, a quality sleep is incredibly important for your good health.
It’s World Sleep Day today! The day is intended to create awareness about the importance of sleep in a human’s life.
Take a note of those health problems which comes up automatically if you ignore the word ‘SLEEP’
• Insufficient sleep can make you fat. A study reveals that children and adults with short sleeping are 89% and 55% more likely to gain fat
• Less sleep duration may lead to reduced concentration and low memory power.
• Children with less sleeping hours are often seen to perform low in their academic sessions.
• Less sleep hours also leads to indigestion which affects the overall health.
• Lack of sleep also invites serious health problems like heart attack, high blood pressure, strokes, diabetes to name a few.
• Sleep specialists says that irregular sleeping hours can lead men and women with low libidos and increased tension.
Doctor Christopher Winter, medical director at Charlottesville Neurology and Sleep Medicine, mentioned that most people toss and turn during their sleep. This could be as a result high room temperature. He suggested, “Your bedroom should be between 15ºC and 18ºC for optimal sleep. When trying to fall asleep your body temperature decreases to initiate sleep and lower temperatures can help facilitate sleep. If your bedroom is cool it will be easier to shut your eyes for the night.” Wrong adjustment of room temperature can lead to restlessness and you may suffer insufficient sleep and rapid eye movement- a stage when your brain activity is highest.
“During this stage, you’ll have higher brain metabolism and will often dream. There are spontaneous rapid eye movements and minimal body movement. It’s usually difficult to wake a sleeper during this stage. Think of your bedroom as a cave, it should be quiet, cool and dark for the best chance at getting enough rest,” he added.
In order to help you with a quality sleep, Sleep Specialists have sort down some tips to be followed. Kindly take a look into it:
• Fix your bedtime and wake up time
• Limit your daytime sleep to 30 minutes or even less
• Avoid alcohol and smoking before bedtime
• Avoid caffeine-products, teas and cold drinks before bedtime
• Avoid heavy, spicy and sugary stuff before bedtime
• Exercise regularly and consider meditation
• Use quality and comfortable mattress and pillow
• Keep your room well ventilated and with adjustable temperature
• Avoid installing distracting noise elements and lighting.
World Sleep Day is organized by the World Sleep Day Committee of the World Sleep Society. They said that there are more than 100 sleep disorders in the society but most of them can be treated with the help of sleep specialists.
Their main aim is to solve the sleep problems on society through better prevention and management of sleep disorders. This 2018, the day is observed on 16 March, while the dates for upcoming years are March 15, 2019 and March 14, 2020.
Have a good ‘Sleep’ not just today but every day!