Are you getting the recommended 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep? It’s virtually impossible to stay healthy and emotionally balanced without it. Skimping on sleep can contribute to a whole host of chronic health problems from obesity and diabetes to immune problems and increased risk for cancer. It can also raise your risk for accidents and occupational errors. And did you know that our single biggest contributor to our collective sleep problems is the use of artificial lighting and electronics usage at night? Light of a blue wavelength is emitted from these devices that tricks our brains into thinking that it is daytime.
Working indoors, where most people work, fail to get sufficient exposure to full, bright and natural sunlight during the day which disconnects from the natural cycles of day and night to turn into a chronic problem of struggling to fall asleep and stay asleep. Actually, the remedy is simple and inexpensive because you only have to modify your light environment to resynchronize your body to the natural cycles of light and dark.
Try these easy steps to resynchronize YOUR body.
Here are some more common issues and thing to try to improve sleep:
If sleep evades you, you might just give some or all of the above suggestions a try. I have found that my biggest culprit is worrying about the things I have to do the next morning. Maybe a nice cup of calming tea would help a few hours before retiring. Have a very restful night!
–Dr Fredda Branyon