Who on earth thinks drinking helps you sleep better? I've missed out on the best factoids it seems.
Sleep myths 'damaging your health'
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#22Does anyone believe any of these so called myths?
The laziness of these articles is astonishing. Myth #5 is "Hitting the Snooze Button". That's not a myth. It's not a claim or belief of any kind.
Laziness perhaps, but consider incompetence as another possibility. Many journalists seem to have only the sketchiest command of English.
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#23Who on earth thinks drinking helps you sleep better? I've missed out on the best factoids it seems.
Some people have problem falling asleep. Drinking until they pass out is a solution of sorts.
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#24Staying in bed is a big issue with me. If I get less than 5 hours I take a major productivity hit. I've identified most drivers of my insomnia, but not all. Low caffeine, go to be without a full stomach, get up at a consistent time, keep the room cool. Beyond that, if you have suggestions I'm all ears.
Get rid of screen time for 3 hours before bed. Also, I highly recommend the book "Why we sleep" Edit: you can also experiment woth wearing socks (by changing limb temperature you influence blood flow and heat dissappation
THREE hours? What the heck do you do for that nearly 20% of your waking life?
I guess you buy a lot of books, or visit the library a lot. I personally like reading but not so much that I want to do it for three hours every flipping night.
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#25Who on earth thinks drinking helps you sleep better? I've missed out on the best factoids it seems.
Many people. And anecdotally it helps many people for very long periods (40-60 years daily) of time to sleep like a rock. But I think there is a difference between 'a night cap before sleep' or plonking down a few glasses of Scotch in the evening. The side effects the article mentions are really not triggered, for casual drinkers anyway, by a little shot before sleep. Unless you were drinking before that (at dinner for instance), but that's not a fair comparison against what the 'myth' says.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Get rid of screen time for 3 hours before bed. Also, I highly recommend the book "Why we sleep" Edit: you can also experiment woth wearing socks (by changing limb temperature you influence blood flow and heat dissappation
THREE hours? What the heck do you do for that nearly 20% of your waking life? I guess you buy a lot of books, or visit the library a lot. I personally like reading but not so much that I want to do it for three hours every flipping night.
The concern is not the act of reading, but rather the additional exposure to light suppressing melatonin production.
Melatonin plays an important role in the sleep/wake cycle.
Avoiding unnecessary light for a period of 3 hours prior to sleep gives the body a chance to run it's shutdown scripts by producing enough melatonin, etc.
https://www.foundmyfitness.com/episodes/melatonin-insulin-re...
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Get rid of screen time for 3 hours before bed. Also, I highly recommend the book "Why we sleep" Edit: you can also experiment woth wearing socks (by changing limb temperature you influence blood flow and heat dissappation
THREE hours? What the heck do you do for that nearly 20% of your waking life? I guess you buy a lot of books, or visit the library a lot. I personally like reading but not so much that I want to do it for three hours every flipping night.
Not op but I really enjoy my famous midnight walks. Walking also let's your body dump excess energy and so maybe you could get away with 1-1.5 hours only. Works well enough for me.
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#29I realize this sounds hokey, but the Deep Sleep Pillow Spray is phenomenal.
How does it work?
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#30I highly recommend the book "Why We Sleep" if you're interested in learning the actual mechanics of sleep.