SLEEP DEEPLY TONIGHT
(Men's Health) Do these three things and wake up totally refreshed eight hours later:
Clean your room
Disarray can interfere with a good night's sleep, according to research (okay, it was on hoarders) in the journal Sleep. Too much visual stimulation overwhelms your nervous system and makes you restless, says Men's Health sleep medicine advisor W. Christopher Winter, M.D.
Skip the sauce
Booze may help put you out, but it also increases your brain's alpha wave patterns, activating areas that make restorative REM sleep hard to achieve. If you have had a few too many, chug water before bed to help dilute your blood alcohol concentration and your regrets the next morning.
Sleep naked
Sound sleep requires an internal temp that drops as you drift off and rises as dawn approaches. So try this: First, take a warm shower or have a quick romp to boost body heat. Then sleep in the buff under a sheet and blanket you can easily throw off.
Clean your room
Disarray can interfere with a good night's sleep, according to research (okay, it was on hoarders) in the journal Sleep. Too much visual stimulation overwhelms your nervous system and makes you restless, says Men's Health sleep medicine advisor W. Christopher Winter, M.D.
Skip the sauce
Booze may help put you out, but it also increases your brain's alpha wave patterns, activating areas that make restorative REM sleep hard to achieve. If you have had a few too many, chug water before bed to help dilute your blood alcohol concentration and your regrets the next morning.
Sleep naked
Sound sleep requires an internal temp that drops as you drift off and rises as dawn approaches. So try this: First, take a warm shower or have a quick romp to boost body heat. Then sleep in the buff under a sheet and blanket you can easily throw off.
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