Are you tired? Not getting enough sleep? Does your mind keep
you awake running thoughts through it a breakneck speed? The Health Briefs TV show wants you to get some rest.
We know how hard it can be to fall asleep and stay asleep
sometimes. It is equally hard to function at your best when you are tired. Here’s
what you need to know to get some needed sleep:
- A healthy meal of high protein and high fiber foods helps people get to sleep and stay asleep better than a meal with high saturated fats and less fiber. Avoid fatty foods at dinner time. Enjoy some peas, black beans, lentils, broccoli, raspberries, blueberries, avocado and other food like it. Skip caffeinated drinks several hours before bedtime.
- Avoid getting into an argument or heated discussion with someone – both in the physical sense and online.
- Take a walk after dinner to relieve stress and relax and loosen muscles and joints.
- Lower the blinds and the room temperature for a comfortable sleep.
- Get in bed, turn the TV and lights off and get comfortable.
- Think of something happy or positive. Close your eyes and relax thinking of the happy or positive thing. Replay in your mind what made it happy.
- Take conscious breaths. As you breathe slowly, imagine your breath as it enters your nose and mouth, makes its way through your body and goes back out. Focus on each breath and each step. This helps block and stop negative or repetitive thoughts which can keep you awake.
- Health Briefs TV suggests sticking to a regular schedule of when you go to bed and get up every day, even on weekends and vacations.
We admit we do not get enough sleep ourselves.
