Good sleep!

If you are here, is because you may have more curiosity about sleeping. Well, it's okay, so I will tell you that our biggest sleep distraction is 24-hour access to internet, crazy but true, right? In fact, the artificial light makes your brain think it should keep working. That's why we need to do some relaxing activities before go bed, like take a hot shower, read a book, draw, etc.  One interesting natural method to fall asleep is to aromatize the pillow or our bedding with essential oils, flowers or herbs such as eucalyptus, chamomile, orange blossom or hops. These types of aromas can help us reduce nerves, relax and promote sleep.  We are the only mammals that willingly delay sleep, so control yourself and try to get bed early. Good luck!

Hello and welcome to my blog! Here you will find some advices of how to get a good quality of sleep and some natural methods to improve your sleep. Did you know that more than a third of American adults are not getting enough sleep on a regular basis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)? If you belong to that group of americans, try to read my other entries and found more information in the section  Bibliography .

Why you are not getting enough sleep? Everyone who have sleeping troubles long to know the answer to this question, but the causes could be more common than you think... If you already started to be interested, stay reading this amazing article because I will show you some of the principal reasons of why people are not getting a good quality of sleeping, and obviously, their solutions. Well, at the bedtime, there are a lot of factors that you need to take in account, like the weather, the room brightly, outside noises and amount others. Basically, you must fix your needs to your bedtime. Identify which are the things that makes you feel uncomfortable while you're sleeping and try to change them. But, if you still have some problems to sleep like a log, these could be some common causes: Consume too much caffeine, alcohol and sleep tablets: The caffeine is a stimulant that prevents you sleeping well. Alcohol may make you drowsy, but your sleep will be very restless. Sleeping tablets...

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Why you are not getting enough sleep? Well, at the sleep time, there are a lot of factors that you need to take in account, one is the availability of electricity and technological advances that allow us to work and play 24/7. Using computers and phones for playing interactive games and social networking can activate and excite the brain, making it harder to fall asleep. For example, a 2011 National Sleep Foundation poll found that people who texted in the hour before bed were less likely to report getting a good night’s sleep. Americans get less and less sleep every year, a recent Gallup poll found. Today, we average just 6.8 hours a night, less than the doctor-recommended 7-9, and down by over an hour from 1942, when Americans got closer to 8 hours per night. Also, there is less time to sleep: “there is a huge increase in people carrying two jobs, working more hours, and more focus on trying to find time to exercise.” said Helene A. Emsellem, MD, medical director of the Center for S...