Key To Healthy Life .
The keys to a healthy lifestyle are eating right, exercise, and sleep. While we give a great deal of attention to the first two, the importance of a good night’s sleep is often overlooked.
March 8th through March 14th has been designated Sleep Awareness Week and we want to raise awareness and educate the community about how important sleep is to each and every one of us. While most of us understand the importance of getting a good night’s sleep, we often do not make sleep a priority.
It centers around highlighting the many benefits sleep has on our body and mind and reminds everyone how vital sleep is to our overall health and well-being. Sleep aids our heart, brain, lungs, and muscles and has many other benefits including:
• Improved immunity
• Decreased pain
• Increased alertness
• Lower risk of injury
• Improved memory
• Better mood
• Stick to a sleep schedule of the same bedtime and wake up time, even on the weekends.
• Practice a relaxing bedtime ritual. Try to separate your sleep time from activities that can cause excitement, stress or anxiety; a lot of which can make it more difficult to fall asleep.
• If you have trouble sleeping, avoid naps, especially in the afternoon. Napping may help you during the day, but it can interfere with your ability to sleep at night
• Avoid drinking any caffeinated beverages at least five to six hours before bed.
• Exercise daily. Vigorous exercise is best, but even light exercise is better than no activity.
• Evaluate your sleep environment. Remove any noisy distractions, eliminate bright lights and set a comfortable temperature to optimize your sleep.
• Sleep on a comfortable mattress and Make sure your mattress is supportive.
Dr Anshul Mahajan