Showing posts with label enough sleep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label enough sleep. Show all posts

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Control Sleep



I asked many people what is your real problem everyday. 90% of the people from children to adult replied me I cannot sleep properly.
Well changing your body temperature could change you sleep well. Lack of proper food makes u unsleeping. When you go to bed just take a warm breath and free your mind without having any work. Maximum 8 hours of sleep should be there per day and minimum is 6 hours. If more or less than this make body temperature not maintained correctly which leads to headache, mental depression, stress and even heart attack. Keep your bedroom silent which makes an ideal and relaxed sleep. When going to sleep comfort yourself with bedroom. The correct time of sleep is 10.00 PM to 6 AM Maximum. If you follow this then you can sleep automatically.

Control Stress and Fit yourself

Stress Control is very important for our health. Many latest research shows that stress reduces a person memory power and slow down the attitude he has. High Stress promotes depression for the physical and mental activities of human body. There are simple tips to reduce stress.

Sleep as early as possible around 10.00 P.M. and wake up early at 5.A.M. Refresh your mind by walking in and around by breathing fresh oxygen. Take proper exercise to fit your body which increases blood circulation. Spend little time for the family members and share everything with them. Eat healthy foods and take food at correct time. Think positive always and develop positive attitude in everything you see in your life. Smile and make smile the persons around you.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

10 Biggest Brain Damaging Habits




1. No Breakfast
People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level. This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.
2. Overeating 
It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power.
3. Smoking
 It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.
4. High Sugar consumption
Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain development.
5. Air Pollution 
The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our body. Inhaling polluted air decreases the sup ply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency.
6. Sleep Deprivation
Sleep allows our brain to rest. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells.
7. Head covered while sleeping 
Sleeping with the head covered, increases the concentration of carbon dioxide and decrease concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.
8. Working your brain during illness. 
Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in effectiveness of the brain as well as damage the brain.
9. Lacking in stimulating thoughts
 Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage.
10. Talking Rarely Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain

Monday, October 20, 2008

Are you getting enough sleep?



Adults need at least seven to eight hours of sleep every night, to perform optimally. Children need even more sleep. Less sleep causes morning headaches and daytime fatigue, leading to poor concentration and performance.
Insomnia includes the inability to sleep, frequent awakenings during the night and not being able to go back to sleep, or waking up too early. Women are more likely to suffer from chronic insomnia – the ratio is about two women to one man. Working women, in particular, build up a large sleep debt over the years.
To a large extent, we can control the quantity and quality of our sleep. The key to a restful night’s sleep is to calm down your brain rather than rev it up.
What you eat affects how you sleep. Some food slows down nerve traffic and calms the brain and contributes towards a restful sleep; such food are called sleepers. Other perk up the brain and keep you awake; such food are called wakers.
Sleepers contain tryptophan, an amino acid that makes up protein, which produces the sleep – inducing substances, serotonin and melatonin. Food that contains tryptophan or make more tryptophan available to the brain make us sleepy.
Ideal sleepers are food which contains moderate amounts of carbohydrate stimulates the release of insulin which clears amino acids that compete with tryptophan making it more available to the brain. At the same time, protein contributes tryptophan directly to the brain.
Great snooze food includes; dairy products (paneer, cheese, milk and curd), meat, poultry or seafood, whole grains vegetables and pulses (including soyabeans).
Indian dinners usually have a fair share of these types of food. However, our traditional cooking practices include a lot of fat and spices, both of which in terferes with sleep.
Calcium helps the brain use tryptophan; this explains the soporific effect of a glass of milk at bedtime. Foods containing caffeine such as tea,coffee, colas and chocolates are wakers. a high-protein meal without carbohydrates contains the amino acid, tyrosine, which perks up the brain.
An all carbohydrate snack, especially one high in sugar, is less likely to help you sleep. It will raise blood sugar and inhibit sleep. Later, when blood sugar drops too low, you might wake up and not be able to fall back asleep. Also, you will miss out on the sleep-inducing effects of tryptophan.