Sleep - are you getting enough?
22nd February 2013
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To mark National Sleep Awareness Week, which takes place between 3-10 March 2013, here is Oliver Gray, author of ENERGISE YOU with some advice to help you achieve better sleep.
Chronic sleep deprivation can do more than make you feel sleepy. Lack of sleep has many negative effects, especially for students. Lack of sleep can have a negative impact on your attention, alertness, concentration and memory.
Sleep affects so many areas of your life and getting good quality sleep is especially important when you are studying. But research of over 3,000 people, from energiseYou, finds the large majority of us score less than 50% on the drivers that help us achieve a good night’s sleep
I will take you through some facts relating to sleep and offer some simple steps you can take to achieve better quality sleep so that you awake feeling refreshed and energised.
How are you sleeping?
If you want to check how you score on the key drivers of sleep click here to complete my free online health and energy check.
Research suggests that a potent energy-zapping mix of factors, such as technology overload and work-life imbalance, is causing sleep deprivation leaving many of us working on empty and feeling pressured in all areas of life.
Good sleep is a habit. Not sleeping well can also become a habit. If you are not sleeping well it can take time to create a new good sleep habit. The time will depend on how bad your sleep problem is and your commitment to making positive changes.
While there's no magical formula for getting enough sleep and the mixture of studying and being out socialising can certainly disrupt our sleep pattern, here are my top seven habits to help you achieve better quality sleep:
1. Create a regular routine
- Go to bed at the same time and get up at the same time at least four-five days per week. Aim for early to bed, early to rise e.g. in bed by 11.15pm up by 7.30am. If you feel you need more sleep, go to bed earlier but still get up at the same time.
2. Healthy nutrition
- Avoid a big meal in the evening, e.g. pasta or curry. Also avoid refined carbohydrates, e.g. biscuits & sweets
- Avoid going to bed on an empty stomach
- Include foods in your diet that are high in Tryptophan (an amino acid that promotes sleep) e.g. almonds, turkey, bananas, spinach, soya products, oats and eggs.
- Why your habits are the key to your sleep
- The top seven habits to avoid for great sleep
- The top seven best habits for great sleep Register for the webinar here.
Chronic sleep deprivation can do more than make you feel sleepy. Lack of sleep has many negative effects, especially for students. Lack of sleep can have a negative impact on your attention, alertness, concentration and memory.
Sleep affects so many areas of your life and getting good quality sleep is especially important when you are studying. But research of over 3,000 people, from energiseYou, finds the large majority of us score less than 50% on the drivers that help us achieve a good night’s sleep
I will take you through some facts relating to sleep and offer some simple steps you can take to achieve better quality sleep so that you awake feeling refreshed and energised.
How are you sleeping?
If you want to check how you score on the key drivers of sleep click here to complete my free online health and energy check.
Research suggests that a potent energy-zapping mix of factors, such as technology overload and work-life imbalance, is causing sleep deprivation leaving many of us working on empty and feeling pressured in all areas of life.
Good sleep is a habit. Not sleeping well can also become a habit. If you are not sleeping well it can take time to create a new good sleep habit. The time will depend on how bad your sleep problem is and your commitment to making positive changes.
While there's no magical formula for getting enough sleep and the mixture of studying and being out socialising can certainly disrupt our sleep pattern, here are my top seven habits to help you achieve better quality sleep:
1. Create a regular routine
- Go to bed at the same time and get up at the same time at least four-five days per week. Aim for early to bed, early to rise e.g. in bed by 11.15pm up by 7.30am. If you feel you need more sleep, go to bed earlier but still get up at the same time.
2. Healthy nutrition
- Avoid a big meal in the evening, e.g. pasta or curry. Also avoid refined carbohydrates, e.g. biscuits & sweets
- Avoid going to bed on an empty stomach
- Include foods in your diet that are high in Tryptophan (an amino acid that promotes sleep) e.g. almonds, turkey, bananas, spinach, soya products, oats and eggs.
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