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\n Maintaining healthy sleep hygiene is essential for over-all health and well-being. While sleeping is something that each one of us do as a part of our day to day living, only a handful of people are aware of what comprises a good sleep hygiene and its importance.<\/p>\n
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Sleep hygiene is a variety of different practices that are necessary to have normal, quality nighttime sleep and full daytime alertness. The most important sleep hygiene measure is to regulate ones sleep timings. So waking up and sleeping at around the same time each day, seven days a week is ideal. One must also sleep for the right number of hours as per their body requirement, not too little, or too excessive.<\/p>\n

Your daily routines \u2013 what you eat and drink, the medications you take, how you schedule your days and how you choose to spend your evenings \u2013 can significantly impact your quality of sleep. Even a few slight adjustments can, in some cases, mean the difference between sound sleep and a restless night.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the importance of sleep hygiene, Padma Shri Awardee Dr. A MarthandaPillai \u2013 National President and Padma Shri Awardee Dr. KK Aggarwal \u2013 Honorary Secretary General IMA in a joint statement said, \u201cMajority of the Indian population remains unaware of the fact that common ailments such as obesity, depression, hypertension, diabetes, heart disease are all linked to an irregular sleep pattern. Sleep deprivation also is a key influencer of stressed relationships, decreased performance at school and work, accidental injuries, memory and cognitive impairment and a poor quality of life. It is thus essential that awareness be raised about good sleep habits and the importance of getting adequate sleep on a daily basis. The present generation is mostly found sleeping only for 3-5 hours in a day and then compensating their sleep requirements by sleeping for 14 hours on the weekends. This is extremely dangerous for their overall health. They also depend on caffeine and energy drinks to stay awake, which impact their overall cognitive ability. The time has come for each one of us to be cautious about the impact our day to day actions have on our health and take necessary preventions.\u201d<\/p>\n

A few practices which indicate a goodsleep hygiene include
\n\u2022 Get up at the same time every day
\n\u2022 Create a sleep sanctuary
\n\u2022 Reserve your bedroom for sleep and intimacy.
\n\u2022 Banish the television, computer, smartphone or tablet, and other diversions from bedroom\u2019
\n\u2022Nap only if necessary. Taking a nap at the peak of sleepiness in the afternoon can help to supplement hours missed at night. But naps can also interfere with your ability to sleep at night and throw your sleep schedule into disarray.
\n\u2022 If you need to nap, limit it to 20 to 30 minutes.
\n\u2022Avoid caffeine after noon, and go light on alcohol.
\n\u2022 Caffeine can stay in your body for up to 12 hours.
\n\u2022Alcohol can act as a sedative, but it also disturbs sleep.
\n\u2022Get regular exercise, but not within three hours of bedtime.
\n\u2022 Exercise acts as a short-term stimulant.
\n\u2022 Try to go to bed and get up at the same time every day \u2014 at the very least, on weekdays. If need be, use weekends to make up for lost sleep.<\/p>\n

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 Maintaining healthy sleep hygiene is essential for over-all health and well-being. While sleeping is something that each one of us do as a part of our day to day living, only a handful of people are aware of what comprises a good sleep hygiene and its importance. Sleep hygiene is a variety of different practices that are necessary to have normal, quality nighttime sleep and full daytime alertness. The most important sleep hygiene measure is to regulate ones sleep timings. So waking up and sleeping at around the same time each day, seven days a week is ideal. One must <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[80,1879],"class_list":["post-4028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-update","tag-health","tag-update","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25270,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4028\/revisions\/25270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}