SUPPLEMENTS FOR SLEEP

You have a hard time sleeping, don’t you? It can take a few different forms:

• It takes you a long time to fall asleep
• You fall asleep just fine, but you wake up throughout the night
• You wake up without feeling refreshed

n this article, you’ll learn some of the most effective nutritional supplements for sleep, as well as why they work.

But first, let’s get the basics of sleep hygiene out of the way. After all, if you can fix an issue without taking supplements, why not do so? So here are the basics of sleep hygiene:

• Some people can drink caffeine-based beverages right before bed, and fall asleep just fine. Other people can have caffeine-based beverages at 1 in the afternoon, and not fall asleep. So if you’re the latter, avoid caffeine-based beverages within 10 hours of bed time. These include the obvious, like coffee, but also the less obvious, like tea, and some pop.
• Keep your room temperature around 18–19 degrees. During sleep, your body temperature is designed to fall. It reaches a low point during the night. Room temperature when sleeping should be lower than room temperature when you’re awake. Sometimes, the difference between waking up feeling tired, and waking up feeling like a million bucks is just 1–2 degrees.
• Don’t do anything stimulating right before bed, like exercise, or particularly exciting movies. Like those with Jackie Chan, Sylvester Stallone, and Liam Neeson. Save those for…