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Five Easy Steps To Better Sleep
Is sleeping better really within your control?
Everyone agrees that sleep is important for health. We’ve known for some time that the best health and longevity are associated with enough — but not too much — sleep. From high blood pressure to diabetes, pretty much any chronic disease is less likely if you’re getting the right amount of sleep each night. There’s no question that the healthiest people in the world are those getting 7–9 hours of proper rest each night, with 8 hours generally being the sweet spot for most adults.
You hear it from every corner: sleep better to feel better. There are entire books written about why you should be optimizing your sleep. It’s not just a useful way to avoid feeling tired during your workday, it’s vital for your continued existence on this world. Every health and wellbeing podcast has, at one point or another, recommended sleep as a way to improve your life.
The problem is that getting more sleep is really hard. Most of this health advice is sold to you on the basis that your sleep is entirely under your individual control, but the data suggests that the situation is much more complicated than that. So here are my top 5 tips for how to improve your sleep.
