Tip #3 – Don’t drink fluids 45 minutes before bed
You should also avoid drinking even non-alcoholic fluids 45 minutes before bed. This is because if you drink too much before bed, you may have to get up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
Waking up during the night like this significantly decreases the QUALITY of your sleep.
This is because of the “phases” we go through when we sleep. We first go through four phases of what’s called NREM (non-rapid eye movement) sleep. Then we go into deeper, REM (rapid eye movement) sleep.
We cycle through these phases 3-6 times a night, when uninterrupted.
But when you wake up in the middle of the night, your body has to start the phases again from scratch. It can take you up to two hours to achieve deep sleep again once you wake up. This means that if you wake up during the middle of the night, you’re getting significantly less deep REM sleep.
To preserve the quality of your sleep and to make sure you’re getting the most out of it, avoid waking up during the middle of the night if at all possible.
Remember, when you sleep, your body goes to work to repair itself.
Ladies: How To Get Abs…While You Sleep was originally published on blackdoctor.org
