Dark night secretly collaborated with body. Only in a state that is really dark body produce melatonin, a hormone in the immune system is able to fight and prevent various diseases including breast cancer and prostate cancer. at night Day - no matter how small its rays cause hormone melatonin production stops.
besides saving energy, by turning off the lights when you sleep is a natural way to improve the health of the body
Joan Roberts biologists discovered this secret after conducting experiments on animals. When the animals were given artificial light at night Day, melatonin decreased and weakened immune systems. Apparently, light lamps - as well as TV - causes hormones to be very tired. Hence, in addition to saving energy, by turning off the lights when you sleep is a natural way to improve the health of the body.
The types of sleep disorders that can be experienced by anyone, among others, are:
* Jet-lagged. The change of time between lunch and dinner, suddenly due to travel by plane. This can disrupt the circadian rhythm of human body.
* Caffeine, nicotine, alcohol. Caffeine nicotine which can cause too much trouble to sleep. This condition often experienced by coffee drinkers, smokers, and alcoholics.
* Environmental factors. The music sounds loud bang, the sound of a noisy factory, sleeping with the lights burning brightly, will cause one's sleep to be disturbed.
Meanwhile, the causes of sleep disorders in women are:
* Psychological stress. There are family members who died, the exam, traffic accidents, broken love. Statistically, 34% of women often experience this compared to 22% in males. Possibly because women are more sensitive.
* Impaired sleep partner. Approximately 17% of women complain of difficulty sleeping because of his sleeping partner has a habit of snoring and only 5% of men complained of similar causes.
* Worker of the night, a hospital nurse, night watchman, factory workers. Those who work at night Day was more often experience sleep disturbances. The female night workers are more often disturbed menstrual cycle, and is difficult to conceive.
* Associated with menstruation. The hormone progesterone is causing a sense of calm and drowsiness. The hormone progesterone will increase at the time of ovulation, ie at about 12-14 days of the menstrual cycle. Some women will experience a sense of weakness and excessive drowsiness. Sleep disturbances begin to occur when the hormone progesterone began to decline, for a few days before the arrival of menstruation (Days 22-28 of the menstrual cycle). Women will often wake up, sleep less soundly, or who do not wake up feeling refreshed.
* Related to the pregnancy. In pregnancy also occur the changes that can disrupt sleep. At 1-3 months of pregnancy, progesterone begins to rise, causing drowsiness in some women. Enlarging uterus began urging the bladder, so that pregnant women often wake up several times to urinate. At 4-6 months of pregnancy, progesterone begin to stabilize. The uterus is no longer urgent bladder. Pregnant women will experience periods of sleep are most delicious. There is almost no sleep disturbance at this gestational age. At 7-9 months of pregnancy, sleep disturbances begin to occur. The existence of a burning sensation in the chest, feeling chills, nasal congestion, leg cramps, more frequent urination will disrupt sleep quality and quantity of pregnant women. Approximately 97% of women will more often woke up and difficult to sleep again. 30% of women who never snore will sleep with snoring.
* The period of menopause. Estrogen production begins to decline, making 30% -40% of women more often awakened in the middle of the night because a lot of sweat, a sense of palpitations, or complaints arising burning sensation in the chest and head.
Efforts that can be done to overcome sleep disorders include:
1. Avoid high sugared foods (honey, syrup), caffeine (coffee, chocolate, tea), tobacco, or alcohol, before bedtime.
2. Sleep and wake at a regular time each day.
3. Use the bed only for sex and sleep. Not for other activities such as studying, working, reading, gymnastics, and so forth.
4. Regular exercise will make sleep more soundly and comfortably. Similarly, pregnant women, exercise may reduce the incidence of cramps in the leg.
5. Get used to sleeping in a dark atmosphere with no lights on.
6. Prayer / Pray.
7. Do not use sleeping pills because it can cause side effects such as memory disorders, less vigilant, often wet and headaches.
8. Consult your doctor, the doctor may need to give advice or certain medications such as melatonin, the hormone estrogen, and so forth. ***
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