Top ten taboos before going to bed

You must have a good life before going to bed so that you can have a good sleep when you go to bed. Nowadays, young people like to play with their mobile phones before going to bed and they can only fall asleep after they feel very sleepy. This state is very bad. You can't eat too much before going to bed. Eating too much will increase the burden on your body and is not conducive to a good sleep. Don't think about things that make you sad before going to bed, otherwise you will easily have nightmares when you sleep.

1. Avoid using your brain before going to bed

If you have the habit of working and studying at night, you should do the more mentally demanding tasks first and then the more relaxing tasks, so as to relax your brain and fall asleep more easily. Otherwise, if the brain is in an excited state, it will be difficult to fall asleep even if you lie in bed, and you will easily suffer from insomnia over time.

2. Avoid eating before going to bed

When a person enters a sleep state, the activity rhythm of some parts of the body begins to slow down and enter a resting state. If you eat before going to bed, the gastrointestinal tract, liver, spleen and other organs will be busy again, which not only increases their burden, but also prevents other organs from getting enough rest. The functional area of ​​the cerebral cortex that is responsible for the digestive system will also be excited, often causing nightmares after falling asleep. If you eat dinner too early and feel hungry before going to bed, you can eat some snacks or fruits (such as bananas, apples, etc.), but after eating, you must rest for at least half an hour before going to bed.

3. Avoid excitement before going to bed

People’s emotions can easily cause excitement or disorder of the nerve centers, making it difficult to fall asleep and even causing insomnia. Therefore, before going to bed, try to avoid being too happy or too angry, or too worried or angry, and keep your emotions stable. If you have trouble falling asleep due to mental tension or emotional excitement, please lie on your back, place your hands under your navel, lick your lower palate with your tongue, relax your whole body, and when saliva appears in your mouth, swallow it continuously. You will fall asleep after a few minutes.

4. Avoid talking before going to bed

As the saying goes: Don’t talk while eating and don’t talk while sleeping. Because when people talk, their brains tend to become excited and their thoughts become active, which affects their sleep. Therefore, people should not talk too much before going to bed.

5. Avoid sleeping on your back

The best sleeping posture is lying on your right side. This way the bones and muscles of the whole body are in a naturally relaxed state, making it easier to fall asleep and eliminate fatigue. Lying on your back will put the bones and muscles of the whole body in a state of tension, which is not conducive to eliminating fatigue. It is also easy to cause nightmares due to breathing affected by the hands on the chest, thus affecting the quality of sleep.

6. Avoid sleeping with your mouth open

You should sleep with your mouth closed at night. This is the best way to maintain your energy. Sleeping with your mouth open makes you vulnerable to viruses and bacteria in the air. Not only does it allow diseases to enter your body through your mouth, but it also makes it easy for your lungs and stomach to be irritated by cold air and dust, thus causing illness.

7. Avoid sleeping with your head covered

Some people always like to sleep with their heads covered. This will cause them to inhale a large amount of carbon dioxide they exhale and lack the necessary oxygen, which is extremely harmful to their health.

8. Avoid sleeping in the wind

When sleeping, never let the wind coming in through the doors and windows blow on your head and body. After people fall into deep sleep, the body's ability to adapt to the external environment is reduced. If you sleep in the wind for a long time, the cold air will invade through the skin capillaries, causing a cold in mild cases and facial paralysis in severe cases.

9. Avoid sleeping facing the lamp

Although people have their eyes closed when they fall asleep, they can still feel light. If they sleep facing the light, the light will disrupt the natural balance in the human body, causing the body temperature, heartbeat and blood pressure to become uncoordinated, making people feel uneasy and having difficulty falling asleep, and even if they fall asleep, they are easily awakened.

10. Avoid sleeping facing the stove

Doing so will cause the body to overheat and easily cause diseases such as sores and boils. When you get up to urinate or defecate at night, you are prone to catching a cold. It is worth mentioning that if you use a honeycomb coal stove for heating, you should pay attention to ventilation to avoid gas poisoning.