Sleep 8 hours a day, mandatorily, myth or reality?

Sleep 8 hours a day, mandatorily, myth or reality?

Why do we resist sleeping if it is something natural? Caffeine, sleep phases, possible infusions, nightmares, sleep alone, use technology before sleep … Maybe it’s time to put limits on technology and find a place to relax and be able to sleep. Besides believing that to be able to continue with our work and routines we have to reduce the hours of sleep.

You know that an adult between the ages of 26 and 64 should sleep between seven and nine hours as a table made by the National Sleep Foundation of the USA. What happens if we stop eating? That then we will realize that we have a problem but, what if we stop sleeping ?.

We ignore that this may also be a problem for our brain. The sleep phase is a period of hyperactivity contrary to what is believed or thought, it is the moment, in which, the toxins that have accumulated in the brain during the day they are cleaned.

What happens if we break the two functions of the brain? That we will feel fresh and clean enough. The brain fulfills two functions: to keep us awake and to cleanse those toxins during the sleep that we have accumulated throughout the day.

You will probably have noticed that when you have been sleeping for less than eight hours advised, you tend to suffer from a state of fatigue and susceptibility, which you probably do not care about.

There we began to throw away the caffeine and we got into a vicious circle since when we got into bed we did not get to sleep. Then we will begin to resort to sleeping pills. Moreover, almost certainly many will not stop to read the side effects.

Maybe coffee is not the problem but the number of drinks we drink that contain it, such as energy drinks that keep you in a continuous state of stress, in addition to the greater contribution of sugar to the body.

Do you know how caffeine affects our body?
Consumed in a controlled manner, the truth is that caffeine produces positive effects such as improving attention, also facilitating the biochemical process that takes place in the brain during the action of memory formation.

If consumed in an uncontrolled and unconscious way, it can increase blood pressure, cause more urine to be produced (and also cause dehydration) and increase cardiopulmonary activity. In addition, it is also a direct cause of high excitement, anxiety, tremor, and insomnia.

Therefore, it is advisable to always try not to exceed 200 mg. of caffeine a day, although for certain it is known that the maximum dose that our body can manage to tolerate the amount of caffeine -without causing any type of problem- is 500 mg.

Some quick remedies useful for falling asleep
At present we all probably look at our mobile phone or tablet before going to sleep, removing them from the space in which we sleep can be a good first remedy will help us to better sleep.

Give us a warm bath before going to bed can also be a good remedy because it helps us relax and if at that time we add some music that is relaxing and candles with aromatic smell we will feel in glory.

It is advisable to follow a ritual before planting ourselves in bed to sleep without further ado. What will this help us with? To disconnect from the day we may have had.