{"id":27084,"date":"2017-05-31T18:56:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T16:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/afrocentric\/sleep-better\/"},"modified":"2020-07-02T17:53:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T15:53:32","slug":"sleep-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/sleep-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleep Better"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15130 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/sleep-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"sleep\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>7-8 hours of good sleep every night\u00a0is associated\u00a0with real immediate and longer-term health benefits. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Here are some practical tips to help you sleep better:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Dark and cool.<\/strong> The ideal bedroom is totally dark and cool (not freezing cold but cool).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Routine.<\/strong> Our bodies respond well to routine so having a farly consistent bedtime really helps.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Slow down.<\/strong> You should try to avoid being too active, all electronic screens (TV, phone, computer), work, and anything that is &#8220;stimulating&#8221; for about an hour before you ant to sleep. This is a good time for quiet chats, book reading, and the like.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>NO.<\/strong> Caffeine (coffee, tea, chocolate), excess alcohol (anything more than 2 drinks), sugar (cool drinks, sweets) for 4-6 hours before sleep.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Use an alarm.<\/strong> It may sound contradictory but in truth many people relax and sleep better knowing that the morning alarm is set and so they know they cannot sleep in.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Comfort.<\/strong> Investing in a mattress, linen, and pillows that work for you is money well spent.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Very few people use all of these tips and most adults do not sleep enough or well enough&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":26370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coping-with-life","category-feature-articles"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-31 19:21:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27472,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27084\/revisions\/27472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}