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Lay off the Spicy Meals Before Sleeping
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung June 17th, 2008 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Education, Sleep Issues.
This belief has been passed on through ages. The food we eat can have a bearing on how we sleep and that is why people should really pick what they eat.
Spicy foods are fine to digest but not before you sleep. It would be best to consider that once we want to sleep, our digestive system may not entirely be able to handle the spicy food that some people just cannot avoid.
So aside from having trouble to sleep because of constant tossing and turning, you feel that discomfort of not being able to sleep well because you want to really find the proper sleep position with nothing bothering you in bed.
Several things may account for the effect. An obvious possibility is indigestion. But the scientists also noted that after eating the spicy meals the subjects had elevated body temperatures during their first sleep cycles, which has been linked in other studies to poorer sleep quality.
(Source) The New York Times
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What’s Keeping Your Baby Awake?
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung August 7th, 2007 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP Psychology, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Issues.
Often, babies are known to only sleep, feed and play a lot during their infancy stage. At times, there will be occasions when babies may not want to sleep immediately owing to some sort of sickness or discomfort that need to be diagnosed properly by parents. In some cases, the intervention of physicians or pediatricians may be a need especially if the baby is really suffering from such a disorder owing to the fact of not being able to rest properly.
The list of potential causes can go on. It can be something that could be traced towards indigestion or potential fever. Babies cannot speak out what they feel and while some people call it a guessing game, knowing their child is the best way to diagnose what the immediate problem really is.
Sleep deprivation among parents is evident since they must attend to the needs of their child. Kids only become babies once in their lifetime and a little sleep deprivation at this stage is little sacrifice to ensure the overall health and comfort of babies.
Reference Article: The Baby’s Not Sleeping
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