Better Sleep for Better Health

Are you getting enough quality sleep?
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Everyone knows you feel more refreshed after a good nights sleep, but did you know it’s also when the body repairs itself and poor quality sleep can affect your weight? Lack of sleep can increase appetite and trigger cravings for foods high in calories and carbohydrates.

Roughly 35% of adults in the U.S. get fewer than seven hours of sleep per night, and the recommended amount for adults is 7-9 hours.

Tips to improve the quality of sleep and your health:

• Stop consuming caffeine 5 hours before you plan to sleep

• Limit alcohol consumption — more than two servings for men and more than one serving for women can decrease sleep quality by 39%

• Get exercise! 75 minutes of high-intensity or 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise per week decreases daytime sleepiness

• Sleep in a dark room. TV or lights disrupt sleep patterns.

• Don’t eat right before bed.

• Try our Best Nights Sleep Bundle to improve your sleep quality

Interesting facts about sleep:

• Women’s lifetime risk of insomnia is 40% higher than men

• A 10% increase in body weight can equate to six-fold rise for the risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

• About 66% of people talk in their sleep

• Roughly 18% of people experience sleep walking

So moving forward, better quality sleep is our goal for everyone on the 2023 You & Me Challenge. See you in dreamland.