It's generally recommended not to eat anything about 2-3 hours before going to sleep. Otherwise it tends to upset the body's ability to digest the food whilest trying to shutdown for "sleep mode".
From what I could gather, taking a short nap after lunch should be fine, though.
That said, as with all of this stuff, individual preferences may vary.
Aside from that, some simple tips for people in general to achieve better sleep:
a) Have a steady sleep schedule and only marginally adjust it on weekends. If you sleep from 9pm-5am on weekdays, aim for the same or maybe 10pm-6am or something similar on the weekend. Don't change it to 2am-10am on weekends, it'll through you off rhythm.
b) Avoid staying in bed trying to fall asleep. If you lie in bed unable to sleep, your body will get used to your bed being the place where you stay awake for hours without doing anything. Fixing this takes a long ass time, best attempt would be to exhaust yourself and only then go to sleep.
c) If you use an alarm in the morning, avoid the "snooze" function. It doesn't give you additional "healthy" amounts of sleep, it just keeps you in a disturbed state for longer. it also teaches your body that the alarm is something it can ignore, which will increase the risk of missing it entirely.
d) If you have trouble getting up to your alarm, change it. Once your body is drilled that it can ignore the sound, it will start ignoring the sound. Pick a new alarm tone and always get up when it rings. Go to the toilet or something, you can lie in bed for a bit afterwards to relax some more, but make sure your body is trained to get you awake when the alarm rings.
Tobias Reinhold
2024-11-05 16:04:08 +0000 UTC
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