The Treatment of Sleep

Modern life is marked by rhythms increasingly pressing: we work long hours, trying to combine the best family care home, friends and social life. At the end of the day, the best cure for themselves is a good night's sleep. A sleepless night, in fact, takes shine to thoughts, energies the body and affects our appearance as well as on the psychological well-being: dark circles, pale and blurred mind are the most obvious symptoms. In contrast, a sweet sleep means bright eyes, glowing skin and clear mind, in other words "beauty"!
Sleep is one of the best beauty treatments because it releases hormones beauty, such as collagen and keratin, which help skin and lips to stay younger and full. Regenerates the cells and helps prevent blemishes and dry skin. It gives a beautiful color to the face - if you are very tired, the blood flows to vital organs making you more pale and dull. It helps the immune system to fight infection and disease. Keeps shining mind and improves concentration. Helps memory and revitalizes the body and mind, giving a sense of well-being. Without spending a penny ...

During sleep, the brain has an intense activity that passes through five different stages.
Step 1. Light sleepers leads you from wakefulness to sleep and measure only a few minutes. The body relaxes and the heart rate slows.
Step 2. Characterized by a light sleeper (you wake up easily but it feels and looks stunned), at this stage the activity of the brain towards the outside world stops.
Step 3. The stage of deepest sleep decreases heart rate, temperature and pressure, and brain activity slows further.
Step 4. This is the stage of deepest sleep, when growth hormones protect the body and generate new tissue.
Step 5. REM (Rapid Eye Movement) is dedicated to the dream. The brain is very active, while the body is still asleep.

On average hours of sleep ideal for an adult is seven, but many people are enough even five. Researchers at Loughborough University found that women sleep 15 minutes longer than men, and generally tend to sleep more the hours needed.

For a sweet sleep you follow my advice.
The caffeine in coffee, tea and some soft drinks, makes the brain alert and awake. Can remain in circulation for nine hours, so it is best avoided after 2 pm.
Alcohol, although it has temporary sedative effects, it is also a stimulant, so it can upset the rhythms of the brain and make you spend a sleepless night.
Even the place where you sleep affects sleep. The perfect temperature is 18 ° C, neither too hot nor cold. Decide that your bedroom is the "relaxation area" and decorate with restful colors such as lilac or blue. Replace pillows every two years. Make sure that the shutters on the windows darkened rooms thoroughly: the darkness stimulates melatonin, a hormone responsible for sleep. No alarm clocks ticking.
An hour before going to bed begins to relax. Take a bath with relaxing oils such as lavender, sage, incense, sandalwood, marjoram or ylang ylang: all stimulate serotonin, another hormone of sleep.

By the way, as your sleep cycle, such as the larks or owls?
The larks wake up at dawn, during the day you get tired and fall asleep early in the evening. The owls, on the contrary, they wake up later, engage slowly and in the evening are full of energy.
I am a lark and you? Leave me a comment, I'm curious.

Finally, I suggest you to try a snack before bed. Cottage cheese or chocolate, and a handful of nuts, sunflower seeds and dried apricots (rich in vitamin B, which induces sleep), with some fig and date. Are both rich in tryptophan, an amino acid that produces the hormones of sleep.
Avoid fatty foods that take a long time to be digested and keep awake the body when it should relax. The food that contains monosodium glutamate (such as China) disturbs digestion, and spices such as pepper and mustard are stimulating. It also prevents the bread, gives a boost of energy to the brain.