I appreciate Matthew Walker's enthusiasm about how a good night's sleep impacts every aspect of health. I found your assumption of "You won't like these tips" to be interesting, as I have been implementing these for several years now, and I find them to be comforting and nourishing, as I know I am showing myself true self-love.
A glass of wine at night isn't self-care... THIS is.
In fact, these tips are commonly followed by folks such as myself that decided to eliminate alcohol from our lives completely.
As Dr. Walker said in an interview, booze is "the enemy of sleep", but it is also a sedative.
Which means that thousands of Americans are relying on the most commonly used sedative to knock them out at night, but aren't reaping the incredible benefits of quality of sleep, as you talk about in this article.
In fact, that's why the famous big wave surfer Laird Hamilton finally went from a self-proclaimed red wine enthusiast to choosing sobriety-- he is all about maximizing his body's performance, and finally realized that alcohol was detrimental to the nourishing qualities of sleep.
It doesn't matter how much a person limits caffeine or makes their bedroom a cave (get the TV out of there!) if they are sedating themselves to sleep every night. I speak from experience. :)
I appreciate Matthew Walker's enthusiasm about how a good night's sleep impacts every aspect of health. I found your assumption of "You won't like these tips" to be interesting, as I have been implementing these for several years now, and I find them to be comforting and nourishing, as I know I am showing myself true self-love.
A glass of wine at night isn't self-care... THIS is.
In fact, these tips are commonly followed by folks such as myself that decided to eliminate alcohol from our lives completely.
As Dr. Walker said in an interview, booze is "the enemy of sleep", but it is also a sedative.
Which means that thousands of Americans are relying on the most commonly used sedative to knock them out at night, but aren't reaping the incredible benefits of quality of sleep, as you talk about in this article.
In fact, that's why the famous big wave surfer Laird Hamilton finally went from a self-proclaimed red wine enthusiast to choosing sobriety-- he is all about maximizing his body's performance, and finally realized that alcohol was detrimental to the nourishing qualities of sleep.
It doesn't matter how much a person limits caffeine or makes their bedroom a cave (get the TV out of there!) if they are sedating themselves to sleep every night. I speak from experience. :)