How did you sleep last night? If you’re not feeling rested, perhaps you were just being too British about it? According to the 2017 Great British Bedtime Report, we’re getting less sleep than ever, with 74 per cent of us clocking less than seven hours a night. The report, which surveyed over 5,000 people on behalf of the Sleep Council, found a third of us experience poor sleep most nights. And when asked how that poor sleep affected them, over half said their energy levels and mood dropped, while a third claimed health, work and relationships suffered.
If you’ve tried lavender oil, chamomile tea and meditation apps to no avail, here’s one more approach that just might help you get a good night’s sleep: a Euro mindset. ‘Many Europeans have a better all-round sleep experience,’ says independent sleep consultant Dr Neil Stanley (thesleepconsultancy.com). In fact, people from the Netherlands, France and Belgium regularly average over eight hours. ‘Their bedrooms are more sacred, more hygienic. They invest more and value sleep more than we seem to in the UK,’ explains Stanley. Let’s find out more…
Rethink your bed
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة May 2018 من Health & Fitness.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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