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Take a warm bath, eat an egg and 7 more life hacks to help you fall asleep in the heat
They will help keep you awake.
When it is +30 outside the window, not only is it impossible to sleep, but even just to sit. In most regions of Russia, it is still hot now, and in some republics the thermometer even exceeds +40 degrees. At night, the temperature drops literally by a few degrees, so no coolness can be expected.
At this time, absolutely everyone suffers from stuffiness. Therefore, to make it easier to fall asleep, expert James Wilson told The Sun about 9 life hacks that will help lower body temperature and not interfere with sleep.
Oddly enough, but it is a warm shower or bath 10 minutes before bedtime that can lower the body temperature for a while. Surprisingly, cold water does not cool as well as warm water.
In principle, in hot weather, according to the expert, it is better to give up eating meat with a high protein content. During the digestion of heavy food, the body begins to increase the metabolism, which raises the body temperature.
In addition, the doctor claims that in hot weather it is worth eating food more than once and in large portions, but switch to fractional meals for the same reason.
Spray water on face and body
A spray filled with plain water on the bedside table will help you freshen up at any time. If it gets hot in the middle of the night, spray your entire body with water in a spray. It will definitely get easier for a while.
Sleep on the first floor of the house
If this is possible and you live in a country house, then it is always better to sleep on the lower floor in the summer. This is because heat naturally rises, so it will probably be a little cooler down below.
When there is nothing to breathe in the apartment and you cannot sleep for a full hour from the stuffiness, many of the nerves at this moment are at their limit. Stress and the thought of getting some sleep only once again contributes to an increase in body temperature. At such moments, you need to try to calm down and use one of the above points.
Nutritionist Sharon Natoli in an interview with Mail Online said that eating eggs before bed can help reduce body temperature.
Something as simple as eating eggs with dinner can be a natural sedative, as egg whites help the body prepare for sleep by producing melatonin, which makes you sleepy. “
A cloth moistened with cold water or slightly frostbitten saves many not only during high temperatures, but also during hot weather. Before going to bed, make yourself such a compress on any part of the body, and it will be much easier to fall asleep.
Place ice bottles in front of the fan
An ancient, but very effective way. If your house does not have an air conditioner, and the fan drives only warm air, freeze a couple of water bottles, and then place them in front of the fan. The sultry wind will immediately be replaced by the “sea” breeze.
In summer, go for breathable, natural fabrics such as cotton or bamboo. They perfectly absorb moisture, so it will be much easier to sleep on such sheets in the heat than on synthetic ones.