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Sleep quality is the key to be able to think clearly and feel relaxed. Lack of sleep can make you feel sad and sensitive, and if not addressed promptly can lead to depression and physical health interfere.

However, having enough sleep is not something that could be considered easy. Many things can make it difficult to sleep, one of which the consumption of foods that are not appropriate. Reported by Care2, the following five foods you should avoid if you want to get a good night’s sleep.

1. Chocolate
A cup of hot chocolate drinks in the evening will probably feel good. But the effect, you can be difficult to sleep all night. Although only a piece of chocolate, caffeine contained in it can make it difficult to sleep. Moreover, if you are already at the age of 30 years. With age, people will be increasingly sensitive to any caffeine levels to a minimum. In addition, chocolate also contains tyrosine, an amino acid that forms neutrotransmiter cathecolamine, which serves to make a person awake.

2. Processed Meat
Processed meats such as bacon, burgers or sausages containing the amino acid tyramine which is quite high. This substance will trigger the brain to release norepinephrine, which keeps you awake all night long. Choose fish, chicken or fresh beef for dinner, not that has undergone a preservation process. Read the rest of this entry »

Treatment of skin when you sleep is a smart way to keep the skin beauty. You simply provide extra time before bed to provide care and facial skin to the feet would be maintained.

The following skin care you can do while sleeping, as quoted from Carefair.

Face
Nighttime is the perfect time to moisturize the skin. After cleaning the face with a cleanser and toner, apply a moisturizer that is formulated for your skin type. For anti-wrinkle benefits, use a cream containing beta-hydroxy acids around the eye area.

It is better you perform exfoliation with a scrub before giving a moisturizer on your face. Do this treatment twice a week to remove dead skin.

Hands and feet
It’s not just the face that need extra care at night. Hands and feet that have been working every day and in touch by sharing a dangerous kind of surface. Give your hands and feet of a moisturizer before bed, of course, after you clean it first. For maximum use moisturizers work socks and cotton gloves.

Mouth
In order for your mouth feeling fresh and clean in the morning, make sure you brush your teeth properly before bed. There are also some bleach that works while sleeping.

For those of you who have dry skin, apply lip balm before going to sleep for the next day your lips are not dry. You can also apply honey as an alternative to moisturize lips while sleeping.

Make-up may be able to disguise dark circles around the eyes. But can make you look fresh, like after you wake up? It was not!

Therefore, adequate sleep is important for your beauty. To get the beauty sleep, there are some things you should not and you have to do.

Do’s
1. Try to have time to sleep and wake up a regular.
2. Every now and then try relaxation or meditation before bed. In addition to a deep sleep, the mind is more calm.
3. Add one tablespoon of honey in a glass of warm milk. Drinking before bed.
4. Read a book before bed can also be a good choice of activities.
5. Better yet, if a light switch was not far from the bed, so you need not bother to get up and turn off the lights. Read the rest of this entry »

Poor night’s sleep is increasingly becoming a habit many people. For this group of 3-4 hours sleep a night is enough. But if you want to get healthy benefits of sleeping seven hours a night sleep should not be bargained.  During this community know that the optimal sleep as much as eight hours per day. But new research shows it to sleep for seven hours each night can help a person become healthier.

Experts have found that sleeping for seven hours will give an optimal health, while the number of hours of sleep a more or less than seven hours can pose a risk for someone special.  A study of 30 000 adults has found that cardiovascular diseases such as stroke and heart attack will occur two times higher in people who sleep less than five hours a day. Meanwhile, those who slept nine hours or more also have the same risk.

The results of research that has been printed by scientific journal Sleep found in cardiovascular attacks because sleep patterns can affect metabolism and hormone functions of a person. Read the rest of this entry »

Yoga is a great way to reduce your stress and used to soothe the body and channel the mind. The following techniques will focus the mind to relax each body part.  Lie on your back and padding the waist to the top by putting a pile of blankets to the shoulders slightly raised. This position is open the upper chest and lungs to breathe free (called Savasana position). Take a few minutes to relax the body. Release the tension legs, hands, stomach and face.

Calm your mind and focus on each part of the body one by one. Close your eyes and let the eyes relax the lids. Loosen up the temples and forehead. Relax the region between both eyes. Create your cheek with take some relax away from the eye. Then, move your lower jaw away from the top without being tense. Read the rest of this entry »