↑ Grab this Headline Animator

Are You Getting Enough Sleep

Most of us feel sleep deprived. In fact, in a poll by the National Sleep Foundation, almost two-thirds of Americans say they don's8217;t sleep well at least three nights a week. The Alliance for Affordable Services, an association dedicated to helping members live better and save more, offers these golden rules of sleep:



1.Get an adequate amount of sleep every night.

Identify the amount of sleep you need to be fully alert all day long, and get that amount every night. It will dramatically change your mood and your ability to think critically. It will also improve your memory, perception, reaction time and motor coordination.



2.Establish a regular sleep schedule.

Go to bed at the same time every night and wake up without an alarm clock at the same time every morning, including weekends. That means 7 days a week - 365 days a year. Regularity is important for setting and stabilizing your internal sleep-wake biological clock. Within six weeks, your regular schedule will make you feel significantly more alert than sleeping for the same amount of time but at different hours across the week and weekend says QUENTIN MOSES, Alliance Representative.



3.Get continuous sleep.

For sleep to be rejuvenating, you should get your required amount of sleep in one continuous block. Disrupted sleep is not restorative and will cause you to be drowsy during the day. Six hours of good solid sleep is often more refreshing than eight hours of poor, fragmented sleep.



4.Make up for lost sleep

An occasional late night won's8217;t do much damage to your alertness. Remember, reducing sleep by one hour for seven nights has the same effect as staying awake for twenty-four consecutive hours once a week! Pay back your sleep debt in a timely fashion. Make up for lost sleep ASAP, meaning, go to bed earlier than usual. The important rule is to return to your regular sleep schedule as soon as possible.



The purpose of the Alliance for Affordable Services is to put money back in its members's8217; pockets by using the power of the group to negotiate significant savings on a variety of benefits. To learn more about the Alliance, visit us on the web at www.AffordableServices.org or call QUENTIN MOSES at 770-469-3927.

↑ Grab this Headline Animator

---

This article has been robotically scanned and tagged by Prnewsnow with the following search tags. No human manipulation of these tags take place.
| Andra | Andra& 8217 | danker & danker |

---

4924 readers online...

, Local News