There is nothing more pleasant than lying in bed at the end of the day and reconciling a restful sleep. Sleeping is an essential activity for the body and mind to recover from the stress of the day but, far from the belief that fall sleep Just laying your head on the pillow is a positive thing, Dr. Sophie Bostocknicknamed the ‘sleep scientist’, says that falling asleep in less than five minutes is a “bad signal” It shows that your body is sleep deprived.
The expert refers to what is known as ‘dream debt’ or amount of sleep that you owe to your body in the last 14 days approximately. For example, if a person who needs eight hours only sleeps six, they would accumulate a debt of two hours that day.
The expert explains in a podcast that, on the contrary, taking more than half an hour is also cause for alarm. So, what is the advisable time to fall asleep?
University College London PhD in psychology reveals that the secret to satisfying sleep lies in falling asleep in less than 20 minutes and more than five: “The normal thing to fall asleep is to take between 15 and 20 minutes.”
Dr. Bostock recommends that the best way to improve your sleep pattern is to go to bed only when you are really tired: “When you feel that your eyelids are getting heavy, it is a sign that your body is ready to go to bed.”
How much should I sleep?
Experts point out that the ideal is to sleep between seven and nine hours a day, although in Spain 60% of the population does not get seven hours a day during the working week. The president of the Spanish Federation of Sleep Medicine Societies (FESMES), Carlos Aegeaexplains that sleep “is not like fat, the body does not store it, it is day by day.”
Egea, is committed to “raising awareness and disseminating that sleep is health” and not sleeping well shortens life expectancy and promotes unhealthy aging.
