{"id":2969,"date":"2013-10-10T09:15:28","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T17:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubcmhac.sites.olt.ubc.ca\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2013-10-10T09:15:28","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T17:15:28","slug":"good-sleep-hygeine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/2013\/10\/10\/good-sleep-hygeine\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Sleep Hygeine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With midterms in full swing, it can be hard to let yourself get a good night&#8217;s sleep; especially if you feel like you don&#8217;t deserve it because you haven&#8217;t done enough studying for the night. But a good night&#8217;s sleep can be just as important as studying itself. Our bodies run on a 24-hour schedule via our circadian clock, and ruining your sleep cycle by pulling all-nighters can negatively affect you. If you find that you are having trouble falling asleep, here are some suggestions that you can try:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Power down&#8221; \u00a0before you sleep, so no scrolling through Instagram on your phone and no playing Candy Crush Saga on your iPad 60 minutes before you plan to sleep<\/li>\n<li>Avoid taking naps in the middle of your day, they seriously interfere with your nightly sleep<\/li>\n<li>Reduce the amount of fluids you drink a couple of hours before you plan to sleep &#8211; having to get up and go to the washroom just as you get comfy in bed is no fun. An exception to this is milk; it contains Tryptophan, which studies suggest helps people fall asleep<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can find some more tips here:\u00a0<a title=\"here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.webmd.com\/sleep-disorders\/features\/sleep-hygiene?page=2\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.webmd.com\/sleep-disorders\/features\/sleep-hygiene?page=2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With midterms in full swing, it can be hard to let yourself get a good night&#8217;s sleep; especially if you feel like you don&#8217;t deserve it because you haven&#8217;t done enough studying for the night. But a good night&#8217;s sleep can be just as important as studying itself. Our bodies run on a 24-hour schedule [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24981,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1020240,155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mental-health-correspondent","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24981"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}