Bad sleeping habits are doomed to ruin your health

We all know that sleep is important for physical health, so we should avoid some bad sleeping habits. So what bad sleeping habits will affect health?

8 bad sleeping habits that affect your health

Pillow is too high

From a physiological point of view, the ideal pillow size is 8 to 12 cm. If it is too low, it may cause "stiff neck" easily, or too much blood flowing into the brain, causing swelling of the head and swollen eyelids the next day; if it is too high, it may affect the smooth flow of the respiratory tract and cause snoring easily, and long-term high pillow may easily lead to neck discomfort or hunchback.

Getting angry before bed

Being angry before going to bed will make your heart beat faster, your breathing quicken, and your mind run wild, making it difficult to fall asleep.

Eat a big meal before bed

If you eat too much before going to bed, your stomach and intestines will speed up digestion, and a stomach full of food will constantly stimulate the brain. If the brain is excited, people will not be able to sleep peacefully, just as Chinese medicine says, "If the stomach is not in harmony, you will not be able to sleep well."

Drink tea before bed

Tea contains caffeine and other substances, which can stimulate the central nervous system and make people excited. If you drink tea before going to bed, especially strong tea, the central nervous system will become more excited, making it difficult to fall asleep.

Sleeping with your hands on your head

Putting your hands under your head when sleeping will not only affect blood circulation and cause numbness and pain in the upper limbs, but it will also easily increase the intra-abdominal pressure, and over time it will cause "reflux esophagitis."

Sleeping with head covered

Because the weather is cold, many people are afraid of catching a cold head and like to cover their heads with quilts when they sleep. However, they do not know that covering their heads when sleeping can easily cause breathing difficulties. As the carbon dioxide concentration in the quilt increases, the oxygen concentration continues to decrease, and inhaling humid air for a long time is extremely harmful to the brain. Over time, it will lead to hypoxia, causing poor sleep and nightmares. After waking up, you will feel dizzy, weak, and listless.

Vigorous exercise

Vigorous activity before going to bed will cause the nerve cells in the brain that control muscle activity to become extremely excited. This excitement will not calm down in a short period of time, so people will not be able to fall asleep quickly. Therefore, you should try to keep your body calm before going to bed, but you may also do some light activities, such as taking a walk.

Sleeping facing the wind

The human body's ability to adapt to environmental changes is reduced during sleep. Sleeping facing the wind can easily cause cold and illness. Therefore, the sleeping place should avoid drafts and the bed should be kept a certain distance from windows and doors.