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Summary: Learn how keeping television out of your bedroom can lead to better sleep with expert sleeping tips in this free online healthy living video clip.
Lisa La Barr is AFPA certified, a WAPF member, and a personal nutrition and wellness expert in Beverly Hills. She has almost 10 years of health care experience working for top...read more
"Hey there, back to more healthy sleeping tips for you so we can get a good night sleep. Oh yeah, look at this monstrosity, don't you just love it, this big TV? I know my husband does. Love this thing. But these are the things that we have in our bedroom or smaller versions maybe, but still TV's. You need to you know just click it off for a better night sleep or even better not have it in the room at all. The problem is if you're watching this just before you go to bed, all that light from the TV is actually entering your eye. It's actually messing up your circadian rhythm and that right there is honestly, a way to not be able to sleep. It won't let you sleep because your body actually thinks that it's daytime and not sleep time. So you know what? At least if you have it in your room, turn it off about half an hour before you go to bed. Read a book, something that is easy to read. I like my cheesy romance novels that my husband actually makes fun of me on, but you know what? They're easy to read, I'm happy, anything that makes me happy I sleep much better and it's much more cozy that way. You know something that is scary, or anything else like that, you might actually have nightmares and that of course, is going to disrupt your sleep. So you know what? When it comes to the TV at night, turn it off, you know click."
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italianboy1 said
on 8/2/2008 But you need light to read a book, wouldn't that mess up your circadian rythm?