If you want tosecure a younger brain, you have to focus on sleepplain and simple.
But,sigh,enhancing your sleep is way easier said than done.
But as Louisa notes: “Sedating is very different to sleeping.”
And as that alcohol gets metabolized through the night, itdisrupts essential deep sleep stages like REM sleep1.
But in case you weren’t aware:Melatoninis a hormone you naturally have in your body.
“We already secrete it naturally,” Nicola says.
“It’s probably thinking,What is going on?'”
Look, melatonin can be helpful as a short-term solution to reset your circadian rhythm.
But when taken on a nightly basis, there islimited evidence2that it will improvesleep quality.
That’s why expertsNicola includeddon’t recommend taking it as a nightly sleep supplement.
“I’m really against it.
But that doesn’t mean you should chug a few cups before bed.
Focus on hitting your water quota during the day, so you’re not backlogging your liquids at night.
