Speak on the things that stop people from sleeping and explain why it stops people from sleeping. Now read the text and see if your guesses were right

Are you getting enough sleep?

Today many doctors say that sleep can change our health. If we want our bodies to work well, we need sleep. If people don’t have enough sleep, they can suffer from depression as well as illnesses such as heart disease.

The most obvious effect of not having enough sleep is to make us weaker and it makes it harder to fight illness; in other words, people who do not sleep enough are more likely to get sick or ill.

Many people have sleeping problems. Studies in the USA have found that 60 per cent of adults have problems sleeping a lot of the time. More than 40 per cent of adults say that they feel sleepy in the daytime and that this makes their lives difficult. 20 per cent say they sometimes have problems sleeping. At least 40 million people in the USA suffer from sleep problems that need treatment – because they sleep too much or too little – but very few people actually go to a doctor about their sleep problem. So what are the things that affect sleep? Well, firstly, there’s noise. If there are noises such as barking dogs, dripping taps and loud music, you’ll probably find it difficult to sleep. What is interesting is that women seem to notice noise more than men, while young children do not notice noise as much as adults.

If you are sitting in a chair, you’ll find it very difficult to sleep. But you will probably have no problem falling asleep if you are lying down. This is another thing that affects sleep – sleep surface. We need to be horizontal and we need to have enough space.

A third thing affecting sleep is temperature. You may have noticed that you have difficulty sleeping if it is very hot or cold. Studies have found that if the temperature is below 12°C or above 24°C, we will wake up.

Altitude too, can change the way we sleep. If you are at an altitude of over 4,000 m, you need to breathe differently because you don’t have as much oxygen. It will take you about two weeks to get used to this.

So, if you want to sleep well:

· Do not do exercise before you go to bed.

· Do not drink alcohol or drinks like coffee that have caffeine.

· Do try to relax.

We hope this helps. Sleep well.

Are you getting enough sleep?

Don’t Get Stressed Out!

Stress is difficult to define, but the majority of us who live in today’s urban areas know what it is like: It is the feeling that you can no longer cope with the everyday business of living. Stress plays such a big role in so many of the illnesses of modern life that it makes sense to try and do something to reduce it. To do this, first you have to work out what situations are stressful for you and then think of ways in which you can avoid them.

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