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It is recommend that you do not solely rely on the information presented in this blog and that you always read labels, warnings, and directions before using or consuming a product.
Content on this blog is for your reference purposes and is not intended to substitute for advice given by a physician, pharmacist or qualified health care professional.
You should not use this information as self-diagnosis or for treating your health problem or disease.
Information in this blog regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition.
Men’s Health Medicine blog assumes no liability for any inaccuracies or misinformation.
Sleep should be as natural as breathing and eating, but many of us still find ourselves tossing and turning instead.
Sleepless nights can be caused by a number of
factors, especially stress and your sleep environment.
You may not realize that the environment in which you sleep in can make a lot of different in the actual quality of sleep you get each night.
Room temperature, noise and light levels and also the bed you sleep on can have a profound effect on the quality of your sleep you get at night.
Here are 10 tips on how to sleep soundly at night and at the same time improve the quality of your sleep.
1. Importantly established a bedtime routine and stick to it. What time to bed and what time to wake up.
2. Do exercise regularly. Exercise will tired your body that will enable you to sleep and refresh yourselves when you wake up. But do not exercise 2 hours before sleep.
3. Avoid heavy meals close to bed time. Eat 3 hours before sleep to allow for digestion.
4. Do not consume caffeine, especially in the evening and avoid alcohol before going to bed. Caffeine causes insomnia and alcohol will interrupt your sleep with frequent awakenings, headaches, night sweats and even nightmares.
5. Cut down on fluids intake by 8pm. You do not want to wake up in the middle of the night to relieve ourselves.
6. Ensure that your bedroom is cool or airy, dark and quiet. Always maintain peaceful room environment that will allow you to sleep faster and soundly. And also ensure that your bedroom is only function for sleeping not for reading or use as a study room and etc.
7. Stay away from the evening news before bedtime. Negative stories of crime and disaster appear as back flash in your thought as you lay down trying to sleep. It can even appear in your dream.
8. Develop a nightly sleep ritual. Example, take a warm bath before bed, listening to quiet soothing white music and etc.
9. Focus your mind on pleasant thoughts, count sheep or count backward whichever works best. Shut off all worldly thoughts while drifting to sleep.
10. Invest in a good bed. Seek your nearest bed supplier for recommendation and advice. Your sleeping environment plays an important role, a prelude to a good sleep. It should be quite, cozy and inviting.
Below are 4 extra tips for you to consider.
Bedroom
Create a relaxing ambiance by choose a cool and cozy theme for your bedroom. Use white or pastel color for the wall.
Bed or Mattress
Do invest in a comfortable bed with enough space for you to stretch. And also select a comfortable bed sheets and pillows for your bed.
Room Temperature
Ideally, the room temperature should match the temperature of your body during sleep. Or a cool or airy, dark and quiet room should help.
Others
You can turn on or listen to quiet soothing white music and burn incensed perfume if this helps you to sleep.
You will definitely sleep soundly after reading and follow the tips given in this article. The next morning you will be fresh and be ready for your daily challenges, may it be your work, relationship, marriage and etc...
Every morning, you go through the traditional of routine shaving. How to shave properly? Getting that perfect clean cut is your ultimate goal. The skin on your face should be smooth and neat.
Wet shave gives you the better option, as the wet and dampness of your face allows the blade of your razor to floats over the surface of your skin making a smooth clean cut.
Dry shave drags your skin thus causing irritation, redness (razor burn) and gave you bumps after shaving.
Basic tools needed for wet shaving,
Shaving brush - A good brush easily releases the shaving cream from the brush to your face and neck.
It also exfoliates the dead skin and lifts the whiskers off your face.
Genuine badger hair makes the best shaving brush as the hair absorb the shaving cream and feel comfortable on the face and skin.
Shaving cream - Quality shaving cream are glycerin based creams. It gives you great skin protection making shaving a pleasure and you look forward to shaving.
Razor - Use high quality razor. A disposable cartridge works well.
Aftershave lotion with alcohol causes you an immediate burning sensation with effects sometimes lasting several minutes. Aftershave lotion refreshes you after each shave.
After you have got all the tools, here are;
7 Steps to get that perfect shave
1. You should shave after your shower.
2. Wash your face with the facial cleanser to clear away trapped dirt from your pores.
3. Dip the shaving brush into the shaving cream and paint over your face and neck until you have a thick layer of rich lather covering the shaving area.
4. Start shaving. Shave downward on your face and neck in the same direction that the hair grows. This will removed most of the hair without irritating your skin.
For closer shave, wet your face and apply more shaving cream again. Shave lightly upward against the grain.
This second shave against the grain will caused redness, razor burn and ingrown hairs so do this when necessary and with extremely gentle touch.
5. Once finished, rinse your face with cold water to close the pores.
6. Gently pat your face with clean dry towel and finish up with a good aftershave lotion or moisturizer.
Choose a gentle moisturizer aftershave lotion to keep your skin hydrated.
7. Finally, apply a sun block that offers both UVA and UVB protection.
If you want to look good and appealing to women pay more attention to your looks and appearances.
Cleaned and shaved men are the hottest in-trends in the US and other part of the world.
You will enjoy the tradition of shaving as did your father and your grandfather before you once you get used to these steps.
As parents with teenage children, you might want to know about Stop Teens Smoking programs out there that help teenager to stop smoking and others that are promoted which are not helpful at all.
Here are some of the programs,
Counseling and Physical Activity
In U.S. October 2009 issue of Pediatrics, a study conducted by a team from the West Virginia Prevention Center involving 233 teens aged 14 to 19 from West Virginia participated in a smoking cessation program combined a double approach, consist of counseling and physical activity.
In this study selected at random, teens from different schools are separated into three groups for 6 months.
1. Counseling Group
Counseling group participants was given brief counseling and a group session once a week.
The result: 21% of the teens from this group did not smoke.
2. Counseling plus physical activity Group
Counseling plus physical activity participants was offered counseling plus a log book and pedometer to record their daily exercise.
The result: 31% of the teens in this second group did not smoke.
3. Brief intervention (Smoking Cessation Advice) Group
This third group, brief intervention received only 15 minutes of smoking cessation advice.
The result: 16% of the teens in this third group did not smoke.
The second results shows that counseling & exercise could help motivate teens to quit smoking.
Graphic Gory Pictures
In 2003 study conducted by the Cancer Council Victoria in Australia concluded that the only anti-smoking ads that actually work, is when teenagers are shown graphics of gory health consequences of smoking.
Teenagers who are shown images of a smoker's oozing artery or a blood clot in their brain are less likely to smoke or wanting to smoke.
“Talk: They will listen” stop smoking campaign
Imagine Tobacco industry-funded anti-smoking ads aimed at discouraging teen smoking.
But in fact has caused more teens to smoke, reported Australian researchers published in the American Journal of Public Health.
Phillip Morris "Talk: They will Listen" stop smoking campaign wants parents to talk to their teenage children and persuade them to stop smoking.
The study's authors claim that the "Talk: They'll Listen" campaign failed because,
* Parent talk to their children about smoking, not telling them not to smoke.
* No reason beyond simply being a teenager is offered as to why they should not smoke.
According to developmental psychologists, teenagers between 15 to 17 years of age tend to reject authoritative messages.
The ads were actually meant to encourage teen to smoke, since most teens do not listen to their parents' advice. They want independent.
And constant peer pressure outside their home environment.
Another anti-smoking ads big idea is pushing “light” cigarette that contain low level of nicotine or tar as a transition for smoker.
“Light” cigarette eventually becomes a new avenue for young people to be addicted to cigarettes.
Rather than quitting the habit entirely, smokers are still encouraged to smoke albeit with a low level nicotine cigarette.
Studies have shown that "light" cigarettes are as dangerous as regular brands.37% of smokers switched to "lights" cigarette believing they are less harmful.
After reading the above article, you should have better understanding about Stop Teens Smoking programs available.
Disclaimer:
It is recommend that you do not solely rely on the information presented in this blog and that you always read labels, warnings, and directions before using or consuming a product.
Content on this blog is for your reference purposes and is not intended to substitute for advice given by a physician, pharmacist or qualified health care professional.
You should not use this information as self-diagnosis or for treating your health problem or disease.
Information in this blog regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition.
Men’s Health Medicine blog assumes no liability for any inaccuracies or misinformation.
Sleep should be as natural as breathing and eating, but many of us still find ourselves tossing and turning instead.
