How to Sleep Well: Everything You Need to Know about Getting a Good Night's Sleep from Diet, Routine, Environment, Lifestyle, and More

by Chris Idzikowski

Overview

Make sleepless nights a thing of the past!

Fatigue, poor concentration, memory lapses, stress . . . If you suffer from any of these, the odds are you’re not getting enough sleep. And, since sleep is when the body and brain recharge and repair themselves, the long-term impact on your health can be significant.

This book is specially designed to help banish sleepless nights, revealing how you can monitor and manage your sleep, identify problems, and take steps to sleep soundly at last. Identify the causes that can disrupt your sleep such as:

• Circadian rhythms
• Sleep disorders
• Jet lag and shift work
• Diet and drugs
• And more!

Leading sleep expert Dr. Chris Idzikowski explains the mechanisms that control sleep, introducing sleep-management techniques and providing practical advice, remedies and solutions to help you overcome your own disturbed sleep. Use his sleep-pattern “rulers” to measure your sleep, record the results in the Sleep Diary provided, then implement the recommended measures and complete the second diary section to see how things have improved.

Conquer your nighttime routine and regain your beauty sleep with How to Sleep Well!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510749689
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	10/01/2019
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Dr. Chris Idzikowski, BSc PhD FBPsS, is Director of the Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service and President of the Sleep Medicine Section of the Royal Society of Medicine. A Chartered Psychologist and leading specialist in sleep disorders, he has worked for a variety of organizations in an advisory capacity, including airlines, pharmaceutical companies, and hotel groups, as well as with various sporting associations.
 

Table of Contents

Preface 6

Introduction 8

Chapter 1 So yon think you're an insomniac? 14

Chapter 2 How to measure sleep 26

Chapter 3 Managing your sleep 38

Chapter 4 Lifestyle and sleep 56

Chapter 5 The diary 74

Chapter 6 Dealing with disturbed sleep 108

Chapter 7 Sleep disorders 128

Chapter 8 Using complementary therapies 152

Index 158

Resources and Acknowledgements 160