10 Sure-Fire Tips to Help You Fall Asleep

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that sleep deprivation is linked to a host of ailments, including increased risk for obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, and stroke yet finds that 34.8% of nearly 450,000 people they polled in a recent study reported getting less than seven hours of sleep each night while the average person requires 7-9 hours of sleep each night in order to be fully rested!

If you’re one of the hundreds of thousands of US adults who is chronically sleep deprived and, worse yet, now have TROUBLE falling asleep (a side effect of burning the candle at both ends for too long!) try these 10 sure-fire tips to help you fall asleep at night from one of my favorite websites, the Mother Nature Network:

1. Dim the lights
2. Eat healthy
3. Cool down
4. Sleep on schedule
5. Unplug
6. Read a book
7. Soak or shower
8. Wear socks
9. Keep a notepad by your bed
10. Not sleeping? Get up

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Turn down the lights as you start to wind down for the evening so your body can start making melatonin. (Photo: Lynn Watson/Shutterstock)