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For those of us who need to watch or read something on our phones or tablets to help us drift off, Robbins has some good and bad news: Turning down the brightness doesn't prevent your device from emitting blue light; however, there are certain settings that could make staring at a screen before bed a little less harmful.
" sends a strong cue to our internal rhythm that we're trying to become awake exactly when we're trying to power down close to bedtime," Robbins said."If you just move the brightness down, it's just lowering the amount of blue light, so what you want to do is look into night shift mode or sleep mode, depending on what type of phone you have.
Yes, alcohol does put you to sleep because it's a sedative, said Robbins, adding that one glass before bed is probably not too much of a problem. But,"much more than that ... it will ruin the quality of your sleep. It causes you to wake up multiple times and suppress some of the most important stages of sleep," she explained.
Dr. Craig Canapari, a pulmonologist and director of the Yale Pediatric Sleep Center, previously told TODAY.com that he only drinks alcohol one to two nights per week because of the ways he's felt it negatively impact his sleep. “If you’re struggling with sleep and you’re feeling tired during the day, try limiting your alcohol consumption,” he suggested.Someone who regularly gets high quality sleep usually needs about 15 to 20 minutes to fall asleep, according to Robbins. She added that falling asleep is"really part of the process, and you want to set yourself up for success during relaxing things before bedtime.
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