According to a recent British study, women are chronically sleep deprived of around an hour and 20 minutes of sleep per night.
Over time, this adds up, and even as the body acclimates to less sleep, it just learns to go without the benefits that sleep provides.
While people try a variety of get-to-sleep-quick cures and remedies, they may be missing a few that are easily overlooked: sex and a good book.
One in six (17 per cent) say they sleep longer and deeper after sex, and 55 per cent say the secret to deep slumber is a great book.
Your grandmother’s habit of reading romance novels before bed may be more than just interest and a way to pass the time—by getting lost in that other world, you’re able to calm and relax your body down to sleep.
thanks, 50 shades of grey!
Sex has a similar effect, allowing your mind to be occupied while your body relaxes instead of your mind keeping your body from relaxing.
So the next time you need to go to sleep, pick up one of those trashy romance books. Or live the story yourself.