{"id":3918,"date":"2023-05-19T07:41:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T00:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/struggling-with-sleep-avoid-these-7-habits-sleep-docs-say\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T07:41:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T00:41:41","slug":"struggling-with-sleep-avoid-these-7-habits-sleep-docs-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=3918","title":{"rendered":"Struggling With Sleep? Avoid These 7 Habits, Sleep Docs Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbodygreen-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_fill,w_700,h_400,g_auto,q_85,fl_lossy,f_jpg\/org\/41myzsnaok0gvso46.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This one may come as no surprise, but it&#8217;s still worth mentioning; Scrolling through social media, streaming movies on your laptop, and even watching TV before bed can all affect your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/why-your-circadian-rhythm-rules-your-health-exactly-what-to-do-about-it\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/why-your-circadian-rhythm-rules-your-health-exactly-what-to-do-about-it\" rel=\"noopener\">circadian rhythm<\/a>\u00a0and melatonin production, due to the spectrum of blue light that screens give off.<\/p>\n<p>As Harvard- and Yale-trained ER doctor and founder of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drdarria.com\/truevelab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/drdarria.com\/truevelab\/\">The TrueveLab<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/wc\/darria-long-m-d-mba\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/wc\/darria-long-m-d-mba\" rel=\"noopener\">Darria Long, M.D.,<\/a>\u00a0previously suggested to mbg, &#8220;If you have trouble falling asleep, I tell people to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/er-doctor-approved-bedtime-routine\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/er-doctor-approved-bedtime-routine\" rel=\"noopener\">turn off your devices<\/a>\u00a0for 60 to 90 minutes before bedtime.&#8221; Consider\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/reading-in-bed-impact-on-sleep\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/reading-in-bed-impact-on-sleep\" rel=\"noopener\">reading a physical book<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/er-doctor-makes-case-for-adult-bedtime-story\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/er-doctor-makes-case-for-adult-bedtime-story\" rel=\"noopener\">listening to a bedtime<\/a>\u00a0story instead.<\/p>\n<p>And if that&#8217;s not an option, at the very least, you can invest in some blue-light-blocking glasses or set up blue-light-reducing settings on your devices. Screens that are farther away, like TVs,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/make-your-bedroom-darker-without-blackout-shades\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/make-your-bedroom-darker-without-blackout-shades\" rel=\"noopener\">tend to be less disruptive<\/a>\u00a0to the circadian rhythm than ones right in front of your face, like phones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This one may come as no surprise, but it&#8217;s still worth mentioning; Scrolling through social media, streaming movies on your laptop, and even watching TV before bed can all affect your\u00a0circadian rhythm\u00a0and melatonin production, due to the spectrum of blue light that screens give off. As Harvard- and Yale-trained ER doctor and founder of\u00a0The TrueveLab,\u00a0Darria &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48],"class_list":["post-3918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-mbgsupplements","tag-sleep"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}