A hot morning shower can wake you up
and even boost creativity, according to
some research. But if you want to
improve your sleep, showering at night
is the way to go. Experts say there's
evidence that a night shower can help
you drift off, if you time it just right.
The main trick is to not start too late.
“You don’t want to heat yourself up
right before bed,” says Dr. Dianne
Augelli of the the Center for Sleep
Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill
Cornell Medical Center. That's because
body temperature plays an important
part in regulating circadian rhythm,
which tells the body when to feel sleepy
or alert. During the day, body
temperature naturally rises until the late
afternoon, when it reverses and begins
to fall. “Cooling down is a signal that
tells us we’re supposed to go to sleep,”
she says, so interrupting this process
can make it harder to fall asleep.
Showering earlier in the evening gives
your body a chance to cool off and can
even trigger sleep, says Shelby Harris,
director of behavioral sleep medicine at
New York’s Montefiore Medical Center.
Several studies have shown that
warming your body by taking a bath can
help induce sleep when there’s enough
time to cool off afterward. While much
of the research has focused on baths, a
20-minute shower would have similar
effects, Harris says.
Time your shower so you're done about
an hour and a half before you want to
hit the sack, Harris recommends. That
way, by the time you lay down in bed,
your body will be cool, dry and ready for
sleep.
As a bonus, you can fold the very
important step of washing your face into
your nighttime shower. According to the
National Sleep Foundation, cleansing
before bed can help clear your skin and
reduce breakouts, guard against
wrinkles and help night creams and
moisturizers work more effectively.


Source: http://time.com/4665489/hot-shower-before-bed/?xid=time_socialflow_facebook

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