A doctor claims that the long-held practice by couples of sleeping together in the same bed is actually terrible for their health and recommends that all couples should always sleep alone in separate beds. Here’s why…
Couples should ALWAYS sleep alone in separate beds, doctor says
Americans are not getting enough sleep and medical professionals say it is taking a toll on their health. Below, we’ll look at the ways in which poor sleep is impacting health. But first … one doctor’s recommendations for better sleep.
Dr. Karan Rajan is an NHS surgeon and lecturer at the University of Sunderland and he has become popular on TikTok, LADBible reports.
Almost half of Americans say that they feel sleepy during the day between three and seven days per week, according to the Sleep Foundation.
The doctor has recently stunned people with his recommendations for couples sleeping apart, alone in a separate bed. But his reasoning and advice is actually as sound as a good night’s sleep.
The first step to getting good sleep is sleeping alone in a separate bed, Doctor advises
When two people sleep in the same bed, it can become a clash of different sleep cycles, as one individual in the couple interrupts the other by making various noises, turning over, and other disruptions. But there are also other factors that many people may not realize at first thought that the doctor identifies.
“One of the triggers you need to be able to fall asleep is the drop in core body temperature,” Dr. Rajan says. “Sharing a bed increases body heat so it’ll take longer for you to fall asleep.”
Major studies correlate lack of sleep and poor health, permanent damage, and death
Consider the following statistics…
50 million to 70 million American adults either don’t get any sleep on a regular basis or have a sleeping disorder, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association (AHA) reported.
Short sleep duration or poor sleep quality, is associated with high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, and atherosclerosis study show, according to the AHA.
Studies also correlated a lack of sleep with high blood pressure, weight gain, Type 2 diabetes, inflammation, asthma, depression, stroke, heart attack, and death, according to the AHA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Sleep is critical for the proper function of memory and the immune system, according to a study published by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
