Finding the Healthiest Sleeping Positions
What is the best way to sleep for your health? On your back, straight back, stomach, curled up or on your side? In fact, there is no single sleeping position that is considered the best for your health, each has its pros and cons.
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A Turkish study published in the journal Sleep and Hypnosis found that people with heartburn symptoms were advised to sleep on their left side. This sleeping position significantly reduced heartburn symptoms but was associated with nightmares.
Among those who prefer to sleep on their left side, 40.9% will often have nightmares, while only 14.6% feel the same among those who sleep on their right side.
Lying on your right side helps stabilize blood pressure and heart rate. Therefore, this sleeping position is beneficial for people with cardiovascular diseases.
However, if women in the late stages of pregnancy sleep on their right side, it will increase the risk of miscarriage.
According to the Daily Mail, a British cosmetic surgeon said that lying on your back with your back straight is the perfect sleeping position for beauty lovers because your face will not press against the pillow, creating wrinkles.
Additionally, if you are suffering from back pain, experts also recommend lying on your back with your back straight.
However, lying on your back with your back straight will cause your body to snore, creating an opportunity for sleep apnea syndrome.
Curling up like a baby while sleeping is beneficial for reducing pressure, eliminating worries, and helping the body have a deep sleep. However, if you have neck pain, this sleeping position will aggravate the symptoms you are experiencing.
If we eat too much at night, sleeping on our stomach is the best way to digest food.
However, this position will make breathing more difficult./.
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