Diet and Sleep

By Robert King

You almost certainly recognize that once you had a good night sleep you feel much better and have a lot of energy. Having a good sleep is crucial for your body furthermore for its health also. Foods you eat can have an impact on your sleep, some on them improve it and quite a few oppositely, will make your sleep worse.

Products like fruits, cereals and whole grain breads, green leafy vegetables, mushrooms can help to improve your sleep. Also spices including dill, sage and basil for instance also will aid in improving your sleep.

You should remember those days when your parents put you to bed with a cup of milk and there was a reason to that. Milk actually helps with the sleep a lot. It's rich in substance called tryptophan which again helps in creating a hormone called serotonin. Serotonin is a hormone that controls sleep.

To get more tryptophan and if you're craving a snack then products like turkey, honey, tuna and egg whites should be the best choice. They are tryptophan rich and additionally will help you with sleep.

Things to avoid before bedtime are caffeine rich foods and drinks. Caffeine is a stimulant which helps you with staying awake. Products that contain this stimulant are coffee, tea, chocolate, cocoa, soft drinks and some medications so try to avoid them before you go to sleep.

Also tyramine and tyramine rich foods like cheese, bacon, sugar, tomatoes and ham should be avoided.

Try to avoid spicy foods soon before you go to bed. They can cause indigestion and heartburn that can affect the quality of your sleep. You might think that alcohol help you to fall asleep but it also have negative effect by making you thirsty during the night and causing waking in the night to urinate.

The amounts you eat also have an impact on the quality of your sleep. It's recommended to have light meals in the evening. This way potential indigestion, bloating or overall discomfort can be avoided.

Additionally, to improve your sleep you can take vitamins and supplements. Supplements that include vitamins B6 and B12, calcium, magnesium and valerian should help you.

As you can see that eating affect you sleep. Having a good sleep is important to be healthy and feel good so change your eating habits to have a better sleep. - 31997

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