Knowing which foods will help you go into a good deep slumber and which ones that won’t will help you make informed choices to get the best chance for some rest. Here are a few tips that we will suggest:
Look for Tryptophan-Rich Foods
Tryptophan – This is a substance with known sleep inducing properties. Eating foods rich with this substance helps you get precious amounts of sleep, without reaching for the usual sleep aids produced by the drug companies. Looking around, they are not hard to find. Even more, they are far less expensive than buying medication, which we all know could be habit forming and expensive.
Milk – Remember a time when your mom or dad gave you a warm glass of milk so you could get a good night’s sleep? Well, it really isn’t an old wive’s tale, and milk’s ability to send you off meeting the sandman is in fact, supported by fact: Milk is rich in Tryptophan. In fact, most, if not all dairy products are filled with Tryptophan. There are other natural foods rich with this substance, and they include poultry, bananas, honey, oats, and more.
Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates complement dairy products rich with Tryptophan like peanut butter and jelly. Foods like bread, cereal, crackers, or cheese enhances the sleep inducing substance Tryptophan in your bloodstream. The End result? Better Sleep.
Bedtime Snacks
If you are a chronic insomniac, some late night snack may actually do the trick to get you some sleep. A bit of caution on the snacks though, keep them light, and not too heavy. Heavy meals tend to make the food sit on your stomach over the night and may actually tax your digestive system especially when your body is at rest.
Avoid high fat foods!
Here is another reason for you to avoid high fat foods. Extensive studies show that high fat foods, like burgers, fries, hotdogs, etc. not only disrupt your sleep cycle – they also are one of the culprits in weight gain.
Not to make this piece of advice too long, we suggest that you go to bed not necessarily with an empty stomach, but with right type of foods that can make you obtain sleep easier, not gain weight, and ultimately avoid illnesses by getting the proper diet, and the proper amount of sleep which allows your body cells to regenerate and keep you healthy.
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