Foods That Help You Sleep Restfully

 One of the most important tips that our grandparents told us is not to eat too heavily in the evening if we want to sleep well. 

A good source of fatty acids, omega 3 and polyphenols, enzymes that help the body in many ways. 

This is also confirmed by the studies on one of the pages published in the Wall Street Journal, which says that in order to understand how food affects sleep, we need to learn what happens in the body when we close our eyes to sleep. 

What Happens In Our Body When We Sleep? 

Body functions slow down while the brain remains active. 

 Body temperature drops while breathing slows and blood pressure drops. 

 The muscles relax while the brain produces an amino acid that calms the entire nervous system. Hormones suffer a significant decrease starting with that of stress. 

 Hormones such as ghrelin and leptin which regulate appetite and satiety levels are in full balance. 

 Insulin levels rise to regulate blood sugar while melatonin and serotonin synchronize the sleep-wake cycle. 

How Food Affects Sleep 

The foods we eat can significantly affect each of the aforementioned functions. 

 Let's take the case of ice cream. Experts advise that people eat ice cream at lunch and not at dinner. 

 If eaten at lunch, the sugar level will have the right time to balance. 

 If you eat ice cream for dinner, the digestive system has to work harder to digest it and therefore affects the quality of sleep. 

 Experts say that eating too late and before bed puts the digestive system to work at a time when it should be resting. 

 If the digestive system is at work, the body temperature will increase, the sugar level will decrease and all this will disturb your sleep. 

 The lack of quality sleep then encourages the person to make unhealthy choices in terms of food and is thus more at risk of diseases. 

 So it's a vicious circle. 

Foods You Should Never Eat Before Bed 

Experts say that if people want to sleep well, they should avoid the following foods: 

 Dark chocolate, 

 Ice cream 

Yogurt 

Wine 

 Spicy foods, 

 The fried ones 

 Meat 

 Fatty cheeses 

 Potato 

 Salami and sausages. 

Foods That Make You Sleep Better 

The following foods are great because they have serotonin and melatonin and help you sleep like a lamb .

 Kiwi 

 Nuts, 

 Turkey meat, 

 Bananas 

 Eggs, 

 Chicken meat, 

 Almonds, 

 Milk 

 Honey, 

 Herbs, 

 Prawns, 

 Whole grains .

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