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What to eat for a good night's sleep?

Writer's picture: Yazo GutierrezYazo Gutierrez

Updated: Aug 26, 2022

Proper diet helps you get a good night's sleep, if you know what to eat at all times


Foods and drinks beneficial to combat insomnia


Most know that caffeine should be avoided, before bedtime, there are other tips that are unknown and help you fall asleep, learn which products you should avoid in your diet, and which are the most beneficial to avoid this disorder, your daytime performance will determine if lack of sleep hours became a problem ,

If you when you get up notice decay, irritability tiredness, it is clear that you did not get to sleep the hours necessary for your body to rest


No matter how many hours you slept the important thing is to know how you woke up the next day, there are people who sleep four hours but the next day they feel good, they do not suffer insomnia.


Insomnia is not a disease is an indication that something does not work well, in half of cases we can say that the causes are psychological, depression, work stress, couple problems, diet affects positively or negatively.


Foods that help you sleep well


There are some foods like bread, potatoes, rice, pastes that are rich in carbohydrates, and they can help prepare the body for sleep. Banana, yogurt, tuna, provide Tryptophan, an amino acid that helps you fall asleep,


These foods that can be included in dinner, such as lean meat and milk provide vitamin b 6, the low intake of this vitamin is associated with insomnia, Among others we have natural mackerel, salmon, sardines and other blue fish, are good source of omega-3 fatty acids (easily digested fats)


The seeds of sesame, flax, sunflower, pumpkin provide omega 6 that have a direct effect on the nerves of the brain an effect on the neurotransmitters and other substances needed to induce sleep, red meat, fish, chicken, cereals, lentils, green leafy vegetables, when below produce insomnia.


Taking care of dinners

You don't have to go to bed hungry, a protest stomach is the best ally of insomnia, nor should you overeat a heavy dinner makes it unravel by indigestion. You don't have to eat and lie down quickly, it's best not to have heavy dinners and do it four hours before bed


To make sleep nothing better than eating turkey, you have to cook it and divide it into portions and get used to eating at dinner time, this hot or cold food contains a substance that acts as an antidepressant in the brain and becomes Serotonin, a neurotransmitter that causes sleep, this substance is also found in other foods like meat and egg but not in as much as turkey, plus complex carbohydrates like potatoes, pumpkin, rice and pastas, combining these elements will make you sleepy.


Nuts or tofu also have the same properties.


Sleeping drinks


You don't have to drink alcohol or coffee before you go to bed. Hops, passion, valerian root, thyme, thyme and chamomile, you have to choose one of these herbs and boil them for three minutes, also a cup of warm milk with honey.


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