Sleep is a very important part of our overall health - including weight loss and general diet control! Here are a couple important tips from world-renowned strength coach Charles Poliquin on how to improve your quality of sleep.Stay away from grains and refined sugar snacks before bed!
Eating grains and refined sugar snacks before bed can seriously disturb your sleep. They raise your blood sugar and then create a reactive hypoglycemia that will awaken you, making it potentially impossible for you to fall asleep again. It is also the main cause why many women wake up before 1AM; refined grains often contain allergens such as gluten which cause the body to produce cortisol which awakens women.
Sleep in a bat cave!
Do your best to sleep in complete darkness or as close as possible. Keep in mind that even the tiniest bit of light in the room can disturb your circadian rhythm, your pineal gland's production of melatonin and the gut’s production of serotonin (better known as the happy neuro-transmitter.) Hint: a simple sleep mask can shut out light and make sleep even better! Furthermore, the minimal light rule applies to the bathroom as well - if you need to get up in the middle of the night, keep the light off or use a dim nightlight! Turning the light on when you get up to use the bathroom will instantly disrupt the production of the sleep hormone melatonin. In fact, some researchers even believe that being awake longer than 3 seconds during the night is enough to interrupt melatonin production.
Try these out two quick tips and reap the benefits of better and more sound sleep!
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