Indications and preparations before going to bed
Insomnia is caused by many factors. “The causes are many and varied, which makes their treatment. It is a condition normally associated with the concerns and anxiety of everyday life,” says Serra. Apart from the many possible medical treatments, there are some remedies you can use to get a good night’s sleep. Among them, watch what you eat.
Caring for dinner
A golden rule that you should not overlook is going to bed hungry, because a moaner stomach is the best ally of insomnia. However, it is not advisable to eat too much, since a heavy meal can keep awake by indigestion.
Also, try not to eat and lie down immediately. “The late meals stimulate the accumulation of fat overnight. It is better to take dinner not too heavy and with an advance of about 4 hours before bedtime, suggests Dr. Mark Baugh, doctor of pharmacy and author of Sports Nutrition : The Awful Truth.
“Foods high in carbohydrates and sugars cause a sleepy feeling shortly after consumption, but you should take them with you as to avoid causing a problem of excess weight,” recommends Baugh.
Meat and carbohydrates
To induce sleep little food there better than the turkey. A good idea is to buy the turkey, cook it, freeze it divided into portions and used to eat for dinner. “This food, hot or cold (sandwiches, for example) contains a substance that acts as an antidepressant in the brain and is converted into serotonin, a neurotransmitter that causes sleep,” says Baugh.
But this substance are in other foods: “All meats and eggs contain serotonin, but not as much as the turkey. So if you consume meat for the dinner will be biasing your brain to sleep,” she continues.
In addition, complex carbohydrates such as potatoes, pumpkin, rice, pasta and the like, also have beneficial effects against insomnia. Moreover, the combination of meat with some of these foods high in carbohydrates “will make you fall sleep.”
What about vegetarians? They can replace the meat with tofu or nuts. You will notice the same results, since both nutrients and foods have properties similar in many respects.
Sleeping drinks
There are also liquids that will help you sleep and others who are allies of insomnia. “Do not drink alcohol and if you drink coffee, do 4 or 5 hours before bedtime because, otherwise, be interrupted sleep,” advises Dr. Rona Allen, nutrition expert at Olive Leaf Wholeness Center, in New York.
It also recommends making celery juice, which helps to calm nerves, and proposes to try this brew:
Ingredients:
2 parts rosemary
2 parts peppermint
1 part catnip (Catnip) is a herbaceous plant is the taste and smell like mint
1 part chamomile