Author: Andy Corbley / Source: Good News Network
It’s hard to imagine a more frustrating feeling than lying in your bed trying to fall asleep without the sandman coming by to help in the hours after you’ve turned off the lights.
Sleep along with diet, stress management, physical activity, and carcinogen avoidance have in recent years become more and more involved in helping the medical field create the picture for a healthy lifestyle.
There is a large body of scientific work which suggests that sleep-deprived individuals seek out easily palatable foods such as the simple sugars and heavy-hitting carbohydrates found in typical junk food. It’s speculated that as the number of hours between sleeps increases, the brain tries to find larger sources of energy in order to keep itself awake.
This is why certain countries – like Denmark – labeled nighttime shift work as a possible carcinogen.
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However, there are a number of foods which seem to reduce the time it takes to fall asleep and improve overall sleep quality.
So which foods are they? Notepads out, ladies and gentlemen.
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