Saturday, July 1, 2017

Are you getting enough sleep?



Hello

If you are having problems sleeping, I have watched a program on it, and the following are my notes from it, I hope they help.

Unfortunately, the video has been taken offline, as it happened over a month ago.

If you get only a few hours sleep a night on a regular basis,  you could be at risk of getting diabetes 2.

Ways to improve your sleep.

No caffeine, after midday.
Put some lavender oil on your pillow
Switch off TV, computer, iphone, mobile phone etc 1 hour before bed time.
Turn alarm clock away from you, so you don’t keep looking at it.
Mindfulness, keep your minds to the present, concentrating on breathing helps too.
Bath an hour before bed, then go into a cool room or open a window, once dressed of course.
Eating 2 kiwi fruit  an hour before bed.

If you have a sleep in the afternoon, have a strong coffee, before doing so, crazy yes.

Have prebotics 3 x a day, this helps feed the bacteria in your gut, and so giving you a good nights sleep.
If you don’t want to take tablets, use the following foods:

Lentils
Chick peas
Butter beans

Make your evening meal rich in fibre

That’s it, sleep well.

Miriam

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