Orenda Wellbeing - Day 22

💤😴 Food tips to aid restful sleep😴💤

😴Try eating dinner early in the evening so that you have time to digest your meal before bed.

😴We eat lots of black beans in our household and particularly love them in tacos instead of meat.  The antioxidants, fiber, protein, and carbohydrates in black beans make them nutritionally powerful and a great calm inducing dinner.

😴 Proteins help maintain stable blood sugar levels while sleeping and switch the body from alert adrenaline cycle to rest-and-digest mode.

😴Complex carbohydrates increase the availability of tryptophan in the bloodstream.  Tryptophan is used by the body in the production of key sleep inducing neurotransmitters.

😴If you are hungry before bed, a small snack including complex carbohydrates and protein will help keep blood sugar regulated and increase all important tryptophan production.

😴Try half a banana with some almond butter, a handful of almonds, oatcakes and cheese or dry roast some chickpeas with a little pink Himalayan salt (their high vitamin B6 content encourages the production of sleep inducing hormones).