There are a small changes you can make to your diet to sleep
shorter and more deeply. While I am not a professional nutritionist, and I do
not want to get into talking about dieting in this book too deeply, here are
the facts:
Your digestive system slows down at night, and it becomes
harder to digest food. During deep sleep, a lot of energy is required by our
body to pump blood through our muscles and replenish physical energy. Most of
the energy during sleep is sucked up by our digestive system, therefore, the
more demand you put on your digestive system during the night, the poorer the
quality of your sleep will be.
If you currently have any heavy food in your diet,
especially food that’s high in saturated fat, it's most likely diminishing the
quality of your sleep.
Other foods that could diminish the quality of your sleep
are:
Foods high in sugar and simple carbohydrates, which raise
blood-sugar levels and can cause bursts of energy (obviously disturbing the
sleep system).
Food that cause gas, heartburn, or indigestion. E.g. Spicy,
Fatty foods. Some research also has brought to attention that the lack of
vitamin B and folic acid can impair sleep. Lack of calcium and magnesium can
also decrease the quality of sleep. The brain uses calcium and magnesium to
produce a calming chemical in the brain, lack of these will make it harder to
sleep deeply.
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