What About Sleep!

What About Sleep!

We hear about eating healthy and being active…what about the importance of sleep?… Rejuvitrition is here to help! I struggled with this for many years and I have personally tried ALL of these useful tips, AND THEY WORK!

If you live until the age of 75 you will spend 9,125 days of your life sleeping, this is one third of your life! Obviously this is important. 50-70 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders and 9 million are taking prescription sleep aides.

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Good quality sleep gives you:

  • A healthy heart
  • Less stress
  • A stronger immune system
  • Happiness
  • Stronger muscles and tissues
  • Less inflammation
  • Clearer thought
  • Weight control
  • Toxic release
 Lack of sleep results in:

  • Poor cognitive function
  • Food cravings
  • Alterations in glucose
  • More infections
  • Inflammation
  • Weight gain
  • Pre mature aging
  • Depression

In other words… without sleep we will be overweight, sick, full of toxins, aged and depressed.

Four things that might be causing you to have poor sleep:

  1. Diet
    • Do you have food sensitivities; Are you consuming too much sugar
    • Is alcohol playing a role
    • Are you consuming too much coffee
  2. Adrenal exhaustion
    • Are you controlling your stress
    • Sugar can burn out your adrenals
    • Food sensitivities can raise your cortisol
  3. Sleeping area
    • What type of bed do you have
    • Are there electronics in your room
    • Is it hot in your room or too bright
  4. Vitamin D deficiency
    • Lack of sunlight

 

Great tips to implement now

  1. Limit alcohol consumption
  2. No caffeine after noon
  3. Keep sleep times the same
  4. No electronics in the bedroom. Yes, that means your TV
  5. Black out the curtains
  6. Get a battery operated clock
  7. Keep the room temperature at 60 to 65 degrees
  8. Try to get 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night
  9. Use a sound machine
  10. Use a sleep mask and ear plugs
  11. Exercise, do yoga, walk, play
  12. Use a grounding cloth – https://www.earthing.com/
  13. Drink chamomile tea
  14. Use magnesium salts bath before bed
  15. Use essential oils: lavender, frankincense
  16. Use meditation tape
  17. Get organic bedding – http://obasan.ca/

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Foods that you can add now:

  • Chia seeds
  • Pumpkin seeds
  • Good quality fats
  • Milk (if you don’t have sensitivity)
  • Organic proteins
  • Bananas
  • Cherries
 Supplements to consider:

  • Melatonin
  • 5-htp
  • Magnesium

Tip: SAVE YOUR BED FOR SLEEP AND SEX

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