Okay, I have brought up the subject of sleep with regards to Fat loss, so I will continue on with this subject. Good sleep is very important for good health anyway, which most people probably know, but it also is very beneficial for Fat control.
Before I explain why that is, perhaps the first thing to do is an inventory of your sleep patterns.
I used to suffer from very poor sleep, so I will give you my personal background, and maybe it will facilitate you to make changes. I used to sleep very poorly, often waking after 3 or 4 hours and being unable to get back to sleep. I also found that I often woke drenched in sweat. The usual cause of my not being able to get back to sleep was a violent burning in my stomach. Ok, well if any of this sounds familiar, I’ll suggest a few remedies. The things I will suggest can have important implications with diet generally, but for now I’ll just restrict them to being seen as sleep tips.
1) Give up alcohol if you drink. Giving up alcohol has greatly improved my sleep. One of the problems with alcohol is that it dehydrates us, and being dehydrated is a major problem with regards to sleep. Actually the problem is a bit more complex than that, and it involves the body’s electrolytic balance, which I will discuss at a later point. So for now I will give two simple instructions, give up alcohol and take a Himalayan Salt sole recipe every morning. It works wonders, believe me.
2) Assess your body for food insensitivities. I took a test called a Bionetics test, for £50, which told me what foods to eliminate. I found the results it gave me were of great value. I gave up the foodstuffs suggested, and hey presto, I no longer get the awful night agues. A simple example is mushrooms, which would send my stomach into a tailspin. Certain foods are the ‘usual suspects’ anyway. Dairy and wheat are always high profile offenders. Making changes from cow’s milk to oat or almond milk can really impact your well-being. Another genre of food to be aware of is ‘mouldy foods’. Stilton would be a classic mouldy food, but there are many others. Eliminating mouldy foods from your diet can be a great benefit to your sleep.
3) Caffeine drinks in moderation. Coffee only in the morning. No tea beyond the afternoon. Try a good herbal tea if you want a night time drink.
And another thought, try and eliminate emf in your sleep zone. Turn off the broadband WiFi, preferably get rid of the cordless phone system, leave your mobile in another room, turn off electrical sockets. All that stuff is not so great for us.
Well here are just a few tips for now, more to follow…
