My husband is the consummate internet sleuth. Lately, he’s been reading far and wide about some of our different food fascinations. This week’s interesting topic has been insomnia, sleep, and foods. This is particularly interesting to me because I’m in a season of not sleeping very well at night. I know that I’m not alone in this, so I wanted to share some of Dave’s findings with you all.
Dave writes:
Recently I’ve been having trouble sleeping well. Again.
I go to bed exhausted and wake up the same with some variation on a story involving insomnia: Boy goes to sleep and lies awake for hours before his mind gives up and joins his body in sleep…or… boy sleeps soundly for 3 or 4 hours and then is wide-eyed and wide awake from 2 AM until he finally just gets up… at 4 AM, 5 AM, 6 AM. Sad, sad Story.
I have always needed what I considered a lot of sleep. However, according to the research I’ve been doing, I’m in the norm in needing 7 or 8 hours sleep to function well. I can make do with less but after a few days, it catches up with me and I become less productive and less fun to be around.
You may be wondering, what this has to do with anyone’s kitchen. Good question. I’m finding that a lot of factors influence sleep and that some of those factors are food-related. There are other things, stress, being overweight, snoring, and apnea, that can seriously affect your rest, but for now, let’s focus in on food… Continue reading →
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