France will experience several hot days. And when the temperature rises, it’s hard to spend quiet nights. However, it is possible to optimize your sleep naturally: to do this, you need to improve your food.
And it is not enough, to have effective results, to make light dinners, even not to have dinner at all. If you really want improve your sleep, all your meals should be thought of for this purpose. A good night’s sleep is prepared with breakfast.
Moreover, beyond their content, meals are real appointments for your body. They are very important in the timing of your biological clock. Eating doesn’t just keep you energized for a few hours. This directs the activity level of your body at each time of the day.
1. Eat a hearty and balanced breakfast
For breakfast, a consistent and balanced diet should be favored. You can consume dairy products, fruits (fresh rather than juice, which are often very sweet), cereals (beware of their high sugar content when they are ultra-processed) and even proteins (eggs, meat. ..). Avoid fast sugars, which give an immediate energy “boost”, but then provoke bar hits.
2. Lots of vegetables for lunch, and a little meat
For lunch, we also avoid fast sugars. They will make you doze off in the afternoon and alter your sleep. We prefer vegetables and fruit for lunch. For proteins, it is necessary to consume it, it is good for health, but in reasonable quantities.
3. A light snack
Around 5 p.m., opt for a light snack, by preferring a fruit to cookies stuffed with sugar. We also stop energy drinks, ultra-sweet drinks, tea or coffee. We prefer water, or, at the limit, herbal tea.
4. Starches and slow sugars for dinner
To prepare for a good sleep, you need to store energy. Lentils, potatoes, pasta or rice (whole if possible) are your allies. The slow sugars they contain will provide you with the energy you need throughout the night. Avoid bread and cheese.
5. Avoid alcohol all day, especially at night.
Finally, alcohol is the enemy of your sleep, all day long, but especially in the evening. Already because it stuns, causes drowsiness, and therefore alters sleep. If you drink it at night, the alcohol will prevent you from sleeping. Waking up will be difficult, you will want to devour a lot of fast sugars, and therefore prepare for a sleepy morning. It’s a vicious circle.
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