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How Food Affects Your Sleep

Written by on November 6th, 2008

pyramid1There are a little changes you can make to your diet to sleep shorter and more 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 absorbed
By our digestive system, hence, 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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