Welcome back to Part 2 of a couple ways to get better sleep to have a better morning, afternoon, and an after work fitness class 🙂
Last time we talked about a couple key points to help you
feel better
sleep better
1. Hydrating properly throughout the day and not right before bed
2. Eating foods high in Melatonin, or possibly taking a supplement.
In our second part we tackle a couple foods we can eat as snacks to relax, and allow ourselves to relax as we go off to dreamland!
Carbohydrates can help send you off to dreamland. You just need to choose the correct ones. Instead of choosing sweetened carbs such as cookies, and cakes, reach for a better carb in whole grains, like oatmeal.
Oats are high in the amino acid tryptophan, which gets converted into serotonin, a neurotransmitter that helps you relax.
Healthy Carbs can be a nice add to your nighttime snack:
-Oats…skip the heavily sweetened ones and instead add in
1. Nuts
2. Berries
-Wheat Bread
-Peanut Butter
-Walnuts
-Beans
-maybe not technically a carb but a great way to get some potassium which is helpful with sleep…a Banana
Love Your Tea!?
Great news! This is a great way to add more Water and some great Herbs to sleep away!
-Chamomile
-Mint
-Sage
-Basil with your tea or with Dinner 🙂
In summary we need quality sleep to help us stay at our healthiest, strongest, and let our brains function at the highest possible level!
Fitness. The Medicine that Gives Back!
-Jake Cheney
Rockstar Fitness, LLC
www.RckstarFitness.comResources:
By Frances Largeman-Roth, RDN
March 16th, 2021
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.today.com/today/amp/tdna211904
Dr. Wendy Bazilian,
May 19th, 2021
Live with Kelly and Ryan