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Your Eating Habits can Make You Sleep Better

Brian Yalung — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:43:17 +0000

We have often been told to eat heavy at the start of the day and try to minimize our food intake during the evenings. This stems from the fact that at the start of the day our bodies will normally have all the time to burn the food that we eat. They are important towards everyday living for the fact that to get through the day, it is through these meals that we get our usual energy to be on the go.

On the other hand, we normally tend to slow down in the evenings since we are nearing our sleeping hours. Before we sleep, it would be wise to get just about the right amount of food to help lull us to sleep better. While it is a good thing to eat a lot, there should also be timing in it as we also have to consider our sleeping concerns when night time comes.

Eating like a pauper, meaning small light meals, in the evening allows us to go to sleep on an empty stomach. If your body is functioning normally, and you don’t have stomach ulcers, going to sleep on a mostly empty stomach will allow you to sleep better. This nightly fast allows your body to take its focus away from digestion and put it towards repair and rejuvenation of the body’s cells.

(Source) Lifehacker

A Dreamerz Food for Healthy Sleep

Brian Yalung — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:48:09 +0000

The best way to finally attain that healthy and much needed respite is to properly select the food intake that people need to recharge their bodies. The inner metabolism of the body is know to always burn away the digested food and with this comes the purpose of existence of Dreamerz Foods which was recently partnered with Ruder Finn, a leading full-time global communications agency.

One product that has been getting attention is that of an all natural beverage that helps consumers relax and fall asleep. This and many other healthy all natural products are in the roster of Dreamerz Food and Ruder Finn knows that the partnership will be something worth to address the rapid increase of sleep disorder patients located worldwide.

You can read more about at Dreamerz Foods and Ruder Finn Partner to Promote Healthful Sleep.

Longer Sleeping Hours May Reduce Weight

Brian Yalung — Mon, 14 May 2007 13:04:09 +0000

Weird but true. Some people who would find themselves sleeping longer than people who would have to cut short their sleeping habits would find their body weight lighter than that of those on the go people.

Perhaps this can be attributed to the fact that longer sleeping hours would lessen the probable food intake since people would prefer to sleep it off. Of course this could resort to ulcer, but the thing is, feeling totally refreshed beats the need to take in some food to offset the need for strength.

Neu-Isenburg, Germany People who sleep for short periods are fatter than long sleepers, according to an article published in the German medical journal Aertzte Zeitung. Based on the finding of a US study, women who slept between five and six hours gained on average of between 0.7 and 1.1 kilos in weight compared to women who spent seven or more hours in bed.

The figures were compiled by Cleveland-based Doctor Sanjay R Patel using data gathered by the Nurses Health Study.

The study looked at 70,000 women over the age of 16 and asked them questions about their calorie consumption and sleeping habits.

The study also showed that short sleepers are 15 per cent more likely to be obese than people who sleep a lot.

An explanation given for the findings was that disturbance to the body’s day-night rhythm hindered the burn-up of calories. – Long sleep patterns can help fight obesity