Living Magazine Fall 2015 Living Magazine | Page 15

Tips for a Better Night’s Sleep
Eat Well and Maintain a Healthy
Exercise Routine – Eating a healthy
diet and getting plenty of exercise keeps
our weight in check, but it also helps with
sleep. Eating high carbohydrate foods
floods the muscles with glucose, causing
involuntary muscle movements during
sleep, which disrupts rest. Exercising too
close to bedtime ramps up metabolism and
body temperature and can make it difficult
to fall asleep. If you get hungry before bed,
try snacking on a hand full of nuts. Nuts
provide protein and fat, which are not only
satisfying, but are slowly digested, which
can provide a calm sleep, and rich in
magnesium, a mineral that helps to calm the
nervous system.

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Maintain a Rhythm – Try to maintain
a regular sleep schedule, going to
bed at the same time and waking up at the
same time. Creating this rhythm helps
regulate your body’s internal clock and may
help you sleep better.

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Just Say No to Alcohol, Caffeine,
Nicotine, and Electronics – All of
these can make going to ͱ