Nutrition
Overcoming insomnia with diet
Insomnia
Some people with insomnia may fall asleep easily enough but wake up too soon. Otherssimply can’t fall asleep, or they have trouble both falling asleep and staying asleep.
The result is low-quality sleep that doesn’t make you feel refreshed when you wake up. Often, insomnia is a symptom or a side effect of some other problems like:
• Illness, such as heart or lung disease
• Pain, anxiety, or depression
• Drugs that delay or disrupt sleep
• Caffeine, tobacco, alcohol, and other substances that affect sleep
• A poor sleep environment or a change in sleep routine
If the cause of the insomnia is known, then the insomnia should improve once the underlying cause is treated. However, there is a type of insomnia (primary insomnia) which is not as a result of any underlying disease and usually last at least one month.
Nutrition and lifestyle changes go a long way in the battle against insomnia.
Below are some of the foods that may help:
• Melatonin rich foods such as oats, nuts, fish and berries.
• Tryptophan rich foods such as spinach, eggs, and crabs.
• Niacin rich foods such asmushrooms, tuna, turkey, and anchovies.
• Vitamin B6 rich foods such as avocados, carrots, bananas, and organ meat.
Lifestyle changes
• Avoid late night watching of movies, TV shows, social media, etc.
• Have a separate bedroom away from all sorts of destruction
• Change uncomfortable beds, pillows, and sheets
• Avoid late night eating and drinking of water
• Take warm baths in the evening
• Add some forms of exercise to your lifestyle routine
It can be very unsettling dealing with insomnia, especially when we don’t know the cause. But applying the dietary and lifestyle changes mentioned above can not only treat insomnia, but also improve our quality of life in general.
Going to sleep should be a breeze in no time, with sweet dreams just around the corner.
By Dr Bernice Korkor Asare
Kind courtesy of:
Holistic Health Consult
“Your diet your health, your health your wealth”
E-mail: info@holistichealthconsult.org
Ingredients
- 300 grammes of diced goat
- 4 large tomatoes
- 10 large red peppers
- 5 grammes of ginger
- 5 grammes of garlic
- 3 large onions
- 20 grammes of tomato puree
- 4 tablespoonfuls of salt
- 6 large garden eggs
Preparation
- Wash ginger, garlic, red pepper, onions, and tomatoes and allow it to cook.
- Wash and blend garden eggs and red pepper.
- Place goat meat in a pan and cook gently for 10 minutes.
- Add onion, salt, tomato puree, and seasoning to taste, and add water.
- Add blended garden eggs, red pepper, and add water.
- Allow soup to simmer and season to taste.
- Serve with fufu, banku, or rice.
- By Linda Abrefi Wadie
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- Beef is naturally rich in protein, which helps muscle growth and supports muscle mass.
- Beef provides iron and four essential vitamins — niacin, riboflavin, vitamins B6 and B12 — which help reduce tiredness and fatigue.
- Beef provides eight essential vitamins and minerals that support good health and well-being.
- Beef is a rich source of zinc, which supports hair, nails, and skin.
- Zinc also supports normal cognitive function, fertility, and reproduction, and contributes to the maintenance of normal testosterone levels in the blood.
- Beef is a source of iron, which helps the immune system to work.
Source: ahdb.org.uk
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