Sleep is essential for optimum health!
If you’re having trouble falling asleep, waking up through the night, having a restless sleep, getting up to go to the toilet, suffering from insomnia or having night sweats, these are all signs that your body is telling you that your health needs more support.
We are not meant to be more awake at night!
Our bodies have their circadian clock. This means you should go to bed and wake up around the same time every day. Don’t expect quality sleep if your timing fluctuates on a day to basis. Having a nighttime routine helps. Saying you have ‘always been that way doesn’t mean it’s healthy! It means that your body chemistry needs balancing.
1/3 of our GENES run on a clock, and 90% of other genes are related to those, so our body follows a Circadian Rhythm.
If you suffer from anxiety or have trouble switching off your brain at night, your body is constantly revved upstate. High-stress hormones produced throughout the day can impair your circadian rhythm from cycling properly, resulting in melatonin production being affected come nighttime.
People with hormone imbalances like PCOS and menopause often have a disrupted circadian rhythm, meaning they wake at night and feel groggy in the morning. It’s like having continuous jet lag. Hormones influence our sleep.
Ditch the caffeine! Try it for a month and see if it helps!! This includes coffee, green tea and black tea. Even though you may think that your morning cuppa is not affecting your sleep.
Also, to improve the quality of your sleep, avoid blue screens before bed, keep a notepad by the bed to take note of the million tasks you have to do, and reduce fluid intake and all refined sugars and carbs before bed.
If you are suffering from sleep problems, don’t hesitate to contact me to make an appointment. I can help show you how to put a Sleep Plan in place to help you. Education and understanding your unique pathways are vital to improving your health and well-being.
