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Our Nutrition Consultant, Mario López, advises us what foods we should avoid to enjoy a deep and restorative sleep.
Often, we take it for granted that we are what we are, independently of what we eat. One of the factors we think is unrelated to our diet (but actually isn’t) is our sleep. Multiple studies show that what we eat does affect us. Science can’t tell us with certainty which foods help us sleep, but it does know which foods prevent us from sleeping.
In her book The Sleep Revolution (2016), the author Arianna Huffington, writes:
“Is there a way of eating that can improve our sleep? In reality, no; but we can eat in a way that makes our sleep worse. Regarding food and drink, it matters more what we should avoid than what we should eat.”
The foods that we should avoid if we want to ensure deep, restorative sleep are:
Earlier, I said that there aren’t foods that help you sleep better, but there are ingredients that do. Here are some examples:
It hasn’t been proven that the foods above improve your sleep, but some of the ingredients they contain can help (magnesium, vitamin B6, calcium, etc.), so including them in your diet can help you avoid deficiencies.
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