Diet Plays A Big Part in A Good Nights Sleep

Mon, 21 Nov 2011

Adhering to a healthy diet affects how well people sleep in their beds, according to one expert.

Helena Oades, who is the nutritionist and director of zealhealth.co.uk, clarified that the body's rhythmic biological cycles are dependent on the balance of hormones and neurotransmitters.

She says that the level of a hormone, known as cortisol, which is crucial in enabling us to manage stress, ought to decline at night time in order that we become more relaxed and more enabled to sleep.

Cortisol levels can be affected by various factors including stress, alcohol, sugar, caffeine and cigarettes .

It would be helpful for anyone who is reliant on these regularly to slowly reduce their sugar intake.

Researchers at the School of Life Sciences at Northumbria University have recently suggested that drinking cherry juice can enhance sleep because it boosts melatonin levels, the hormone responsible for sleep regulation.
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