Sleep Hygiene

WAKE TIME IS LOW LEVEL BRAIN DAMAGE

Sleep is the MOST IMPORTANT factor to prioritise for optimal health. Sleep is critical for mental health (leaning, memory concentration, awareness, cognition).

Society as a whole is getting less sleep and higher obesity rates. Your brain has no capacity to recharge all of the sleep you have lost.

Human beings are the only ones who deprive themselves of sleep for no apparent reason. This is due to increased screen time, artificial lights, distractions and addictions, impacting our natural sleep cycle.

Sleep regulates your appetite. The less sleep your body sustains, the higher your appetite will be the following day to make up for lack of hormones (reduced leptin levels & increased ghrelin levels).

This results in an increase of artificial sugars and complex carbohydrates which impacts your health, cognition, mood, behaviour and energy levels.

Improve your sleep hygiene through:
Winding down without screens
Exercise during the day for 30+ mins
Create & maintain a routine
Have adequate darkness in your sleep space
Have your body & bed in comfortable temperature
Avoid Stimulants: coffee, sugars (speed up the function of the central nervous system)
Avoid fatty foods

Prioritise your sleep to OPTIMISE YOUR HEALTH!