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    6 Healing Foods for Insomnia - Best Foods for Sleep

    Published: Nov 2, 2018 by Hinz

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    Hello friends, today we are sharing some healing foods for Insomnia that can help you to regulate your sleep pattern. These are the best food for sleep that you can take before an hour going to bed.

    Insomnia is basically a sleep disorder that makes you awake and gives hard time to take a sound sleep. According to NPR, 60 million people in the USA affected by sleep disorder each year.

    One of my friend recently started experiencing an Insomnia and she was terribly disturbed with this. Due to her sleeplessness, she was unable to concentrate on work and family. In the initial phase, she started to take expert opinion from the local doctor who communicated to take good food especially the sleep inductive food rather medicine.

    After a few sessions, she is happy as there is so much improvement in her sleep patterns and she is able to take quality sleep that was not possible for her from last 4 months.

    When we talk about healing food for Insomnia or simple the good food for sleep then there are some good options that you can easily take before an hour going to bed.

    Let's have a look at it!

    6 Healing foods for Insomnia

    Good sleep is important for every person to get productive in daily life. If your sleep cycle is disturbed then you must focus on sleep inductive food that can help you to get back on a good sleep track.

    1) Almonds

    Best food to eat before sleep. Almonds contain sleep-supporting amino acid tryptophan, as well as the nutrient magnesium, as a natural muscle relaxer. Protein in almonds will keep you full all night and help to regulate your sleep cycle.

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    2) Hot Milk

    Milk is the rich source of amino acid tryptophan which has a calming effect on the body that helps to control melatonin production. Milk is also a great source of calcium, a mineral that plays a role in the regulation of melatonin in the body.

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    3) Cherries

    Cherries are also high in melatonin, which helps to regulate the sleep cycle. Experts and research indicate you should eat cherries or cherry drink before going to bed to fight with sleeplessness.

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    4) Corns

    Due to a high amount of carbs, corns can easily regulate the sleep cycle. Carbs stimulate insulin which indirectly makes tryptophan. Higher-glycemic carbs are more effective than lower-glycemic carbs, but sugary carbs are not good for blood sugar causes sleeplessness.

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    5)  Spinach

    Another sleep boosting food is spinach which is high in magnesium that naturally relaxes the tiring muscles, calming the body and regulate the sleep cycle. MMagnesiumin spinch help prevent leg cramps. Good source of calcium which helps the brain use tryptophan to manufacture meatonin, a sleep enhancing hormone.

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    6) Fish

    Fishes like salmon, halibut, and tuna contain Omega 3 fatty acids and vitamin B6 which is required to make melatonin a sleep-inducing hormone.

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    Disclaimer: Hinz Cooking is food blog share food recipes. This information is for educational purpose based on general research. If you are experiencing some severe health issue then must consult with your doctor to take a proper guide.

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